Teachers of students with moderate and severe disabilities must possess the skills and knowledge to address a unique set of needs and challenges. These may include, but are not limited to, management of challenging behaviors, performance of health-related procedures, use of assistive technology, and instruction using evidence-based strategies.…

Family Partnerships for Achievement is not a course typical of most master's programs in education. The course was designed with one overriding goal: to prepare teachers to be effective in the Boston Public Schools (BPS). This goal drives every aspect of the Boston Teacher Residency (BTR), a district-based program for teacher training and…

This paper explores the influence of poverty relief and educational aid on the development of normal university students in their specialty; in particular, it focuses on its influence on their teaching internship, their study of professional courses, and the formation of professional ethics. The implementation of poverty relief and educational…

This is a policy that aims at improving teaching practices in rural schools in China. Normal university students are encouraged to participate in educational aid work in disadvantaged schools as a fulfillment of their teaching internship. The policy supports the policies of free compulsory education for rural school issued in the past. In…

As part of the contract for a university degree, each student should have to assume some form of teaching assignment for two years. (Author)

Characteristics of professionally sound alternative preparation programs are discussed in terms of admissions, core courses, faculty and student time, simulation activities, and academic preparation. The Lyndhurst Fellowship Program at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Memphis State University is described. (MT)

The effects of a teaching program internship on selected personal and professional characteristics of teacher interns were studied. The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program is a graduate internship built upon an extended practical experience in the laboratory school at the University of Pittsburgh. MAT is a competency based program designed…

Examines the influence of 2 teaching routines (Concept Anchoring and Concept Comparison) taught to 12 teaching interns in a university general-methods course on urban high school students' learning evaluated by intern-constructed content quizzes. Half of the interns used the routines; the other half used lectures. Finds no differences in student…

The purpose of the study was to determine the responsibilities and qualifications of social studies education faculty positions as listed in The Chronicle of Higher Education during the 2004-2005 academic year. Many of the listings conveyed expectations for social studies educators to teach undergraduate courses, supervise interns, write grants…

Examines the phenomenon of supervision in the professional development school context from the perspective of six student interns and one university supervisor using interviews, field notes, and document analysis. (Contains 32 references.) (PKP)

This document further analyzes a two-year Teacher Corps study which was conducted by Pacific Training and Technical Assistance Corporation for the U.S. Office of Education. The results of the first and second years of study have been reported elsewhere. This volume presents the results of a further analysis of data collected in the first year of…

Internship is a vital educational experience to help prepare students for their future careers. However, given the dramatic changes in the workplace, more extensive research is needed that examines students' internship experiences. The cognitive apprenticeship model of instruction focuses primarily on the development of expert skills during…

Auburn University teacher-interns use portfolios to record and reflect on teaching experiences. Survey responses from 201 interns, 17 supervisors, and 47 employers found high satisfaction with the summative function of portfolios. Interns were less satisfied with their formative aspects. (SK)

Reports that the internship experience gave English teacher education students in a sample population greater confidence that they possessed certain content area-specific qualifications deemed important to English teaching. Suggests ways such information can be used to benefit teacher preparation programs. (FL)

Discussed in this article are the theoretical advantages and possible limitations of two recent trends in teacher education--internships and microteaching. Topics considered include the values of internship, supervision and analysis, and the overemphasis on technique. (EB)