A study measured changes in the teaching behavior of 70 first-year Temple University interns teaching in metropolitan Philadelphia secondary schools. Subjects, selected from 110 on the basis of subject and grade level, had received 6 weeks of graduate training in the summer prior to placement; they participated throughout the year in seminar…

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…

A program designed to provide prospective secondary speech teachers with intern experiences in addition to those received during the formal student teaching program was initiated at Michigan State University. Objectives of the program are to: (1) analyze the classroom situation from a communication process point of view, (2) observe a variety of…

A study of the use of paraprofessionals in school districts in California and in a sampling of schools within these districts was conducted by the California Agency for Research in Education during the 1971/72 school year. Surveys were sent to all of the 1,117 school districts in California, and returns were received from 708 of these districts.…

Compares the British induction scheme to the American Teacher Corps projects. (Editor)

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)

The Indiana University Alternative School Training Program is new, but it has already demonstrated that new procedures for teacher preparation can be derived that can relate to the growing demand for alternative school teachers. (Author)

Twelve recommendations for establishing an effective teacher internship program to prepare community college teachers are presented. (NF)

Describes the advantage of what the author calls an individualized-inquiry approach to the teaching of science over the typical approach used by teachers. (Editor)

The author describes a research project in which school counselor interns and teacher interns from a college of education are trained to teach and model communication skills to elementary students in partnership urban public schools for the purpose of creating a caring, respectful classroom environment. (Contains 29 references and 3 tables.)…

As an aid to local project staffs and constituent groups, the Teacher Corps' four Recruitment and Community Technical Resource (RCTR) Centers compiled these guidelines and resource materials for the recruitment, selection, and support of project interns. The manual's first section discusses inclusion of intern recruitment and selection in local…

POPULATION INCREASES HAVE BEEN PARALLELED BY INCREASED DEMAND FOR HIGHLY TRAINED AND SKILLED PERSONNEL. ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THIS DEMAND MUST BE MET BY THE JUNIOR COLLEGES, FACULTY GROWTH HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENTS, FOR VERY FEW INSTITUTIONS HAVE PROGRAMS TO PREPARE TEACHERS FOR 2-YEAR POST-HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS…

Educators agree that the interaction of teachers in training with exceptional children through the medium of practicums or internships is an essential component of every teacher education program. At the undergraduate level, where the student is usually pursuing a degree on a full time basis, ample opportunities exist for interaction with…