Guidelines for Student Teaching Internship - The Citadel

INTRODUCTIONThe student teaching internship is designed as the culmination of the professional preparationprogram leading to initial certification for secondary teaching in a specific content field andinitial certification for physical education teaching K-12. The student teaching internship isdesigned to reinforce the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for a teacher candidateto begin working as a professional educator.The student teaching internship is a bridge between educational theory and practice. Withinthis supervised teaching experience, the teacher candidate begins the transition from teachercandidate to professional teacher. A successful transition requires the teacher candidate todemonstrate knowledge, dedication, enthusiasm, and professionalism. In turn, the cooperatingteacher and college supervisor need to demonstrate encouragement, assistance, trust, andcompassion.The Citadel School of Education Director of Internships & Field Experiences) coordinates all fieldexperiences and internships for the program and works directly with each school and district toprovide the best possible placement. Agreements are renewed on an annual basis between TheCitadel and each school district where student teachers may be placed, as well as on asemester basis between cooperating teachers and The Citadel. The Citadel School of Educationgreatly appreciates the many teachers, administrators, and staff members who provide Citadelfaculty and teacher candidates with outstanding professional opportunities and experiences inthe public schools.The Guidelines for Student Teaching Internship is a handbook for student teaching interns,cooperating teachers, principals, district coordinators, and college supervisors that providesinformation on policies and procedures of the teaching internship program. The handbook alsoconstitutes the syllabus for the undergraduate courses EDUC 499 and PHED 499: Internship inTeaching, and for the graduate M.A.T. courses, EDUC 520 and HESS 620: ProfessionalInternship.The Secondary Teacher Education Programs at The Citadel adhere to the standards and arerecognized by their respective national specialized professional (SPA) associations, meet theoperating standards of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE),comply with the regulations of the State’s ADEPT legislation, and follow the guidelines providedby the South Carolina State Department of Education.The Citadel, School of Education 3