Internship in Educational Administration

Practicum designed to provide field experiences in school administration. The intern is assigned to an appropriate administrator in an approved elementary or secondary school. The field experience is under the supervision of a university professor and requires monthly seminar meetings at the university. The intern is given experience in developing and applying proficiencies in learner-centered leadership, learner-centered climate, learner-centered curriculum and instruction, learner-centered professional development, equity in excellence for all learners, and learner-centered communication. Specific activities and assignments ensure that the intern obtains practical experience in these proficiencies, determined collaboratively by the student, the university professor, and the cooperating administrator. Application for an internship must be made one semester prior to the semester of enrollment. A candidate must earn a final grade of B (3.0) minimum in the practicum/internship course in order to receive credit. If not, the course will need to be repeated. (Course may be taken multiple times for credit. The first attempt will be transcripted with a grade. If the class is repeated for additional credit, the PT version of the course should be used, which will be transcripted with a CR/NC grade.) This course contains a field-based service-learning component.