Traces the ideals of preservice teachers involved in a master's program aimed at preparing teachers who could make a difference. Discusses how students' ideals were affected by a year-long teaching internship and by a seminar focused on the teacher as change agent. Students discouraged by internship realities were reenergized by the seminar. (34…

This study documents and compares practictioner-mentor roles in two fifth-year internship programs: a master's degree program and an alternative certification program. In addition, it seeks to determine personal and professional factors believed to be responsible for mentor success achieved. A brief summary of the premises upon which both intern…

These symposium papers, the first two by Floyd Waterman and the last two by Barbara Brilhart, are an outgrowth of experience in directing the Teacher Corps internship program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. No. 1 describes "The Role of the Teacher Corps Team Leader," who is a member of the local school faculty receiving…