PACE - LCSC Education Division - Lewis-Clark State College

Weeks 3 – 4The intern and on-site teacher educator(s) should form a teaching team. Team teaching is encouraged and ischaracterized by cooperative planning, mutual support when the team members are together, shared supervision ofstudents, shared presentation, discussion, coaching, and monitoring of student work, and cooperative evaluation ofthe effectiveness of classroom instruction upon student learning. Students should benefit from the presence of bothOSTE and intern in the classroom. Interns should observe their on-site teacher educator present lessons and then theintern should mirror teach the lessons to another class.Weeks 5 – 13Interns should be given responsibility to be the lead teacher in several classes. This means that the intern takesresponsibility to plan instruction; prepare materials including study guides, handouts, quizzes and exams; gatherresources; and deliver and assess instruction assisted by the on-site teacher educator. If the intern has a singlesubject preparation, the intern should be given responsibility for all the classes for eight weeks. If the intern hasseveral different subject preparations, the intern can begin with one or two classes and then add the remainingclasses after one or two weeks. When there are multiple subject preparations, the intern should be allowed to havethe responsibility of lead teacher for two to three weeks in each preparation. In addition, the intern will participatein all school activities and meetings that the on-site teacher educator must attend. The intern may assist inextracurricular activities as well. Team teaching should continue.Weeks 14 – 16While team-teaching for the benefit of students is a major objective of the internship, the intern should beallowed some time as the sole instructor in the classroom during the final phase of the experience. Inmost situations, the goal is two weeks as the sole teacher in the environment. After the solo experience,you will return and team-teaching will continue. You will begin to take on the responsibilities for planning,delivering, and assessing in the classroom. The intern will evaluate both you and the college supervisor,and submit her/his portfolio for examination. During the final weeks of the experience, as you resumeresponsibility, the intern may wish to observe in other classroomsAssessmentDuring the entire experience you will give the intern continuous informal oral and written feedback, andwill complete four or more formal lesson evaluations during the semester. The intern will complete at leasttwo standards based self-evaluations during the semester. Please complete two standards basedevaluations also during the semester, one half way through the semester and one at the end of theinternship. S/he will continue to keep a journal and develop his/her portfolio. An exit conference will bescheduled during the final weeks of the semester, which will conclude her/his internship experience. It isexpected that you will participate in the exit interview.Week 1Sample Plan for a Special Education InternSpecial education internship is a seven to eight week field experience.Familiarization with the school and room - Together, you and the intern will put together a tentativeschedule. S/he will observe lessons being taught, read the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) of eachstudent, and learn names. S/he will begin working with students individually or in small groups usingmaterials prepared by you. The intern will meet with the college supervisor, explore any individualobjectives specific to the particular intern.30