This report, one of a series of evaluation reports on the New York State Mentor Teacher-Internship Program, follows the experiences of intern teachers from the first year of the Program, 1986-87, and the second year, 1987-88. Follow-up questionnaires administered to the program interns focused on: (1) their overviews of the experience of being an…

Begun in 1983, the Math English Science Technology Education Project (MESTEP) is a collaborative effort among the University of Massachusetts, a network of Massachusetts school systems, and private corporations, designed to recruit into teaching academically talented college graduates with degrees in math, English, and science. MESTEP is an…

The Brackenridge Internship in Teaching program, a new, 6-year model program for recruiting, training, and retaining high-ability high school students as elementary and secondary school teachers, has recently entered its third year of operation in San Antonio, Texas. Based upon extensive data collected in an ongoing fashion since the program's…

A broadcast internship program at the University of Missouri at St. Louis has established prerequisites such as a declared major in speech, a resume, and a transcript of all previous college work. For the course, students must write their own learning objectives before the internship begins and a projected calendar of their working hours. They…

This handbook is part of a series of guides developed for use with the Teacher Education Internship Project at the University of North Florida. This guide is written for directing teachers who work with the teacher interns during the practice teaching experience. Sections of the handbook discuss: (1) the clinical supervision model used by the…

Both the Holmes Group report and the Carnegie Commission report have substantiated a need for restructuring teacher training within several similar parameters. Many of the suggestions from the two reports are similar to established practices for restructuring teacher education that were developed and implemented by National Teacher Corps,…

The ability of university programs in educational administration to provide students with on-the-job experience has been severely constrained by lack of available resources and school districts' apparent lack of interest. Internship programs typically lack (1) a critical mass of internship settings; (2) a sufficiently large number of students; (3)…

Designed for university educators, a 34-item checklist for improving the quality of student internships and field experiences is provided. The content of the checklist is based upon comprehensive evaluation results gathered from post-internship students, agency personnel, and university staff. Topics on planning for seminar experiences and field…

In the summer of 1986, three institutions (West Virginia State College, West Virigina College of Graduate Studies, and West Virgina Institute of Technology) consorted to design an alternative teacher certification program to attract and retain a qualified pool of mathematics and science teachers. Known as the Field-Based Training Program (FBTP),…

This study investigated differences in internship activities engaged in by subjects completing three different culminating field experiences and differences in attitudes held by the subjects toward various aspects of school personnel and school students. The three programs were: the traditional 10-12 weeks of student teaching; a phased nine-month…

This packet contains materials for the Entrepreneurial Internship Program in the Montgomery County Public Schools. An information sheet details what an intern does and learns, the intern's specific responsibilities, time requirements, credit, intern selection, and choice of program's sponsors. The application form and a listing of program…

Many international exchange opportunities are available for American librarians in overseas work, teaching, and consulting. Exchange agreements can be made using personal contacts, privately funded and government programs, and notices in publications. Internships for Asian librarians are available through a library internship program, which was…

The Ohio Vocational Education Leadership Personnel Development Program is designed to prepare additional personnel needed to provide administrative and supervisory leadership services necessary to provide vocational opportunities for all. Phase 1, preservice, is an intensive workshop starting in July. This comprehensive program concerned with all…

Student and instructor course outlines are provided for a seminar designed to relate individual freedom to the work experiences of students presently on internships. First, the guide for the instructor identifies the seven sections of the course: "What Is Freedom?"; "Freedom and Your Internship"; "You and Your Co-Workers"; "How Much Freedom Do You…

Northeastern University (Boston) offers an internship program to train technical writers for the computer industry. The program is designed for 20 individuals with bachelor's degrees and writing experience. Students attend classes at night, taking one computer science course and one graduate level writing course per academic quarter. The computer…