Comments on: Internship vs. Student Teaching http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/01/30/intership-vs-student-teacing/ Theory is nice, but we are working in practice... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:47:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: alicemercer http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/01/30/intership-vs-student-teacing/#comment-273 alicemercer Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:51:42 +0000 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/01/30/intership-vs-student-teacing/#comment-273 This is what I wish we would have... 1. Some form of compensation for this. Interns in law offices/medicine get stipends, etc. 2. More supervision (on site hopefully at least 2-3 days a week) by your supervisor from the credentialing program. That way you get observed and get feedback on a regular basis. 3. Pay Master/cooperating teachers a stipend. NOT a lot, but something to make them take their supervision duties seriously, and not just look at it as an opportunity to get free labor in their class. Demand feedback, etc. from them it so that the student teacher is getting feedback, and help. 4. The recent moves to have time in the classroom (and responsibilities) ratchet up from the beginning of the program until you are student teaching are excellent. I notice that some programs are short cutting the student teaching time to get folks through programs quicker -- 2-3 day a week student teaching stints are not enough for everyone. This is what I wish we would have…

1. Some form of compensation for this. Interns in law offices/medicine get stipends, etc.

2. More supervision (on site hopefully at least 2-3 days a week) by your supervisor from the credentialing program. That way you get observed and get feedback on a regular basis.

3. Pay Master/cooperating teachers a stipend. NOT a lot, but something to make them take their supervision duties seriously, and not just look at it as an opportunity to get free labor in their class. Demand feedback, etc. from them it so that the student teacher is getting feedback, and help.

4. The recent moves to have time in the classroom (and responsibilities) ratchet up from the beginning of the program until you are student teaching are excellent. I notice that some programs are short cutting the student teaching time to get folks through programs quicker — 2-3 day a week student teaching stints are not enough for everyone.

]]> By: Susan http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/01/30/intership-vs-student-teacing/#comment-247 Susan Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:45:48 +0000 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/01/30/intership-vs-student-teacing/#comment-247 I think many teacher training programs DO still isolate teachers in classrooms...yet we learn SO MUCH from each other. It really should be called Teacher Apprenticeship in my opinion. I like it when the classroom teacher spends time co-teaching in the room and coaching the less experienced teacher. I agree that it's changed from when I did it (and that was over 20 years ago)...but I still think there's room for change in other programs as well and perhaps whole-scale. I think many teacher training programs DO still isolate teachers in classrooms…yet we learn SO MUCH from each other. It really should be called Teacher Apprenticeship in my opinion. I like it when the classroom teacher spends time co-teaching in the room and coaching the less experienced teacher. I agree that it’s changed from when I did it (and that was over 20 years ago)…but I still think there’s room for change in other programs as well and perhaps whole-scale.

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