Orientation to Internship Application for Fall 2019 Semester

Orientation to Internship Application for Fall 2019 Semester School of Education Brandy L. Russell, Assistant Director of Clinical Experiences

Important Facts You Should Know About Internship • This is your Capstone assessment • Internship is a full-time job and should be treated as such • Full time in the schools, 5 days a week • Follow the school’s academic calendar, not JSU’s

Important Facts You Should Know About Internship • No excused absences-all absences must be made up after internship • High professional expectations are expected of you during internship

Professional Disposition • • • Commitment to Honoring Professional Ethical Standards Fairness Honesty & Integrity Trustworthiness Confidentiality Respect for Colleagues and students

Internship Testing and Eligibility Requirements

WHAT IF I HAVEN’T PASSED ALL PRAXIS EXAMS AT THIS TIME? If you are considering internship in Fall 2019, you should apply even if you have not passed all your Praxis exams yet.

Praxis II Policy Fall 2019 Internship To be eligible for FALL 2019 Internship, passing scores for all necessary Praxis exams must be received by JSU directly from ETS no later than July 8, 2019. Meeting this deadline is essential for your Internship placement to be assigned and confirmed. IF A PASSING SCORE IS NOT RECEIVED BY JULY 8, and the student will be eligible to re-take the necessary Praxis exam(s) and receive a score prior to the first day of class in the Internship term, the student MAY request and MAY be granted the opportunity to sign an MOU indicating the student's understanding of the penalties and prohibitions resulting from failure to establish a passing score on the necessary Praxis exams. After consultation by the student, with the advisor, program chair, department head (all appropriate persons), and necessary approval, the student may execute the MOU and a tentative placement will be made. IF YOU NEED A PRAXIS TESTING VOUCHER, SEE YOUR DEPARTMENT SECRETARY. *MUSIC-SEE DR. BAPTISTE* DO NOT REGISTER BEFORE RECEIVING YOUR JSU VOUCHER CODE.

Praxis • 1 Praxis attempt is covered by your fees for undergrads. • Graduates-contact your academic advisor to find out about vouchers. • If you have taken the test previously and failed, we will cover that test 1 time. (we will cover each subtest one time also if you have already paid for the main test)

Only official ETS score reports… • sent directly to JSU and ALSDE by electronic transmission from ETS will be accepted. • JSU must be listed as a score recipient.

Contact your advisor, instructor, or department head… • for details regarding Praxis II test(s) code(s) and requirement(s) for your respective major. • Praxis II Test Centers and Dates • Praxis II Tests & Code Numbers – (AL State Approved)

Praxis II Test Help • Praxis II Study Guides – available from ETS and Amazon. com • www. praxisprep. com • Dr. Joseph Akpan, School of Education– Praxis II workshops • jakpan@jsu. edu

English Competency Exam (ECE) (Undergraduate Students ONLY) • Take once you complete English 101 & 102 and have acquired between 48 -60 hours. • Students must pass the ECE at least one semester before filing an application for graduation. • Register online via JSU English Department’s website • Absolutely no late registration per English Department http: //www. jsu. edu/english/ece_dates. html • Phone contact # 782 -5411 or 782 -5412 • The test is administered at JSU by the English Department. No testing fee. • Great info for ECE: http: //www. jsu. edu/english/ece_info. html

EPP or CLA Exam Required for Graduation (Undergraduate Students ONLY) • One of these assessments must be completed in order to meet graduation requirements. • EPP - ETS Proficiency Profile -A link will be sent to you during internship for you to complete this test at home. This test takes the place of the CBASE. • CLA+ - Collegiate Learning Assessment - (if selected by the Office of Planning and Research) It can be taken in place of the EPP to meet graduation requirements. It is performance based and provides a measure of an institution's contribution to the development of critical thinking and writing skills. (Computer based)

EPP – Con’t. • Undergrads are required to take this DURING THE SEMESTER IN WHICH YOU ARE GRADUATING. • You will be sent a link from Vicki Trammell from Teacher Education Services during internship. You will be able to complete the EPP online.

COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMS Test Requirement for Graduation (Graduate Students ONLY) • Comps are given through your department the semester that you intern (your LAST semester). • Contact your department for specific dates given. You register online through the Graduate School. • Clinical Experiences Office does not know testing dates, as they differ according to each major and within each department.

Other Requirements Prior to Internship: • For UNDERGRADS -Overall, professional, & teaching field GPAs must be a 2. 75 at minimum. • For GRADS –Overall, professional, & teaching field GPAs must be a 3. 25 at minimum. • Internship should be the last course for the student. • Must have earned a “C” or better in all teaching and professional courses. • You will formally apply for the internship one semester before you actually plan to intern. Should you apply & not actually intern for any reason, you will reapply again at the appropriate time.

Notice to Alternative Class A Students Who Are Employed As Teachers: • In order to meet internship requirements, you must be employed full time in your field and grade level(s) and teaching under an Interim Employment Certificate (IEC). • If you are BY and employed to teach GS all day, this will not satisfy requirements. Some employed interns have had to take a leave of absence. • If you are employed in a private school or seek private school placement, the school must meet certain requirements: – must be SACS accredited – recognized by the State

Final Information for Alternative Class A Students : • If you secure teaching employment after application, you must contact Clinical Experiences immediately and provide the necessary documentation (a letter from your superintendent and a copy of your current certificate). • If you become unemployed (as a teacher) between now and internship, you must notify the office as well. • If you are employed out of field, you will need to secure a leave of absence, if you cannot gain employment within field. • If you are employed as a teacher’s aide, you will need to secure a leave of absence from that role.

Liability Insurance Information Your course fees cover liability insurance for you. Do not purchase a policy UNLESS you are a GRADUATE student. Graduate students that are employed must either purchase a policy or provide my office with proof of coverage.

Live. Text FEM Live. Text is now covered by your fees (for undergrads). If you do not have Live. Text or need to upgrade to FEM, see your department secretary. *MUSIC—SEE DR. BAPTISTE*

Internship Application Procedures No In-person Meeting-Apply Online! If you are planning to complete Student Teaching Internship during the FALL 2019 semester, NOW is the time to submit your application. Deadline to apply: February 15, 2019 Where to APPLY: • Go go www. jsu. edu and choose A-Z. Choose Clinical Experiences. Choose Internship on the left. Choose Fall 2019 Internship. • Visit this website: https: //www. smore. com/eq 328 Please see your DEPARTMENT SECRETARY, INSTRUCTOR, OR ACADEMIC ADVISOR if you have questions about whether you need to apply!

Internship Application Procedures: • Internship is the LAST course before graduation, and should be the only course you take, unless you are required to take another course designed to be taken concurrently with internship, according to your department. • You must have completed the online internship application prior to your scheduled internship checkout meeting with Teacher Education Services, Room 207. • Late applications can delay your placement. • YOU MUST BRING YOUR TRIAL SCHEDULE, SIGNED BY YOUR ADVISOR TO YOUR CHECKOUT MEETING.

Extra Courses During Internship § All students MUST still see their advisor for their Internship semester to have a Trial Schedule approved. Please note that if you are planning on taking extra courses during your Internship semester, the course(s) MUST be reflected on your Trial Schedule and approved by your advisor and/or Department Head.

CHECK, & DOUBLE CHECK BEHIND YOUR ADVISOR! • You are ultimately responsible for making sure that you meet all requirements (outlined in your catalog/bulletin) for internship eligibility. If you have any questions about this, check your JSU bulletin again or ask questions. Refer to your checkout sheet from TSC! • If you are missing courses, made less than a “C” in a required course, or your GPA does not meet ALL the minimums, you will need to have taken care of this prior to internship. • Please double check to make sure you’re eligible. If you drop a course, you’ll need to take it later before you plan to intern, recalculate your GPA, etc. PLEASE re-check for your own sake & check early!

Importance of Keeping ALL Information Current: • Notify Clinical Experiences (brussell 4@jsu. edu) immediately if you have changes in information. Students must frequently be contacted, and correct, current information is necessary in order to keep you informed. • On your Internship Application, please notice there are two different address listings: one for internship and one for home. On your application, you should list your physical address during Internship for School Year Residence. • Information that could potentially change: email addresses, phone numbers, physical address, and even name changes, etc.

Internship Placement Policy Link to JSU Clinical Experiences webpage - Placement Policy

JSU places interns in some schools in the following AL Counties: (within 70 mile radius from JSU) • • • Calhoun Cherokee Clay Cleburne Dekalb Etowah Marshall Randolph St. Clair Talladega This information is subject to change.

Note on the “Counties” JSU Serves… • This is just the “geographic” area. • There are many different systems within each of these counties listed that we serve. • For example: The Calhoun County area consists of five different school systems: – Anniston City, Calhoun County, Jacksonville City, Oxford City, Piedmont City

General Rules Related to Internship Placement: • You may NOT intern where you have family attending or employed (see exception on next slide). Please don’t ask! This information must be disclosed on you internship application). Give accurate information, please! “Family” is defined as (but not limited to) the following: spouse, child, grandchild, brother/sister, aunt/uncle, grandparents, niece/nephew, cousins, sister-inlaw/brother-in-law, mother/father, etc.

Exception to Family Members Attending or Employed at Internship Placement School: • Employed Alabama Alt A teacher/intern candidates completing internship and working under an IEC endorsed for the teaching field appropriate to the candidate’s teaching assignment may complete internship in the candidate’s classroom, if the classroom setting is appropriate for the candidate’s teaching field requirements.

• You may NOT intern where you attended high school unless it has been more than ten years (Exception: Employed Alt A requirements). Do not list this as a requested choice for placement on your application for internship. This helps give you diverse placements as required by ALSDE. • You may intern where you completed your Practicum when both parties agree to it. This is referred to as a Year-Long Clinical Placement.

• Students should NOT contact Boards of Education, schools, or teachers to ask for placement. All placements come through the Office of Clinical Experiences. • Applications that are incomplete or not legible will NOT be processed and will delay placement. Be sure you indicate the grade level and school name of ALL practicum experiences.

Courtesy Placement Policy Courtesy Placements for JSU Teacher Candidates (Practica and Internship) Beginning fall 2016, JSU teacher candidates must complete field experiences (practica) and internship placements in select Alabama P 12 schools within JSU’s 70 -mile radius. Out-of-state courtesy placements are not allowed. Employed Alternative A, Class A, and Class AA candidates (teachers of record) who hold a valid Interim Educator Certificate (IEC; formerly Special Alternative Certificate-SAC) endorsed for the teaching field appropriate to the candidate’s teaching assignment may be allowed for courtesy placement. See Assistant Director of Clinical Experiences for further information. Courtesy Placements for Non-JSU Teacher Candidates Students completing field experiences and/or internships who are enrolled in another Education Program Provider (institution) must seek placement and supervision from his/her institution.

Internship Application Deadlines DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR INTERNSHIP: Friday, February 15, 2019

Checkout Meeting Info: HOW TO SCHEDULE YOUR INTERNSHIP CHECKOUT MEETING: • All students will schedule their Internship Checkout Meeting in person by visiting Teacher Education Services, Ramona Wood Hall, Room 207 between the hours of 8: 00 a. m. and 4: 30 p. m. during the week of February 11 -15, 2019. • Students who are employed as a teacher of record in their own school classroom OR students that live far from campus and do not have class on campus during the week of February 11 -15 th may email Kay Coger at kcoger@jsu. edu to schedule their Internship Checkout Meeting.

Registering for Internship & Reflective Practices in Internship Seminar • • ED 495/595 ED 496/596 MU 487/587 MU 489 NO ONE CAN REGISTER FOR INTERNSHIP UNTIL AFTER GRADES POST FOR THE SEMESTER PRIOR TO INTERNSHIP. • You will receive an email from your University Supervisor with your CRN numbers for registration.

Internship Credit Hours • Currently, Undergraduates register for 1 section of Internship and 1 section of Seminar for a total of 9 hours. You will register for the appropriate Seminar according to your department. • Graduates register for 1 section of graduate level Internship and 1 section of graduate level Seminar for a total of 6 hours. You will register for the appropriate Seminar according to your department. • IF you need 12 hours for financial aid or insurance reasons, consult your advisor for the appropriate recommendations.

Placement Information Can Change: • We do not assign interns to teachers. This is left up to the Boards of Education and principals. • Much goes into placing you & assigning supervision. For this reason, it is rare that changes on JSU’s end will be made after the fact, unless it is an emergency.

School System Calendars • You should plan to attend beginning of the semester inservice and professional activities as per your assigned school and CT.

Placement Notification • We will email your placement information to your Microsoft Office 365 student GEM account. Placement Letter – Read it carefully! School System Calendar

Should you be forced to withdraw/drop from the internship prior to the start of it: • It is O. K. if something comes up after you register, and you are forced to withdraw/drop, but you must not only drop the course, you must also notify Clinical Experiences and do so immediately upon dropping it. • If you simply drop the course and do notify the Office of Clinical Experience, there is no way of knowing that you withdrew. Schools will then be expecting you to come, and teachers will have made plans to have you in their rooms. • REMEMBER THAT YOU WILL NEED TO REAPPLY FOR INTERNSHIP AGAIN AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND SUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION FOR DEGREE!

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Thank You! • Any questions? • Please email any questions you have to Brandy Russell brussell 4@jsu. edu