Suggested Guidelines for The

INTERNSHIP SEMESTER 2 Suggested Guidelines for the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) to the Interns

This guide to internship is not intended to be a one-size-fits-all approach, but rather an idea of how a schedule for increasing teaching responsibilities might look. This document will give you a sense of what is generally expected as well as some ideas you may not have considered. Hopefully, it will help with long range planning also.

Intern Classroom Expectations during the second of two semesters:  Interns create a Content Readiness Profile (academic data collection; setting and curriculum barrier analysis, analysis of student work)  Interns design, implement and evaluate a Disciplinary or Interdisciplinary Teaching Unit to last a minimum of 10 full, consecutive days during which time he or she takes over full responsibility for the mentor teacher’s classroom.  The Teaching Unit is taught during Lead Teaching, but may extend before and after the 10-day period.  Interns create a standards-based Assessment system  Interns complete their final review and evaluation of the teaching standards  Interns develop and present a Showcase Portfolio

Intern Professional Development during the second of two semesters:  Across the semester, to the degree possible, the intern is meant to participate in any faculty, grade level, department or other school-related meetings, workshops and in- service trainings that do not conflict with USM class meetings.  The intern should participate in any IEP, 504 or other student-related meetings as deemed appropriate by the mentor teacher and building administrator.  The intern should participate in parent-student-teacher conferences as deemed appropriate by the mentor teacher and building administrator.  The intern is also meant to attend duties assigned to the mentor teacher.

Semester 2 GRR – revised 8.6.16 https://usm.maine.edu/extended-teacher-education-program-etep/supervision-resources 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLS

January January (The intern should be "in the driver's seat" (The intern should be "in the driver's seat" 20-40% of the time spent in internship) 20-40% of the time spent in internship)

Intern will: Intern will:  Become familiar with classroom  Become familiar with classroom routines routines  Learn all students’ names  Learn all students’ names  Practice using mentor’s management  Practice using mentor’s management protocols protocols  Plan and teach Introductory Lesson  Plan and teach Introductory Lesson with with written lesson plan (optional) written lesson plan (optional)  Write and send home letter to families  Write and send home letter to families

Intern might: Intern might:  Conduct routines, such as attendance,  Conduct routines, such as attendance lunch count  Use some of his/her own management  Partner with mentor teacher on techniques with students transitions  Teach one or two parts of each class  Use some of his/her own management (review, activator, summarizer, etc.) techniques with students  Observe mentor, then begin co-teaching  Teach one or two parts of the class or even teaching one or two blocks each day every day.  Begin working with small groups or individual students

February February ("Driver's seat" 45-75% of the time spent in ("Driver's seat" 45-75% of the time spent in internship) internship)

Intern should: Intern should:  Begin to take over responsibility for  Conduct routines, such as attendance morning meeting and other routines  Use some of his/her own management such as attendance, lunch count techniques with students  Partner with mentor teacher on  Teach one or two parts of each class transitions (review, activator, summarizer, etc.)  Use some of his/her own management  Continue co-teaching one or two blocks techniques with students every day or take over teaching one or  Teach one or two parts of the class more block/class. each day  Write original lesson plans and/or  Work steadily with a reading group procedures connected with district  Plan and co-teach lessons with mentor standards or curriculum teacher in at least one content area or  Meet with mentor to determine topic(s) Semester 2 GRR – revised 8.6.16 https://usm.maine.edu/extended-teacher-education-program-etep/supervision-resources 2 topic and timeline for lead teaching unit  Write original lesson plans and/or procedures connected with district standards or curriculum  Meet with mentor to discuss topic(s) and timeline for lead teaching unit

March March ("Driver's seat" 80%-100% of the time ("Driver's seat" 80%-100% of the time spent spent in internship; lead teaching may in internship; lead teaching may occur in occur in March) March)

Intern should: Intern should:  Take over responsibility for morning  Continue co-teaching with mentor, meeting and other routines adding another block, or class if  Take over responsibility for at least appropriate. one content area or topic and teach  Write original lesson plans and/or independently procedures connected with district  Write original lesson plans and/or standards or curriculum and reflections procedures connected with district when appropriate standards or curriculum and reflections  Use student data to differentiate when appropriate  Continue to increase amount of teaching  Use student data to differentiate with the goal of doing at least one full  Continue to increase amount of day of all content and transitions before teaching with the goal of doing at least lead teaching one full day of all content and  With mentor, design informal transitions before lead teaching assessments, implement and plan  With mentor, design informal follow-up assessments, implement and plan  Develop teaching unit and possibly follow-up. begin implementing it  Develop teaching unit and possibly  Lead teach for 10 consecutive days. begin implementing it  In middle or high school classrooms the  Lead teach for 10 consecutive days. intern should teach his or her unit until  The teaching unit MAY begin before it is assessed and grades are awarded. or extend beyond the 10 days of lead (this may extend before and after the 10 teaching days of lead teaching)  After the teaching unit is complete, the  After the teaching unit is complete, the intern may continue co-teaching with intern may continue co-teaching with mentor mentor

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Intern should: Intern should:  Continue to teach unit  Continue to teach unit  Lead teach for 10 consecutive days.  Lead teach for 10 consecutive days.  The teaching unit MAY begin before  In middle or high school classrooms the or extend beyond the 10 days of lead intern should teach his or her unit until teaching it is assessed and grades are awarded.  After the teaching unit is complete, the (this may extend before and after the 10 intern may continue co-teaching with days of lead teaching) mentor  After the teaching unit is complete, the intern may continue co-teaching with mentor

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