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Spring 2020 Orientation to Internship Application

Spring 2020 Orientation to Internship Application. Brandy L. Russell, Assistant Director of Clinical Experiences. Important Facts You Should Know About Internship. Capstone assessment Full-time job and should be treated as such Full time in the schools, 5 days a week

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Spring 2020 Orientation to Internship Application

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  1. Spring 2020Orientation to Internship Application • Brandy L. Russell, Assistant Director of Clinical Experiences

  2. Important Facts You Should Know About Internship • Capstone assessment • 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 • No excused absences • Professional expectations

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

  4. WHAT IF I HAVEN’T PASSED ALL PRAXIS EXAMSAT THIS TIME? If you are considering internship in Spring 2020, you should apply even if you have not passed all your Praxis exams yet.

  5. PraxisII Policy Fall 2019 Internship To be eligible for Spring 2020 Internship, passing scores for all necessary Praxis exams must be received by JSU directly from ETS no later than December 6, 2019. Meeting this deadline is essential for your Internship placement to be assigned and confirmed. IF A PASSING SCORE IS NOT RECEIVED BY DEC. 6, 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.

  6. PraxisII Voucher Info IF YOU NEED A PRAXIS TESTING VOUCHER, SEE YOUR DEPARTMENT SECRETARY. *MUSIC-SEE DR. BAPTISTE* DO NOT REGISTER BEFORE RECEIVING YOUR JSU VOUCHER CODE.

  7. PraxisII Voucher Info IF YOU NEED A PRAXIS TESTING VOUCHER, SEE YOUR DEPARTMENT SECRETARY. *MUSIC-SEE DR. BAPTISTE* DO NOT REGISTER BEFORE RECEIVING YOUR JSU VOUCHER CODE. 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)

  8. Official ETS Score Reports • An official ETS score report must be sent directly to JSU and ALSDE by electronic transmission from ETS. • JSU must be listed as a score recipient.

  9. Questions about which Praxis exam to take? • 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)

  10. 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 • Curriculum & Instruction students may register to attend Multiple Subject Praxis workshops by contacting Stacey Wood sswood@jsu.edu

  11. ECE Exam (Undergraduate Students ONLY) • Requirements • Students who have completed English 101 and English 102 and a total of 48 hours are eligible. A wise student will not postpone taking the examination, since waiting until late in one's college career to take the examination may delay graduation. Students must take and pass the exam no later than the semester before they plan to apply for graduation. • Absolutely no late registration per English Department http://www.jsu.edu/english/ece_dates.html • Click the link above for info regarding the ECE exam and contact info for the English Dept.

  12. EPP or CLA ExamRequired for Graduation (UndergraduateStudents ONLY) • One of these assessments must be completed in order to meet graduation requirements.  • EPP - ETS Proficiency Profile-You will be sent a link from Vicki Trammell from Teacher Education Services during internship. You will be able to complete the EPP online. • Undergrads are required to take this DURING THE SEMESTER IN WHICH YOU ARE GRADUATING. • 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)

  13. 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.

  14. 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

  15. 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.

  16. Liability Insurance Information: • All interns, Undergraduate and Graduates, will receive a Liability Insurance Policy for Spring 2020. • You will receive an email from SAEA (Student Alabama Education Association) offering a free membership into SAEA. • There are many benefits of joining SAEA, but your liability insurance policy is not dependent on you joining SAEA. • Joining SAEA is completely optional.

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

  18. Internship Application Procedure: • No In-person Meeting-Apply Online! • If you are planning to complete Student Teaching Internship during the Spring 2020 semester, NOW is the time to submit your application. • Deadline to apply: September 20, 2019 • Where to APPLY: • Go to https://webprod.jsu.edu/internship_app/ or CLICK HERE • Choose Term Spring 2020 • Complete all information detailed and accurately • Visit this website: https://www.smore.com/eq328 • Please see your DEPARTMENT SECRETARY, INSTRUCTOR, OR ACADEMIC ADVISOR if you have questions about whether you need to apply!

  19. More 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.

  20. 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.

  21. Checkout Meeting: • 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 September 16-20, 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 Sept. 16-20thmay email Kay Coger at kcoger@jsu.edu to schedule their Internship Checkout Meeting.

  22. Keep All Contact Info Current: • Notify Clinical Experiences (brussell4@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.

  23. Placement Policy: • Link to JSU Clinical Experiences webpage - Placement Policy • http://www.jsu.edu/education/ce/internship.html

  24. 70 Mile Radius: • 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

  25. Counties We Serve: • 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

  26. General Rules for Internship: • 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-in-law/brother-in-law, mother/father, etc.

  27. Family Exception Rule: • 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.

  28. More Rules for Internship: • You mayNOT 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.

  29. More Rules for Internship: • 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.

  30. No Courtesy Placements: 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.

  31. Deadline to Apply: DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR INTERNSHIP: Friday, September 20, 2019

  32. Registering for Internship: 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 US or department with your CRN numbers.

  33. Registering for Internship: 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 US or department with your CRN numbers.

  34. 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. • Graduatesregister 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.

  35. School System Calendars: • You begin internship when schools start back from Christmas Break—not when JSU resumes classes. • Internship Orientation is tentatively set for Thursday, January 2nd. • You will have edTPA sessions with your department sometime that week also.

  36. Placement Notifications: • We will email your placement information to your Microsoft Office 365 student GEM account. • Placement Letter – Read it carefully! • School System Calendar • You can expect your placement email on or before December 20, 2019.

  37. Should you need to drop internship before it begins: • 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 not 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!

  38. Remind 101: • Join the REMIND 101 Group • For IMPORTANT messages • From the Office of Clinical Experiences • Spring 2020 JSU Internship • Text 81010 the following: • @cf78k92

  39. Thank You! • Any questions? • Please email any questions you have to Brandy Russell brussell4@jsu.edu

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