EDUC 9350 - Internship and Reflective Analysis Seminar

6 cr.

This internship is designed to advance the development of self-directing educators who initiate, facilitate, participate in and evaluate all aspects of educational practice. A year-long experience, the internship offers an opportunity to practice communication skills and apply collaborative skills with one or more colleagues in the field. Through cooperative participation of school personnel, students are given the realm in which to plan, organize and evaluate ways of improving instruction and to implement educational change through such peer leadership structures and practices as mentoring, collaborative supervision, peer coaching and team teaching. All work is carried out under the supervision of faculty. Ongoing internship projects are analyzed during biweekly seminars.