1. Your Coordinators: Mrs. Fasse and Ms. Parsons

2. Today’s Agenda Placement Folders Meet your coordinators Intro Student Internship PowerPoint Go over the calendar Go over forms Grading Procedures Website

3. These are simple suggestions for you to get involved in your new classroom as an education intern! Don’t forget to constantly communicate with your cooperating teacher!

4. 1. Working with students You can identify a student or group of students that need attention or extra assistance regularly You can and SHOULD help a student with work, but should NEVER do the work for the student Be in charge of a small group during small group time and run a mini lesson

5. 2. Teaching Opportunities You should have the opportunity to teach to the extent that both you and your cooperating teacher feel comfortable. Work together – co-teaching has worked well in the past Learn from experience. Accept positive feedback and constructive criticism- your teacher wants to help! Teaching a small group may be less intimidating for you (especially when you teach for the first time) As an intern, you are expected to teach a lesson at least one time per quarter. (Especially for your quarter projects!)

6. 3. Assisting a class with multiple special needs students You should roam around the room and assist with reading, hands-on tasks, and basic organization for those students

7. 4. Assisting the teacher Clerical work assistance Setting up for labs or projects Creating bulletin boards Organizing areas of the room Planning mini activities Sharing your creative ideas

8. Do’s for your Intern Experience Stay busy at all times! Work with your cooperating teacher to develop appropriate goals for each quarter Help your cooperating teacher keep his or her room organized NOTE: Some clerical work is necessary, but realize that you are learning the most when they are directly working with the students inside the classroom.

9. Ideas for Getting Involved Get creative! Create folders for students who are absent –you can be in charge of getting absent students caught up. Recognize a “Student of the Month” for the class. Maybe you can write a letter home, put up a display, etc. Go over homework with your students or run a review game

10. Are there times when you can’t think of anything to do??? Take notes on the lesson, presentation or video as the teacher is presenting Observe another teacher in the school building (A different grade, the special education resource room, etc.) *** Make sure you have permission first!*** Research a topic of your cooperating teacher’s choice they will be covering—YOU NEED TO BE KNOWEDGEABLE ABOUT THE TOPICS IN YOUR CLASS Prepare for a future lesson you may be teaching Update worksheets and/or activities for your cooperating teacher! Work with your cooperating teacher to utilize and bring technology into the classroom Spruce up the classroom—look around and take initiative!!

11. What is initiative??? in·i·ti·a·tive [ih-nish-uh-tiv] 1. an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends. 2. readiness and ability in initiating action; enterprise: to lack initiative. 3. one's personal, responsible decision: to act on one's own initiative. INITIATIVE DO’SINITIATIVE DON’TS Share your ideas with your cooperating teacher DON’T SAY….”You should do this…” Take action to help students when appropriate DON’T help if you are not comfortable with the material Clean or organize the classroomDON’T ignore any messes Ask you cooperating teacher “Can I…” Come up with an idea before asking. DON’T be another student in the classroom

12. Please contact us! (847)755-2736 Efasse@d211.org – FHS Periods 3,4,7,8 Efasse@d211.org Cparsons@d211.org – FHS Periods 1,2,5,6 Cparsons@d211.org Teachers who’ve had interns in the past can be a great resource and give you many good ideas!