Reports on the close interaction between faculty, students, and professional newspaper staff in a Florida college community. (RL)

Clinical supervision represents a drastically different form of professional development for both teacher and supervisor. A Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) study of 332 educators reveals the need for prolonged training and a supervised internship for those who intend to practice clinical supervision. (MLF)

Describes Albany (California) High School's welcoming approach to student teachers, invaluable for freeing up time for veteran teachers. Students gain because this school recruits the best interns. Interns benefit from warm faculty acceptance and exposure to both instructional and noninstructional responsibilities. Offers tips for creating…

Addresses questions about academic credit and grading procedures for journalism internship programs. Provides information on how one school has dealt with the issue. (RL)

Outlines 10 steps for schools to take to develop an administrator internship program. (MD)

Advises school business managers to employ administrative interns as extra hands to research potential programs and policies, develop fundraising activities, write newsletters, coordinate volunteer and community relations activities, and many other functions. Rationale and procedures for creating cost-effective mentoring or professional…

The field-centered intern program at East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas, is an approach to identifying and developing competencies that the principal needs. (Author/MLF)

Presents tips on developing an internship program for geography students on the college level. Information is presented on program initiation, development, alternative approaches, advantages and disadvantages of various approaches, objectives, and program operation. (Author/DB)

Effective communication among stakeholders in public administration internship programs (students, academic institutions, faculty supervisors, host institution supervisors, employers, professional and accrediting associations) increases the likelihood that all will emerge from the experience as winners. The core of this communication is the…

Describes procedures for organizing a practicum and internship program in counselor education. Issues discussed include the role of the coordinator; practicum and internship sites; orientation and application procedures; supervision; communication with sites, students, and supervisors; and liability insurance. Conclusion notes that additional…

Presents study results analyzing the effects of a small scale internship program for undergraduate sociology majors on career choice. Concludes that even a small scale program makes a significant contribution to clarification of career choice for sociology majors. Suggests that internship provides information on occupations and reduces…

Asserts that counseling psychology programs should consider providing education and training in health psychology. Presents guidelines for education and training including scientist-practitioner model, university-based context, grounding in counseling psychology and research methodology, core courses in health psychology, elective courses,…

Describes an academic library's internship program for recent library school minority graduates which is designed to improve the employability of minority librarians in academic libraries, provide role models for current undergraduates, create a more heterogenous group of employees, and provide librarians an opportunity to be involved in training…

Changes in trainee selection, administrator education program structure, and the full usage of in-service school personnel and professorial staff could lead to significant and much-needed improvement in the quality of American school principals. (LH)

Notes that in the prevalent clinical training model, experienced clinicians provide direct supervision for trainees. Reviews literature to examine what and how evaluations of training could be conducted. Offers guidelines for developing an evaluation package to provide ongoing performance evaluation of internship training and data collection to…