Teaching internship is an effective form of cooperation between university and primary and middle school. Teaching internship can promote the improvement of the teaching quality of internship primary and secondary schools, and also promote the integration of theoretical knowledge and practical experience by college students, and promote the…

This paper explores the many and diverse factors that have driven changes to the field-based component of a program of teacher education in a large Canadian university over the past 10 years. We look at key contexts of influence to any work in program change; that of internal and external bodies at the institutional level, the operational or…

Purpose: Alternative routes to teacher certification, such as California's Intern Program, have increasingly gained support in the past decade. A significant and growing percentage of all new teachers, close to 30% in California, now enter classrooms through alternative paths and are considered highly qualified under No Child Left Behind. This…

Differences in intern performance, as measured by a Praxis III-similar instrument were found between interns supervised in three supervisory models: Traditional triad model, cohort model, and distance supervision. Candidates in this study's particular form of distance supervision were not as effective as teachers as candidates in traditional-triad…

This is the fourth in a series of reports comprising a nationwide review of the Teacher Corps program; it assesses the program at the University of Southern California and participating schools in Los Angeles and Riverside counties. The program focused on the special educational needs of Mexican-American and black children living in the Los…

Presented is a report of the teacher internship program at the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. The internship program is defined, and a brief description of its nature and development is offered. Methods and criteria for selecting participating schools are detailed as are the resulting program changes. Current…

The purpose of this article is to review the essential features of the Stanley British Primary School (SBPS) and its Alternative Teacher Certification Program (ATCP). Attention is given to the surveyed reactions of the first wave of graduates from the program, particularly those completing the licensure program between 1994 and 2000. Many areas…

An internship program involving university students placed in public school classrooms for a full year was initiated through the cooperative efforts of Wright State University and the Yellow Springs, Ohio school district, an innovative district which embraces the concept of individually guided education and which utilizes team teaching at all…

This document presents both a descriptive and evaluative report of a postbaccalaureate internship program. The stated objective of this program was to prepare baccalaureate graduates in fields other than education to become elementary school teachers. It is indicated that the program was characterized by formal course work in methods and…

IP is a field-centered program that places its interns in public schools and other educational institutions for three or four semesters of projects and activities. The program is based on the idea that one can only discover how to teach through personal experience. (Author/RK)

This document is divided into three sections. Section I describes, from a historical viewpoint, the need for teacher education programs in Jamaica and the subsequent development of the internship program. Internship for a teacher is defined as "a terminal experience in his preparation sequence, preceded by acquisition of a body of substantive…

This project was based on the premise of a need for the College of Education, Saskatoon, to improve its supervisory practices. (Editor)

This three-part report presents the results of an analysis of data collected in the first year of a two-year Teacher Corps study. The study attempts to answer management-oriented questions regarding the development of effective Teacher Corps projects and the assessment of quality and effectiveness of the projects. The report (a) provides an…

This report describes a project to develop an internship program for prospective technical and vocational community college teachers providing both requisite teaching skills and work experience through actual classroom exposure, while allowing an on-the-job evaluation of the prospective teachers. To develop the program, a pilot internship project…