Phase II Overview
Undergraduate Interns must register for EDUC 456 and 457 in order to participate in the phase-2 internship. Interns return to their school full-time, typically working with the same mentors as in Phase I. Interns follow the county specified start date for when classes resume after winter break and take the Spring Break for the school system in which they are assigned, not the UMBC Spring Break. Public schools in Maryland typically begin school within the first couple of days of January (e.g. Jan. 2nd or 3rd). Interns assume progressive responsibility for providing instruction and should provide full instruction for a period of at least six weeks.
Figure 1 (see below) illustrates the “ideal” circumstance for the Phase II teaching progression. Beginning in January, the intern should begin by taking over primary instructional responsibility for one class and maintaining this class for 12 – 14 weeks (bottom dashed line in Figure 1). Teaching responsibilities should increase around week 4 or 5 of Phase II with the intern picking up additional courses and maintaining this teaching load for approximately 10 – 12 weeks. Finally, the intern is expected to be responsible for all of his or her mentor’s classes (co-teaching is acceptable) by week 6 or 7 of Phase II and maintain this full teaching load for at least 6 – 8 weeks.
Figure 1 Phase II Progression of Teaching Responsibilities.
Note. Percent of Teaching Responsibilities includes planning, teaching, grading, attendance taking, parent conferences, faculty meetings, hall/bathroom/cafeteria duties, and any other duties normally fulfilled by the mentor teacher.
The Formative 5 evaluation cycle is a joint mentor teacher-university supervisor, full-evaluation cycle (approximately week 12 or 13 in Figure 1). At this time, any potential concerns that may prevent the intern from successfully completing the Phase II internship must be explained to the intern and reported to the Field Experience office. The nature of the concerns and potential sources of observable evidence that will need to be demonstrated to pass the internship will be submitted to the intern in writing. A contract may or may not be completed by the intern at the discretion of the mentor teacher and supervisor.
Internship Seminar
Interns will “officially” register for the internship seminar (EDUC 457) during the spring semester. Starting in the 2014/15 academic year the Secondary Education Program will, however be holding seminar sessions during both academic semesters. The rationale for extending seminar meetings into Phase I include:
· Providing greater cohesion and consistent support between the two internship phases.
· Providing additional support for the development of the Student Learning O bjective Process Experience (SLOPE). Two or three seminar meetings will be held during Phase I focusing on constructing measureable research questions, required student base-line data, and research-based learning interventions.
· Decreasing the number of outside classroom obligations during the full time teaching experience.
· The UMBC academic calendar does not align with the dates associated with the Phase I and II internships since many of the starting and transitions periods occur when UMBC is not in session.
The seminar participation is mandatory.
Lesson Plans
Interns submit lesson plans to the mentor teacher and supervisor at least two (2) school days in advance and have them approved prior to implementation. For lessons that are for assignments and observations (including CPPA observations, focus lessons, and unit plans), interns use the official UMBC lesson plan format.
For officially/formally observed/evaluated lessons
- CPPA Formative Lessons 1-6,
- Methods Course Focus Lessons,
- Curriculum Unit Plan Lessons and
- Enacted Lessons,
Interns must submit their lesson plans using the official Secondary Program Lesson Plan Template (available on Blackboard through Methods courses). A copy of this template is found on the final two pages of this handbook.
All observed lessons (officially and unofficially observed) must be submitted to the mentor teacher at least two days in advance. All officially observed lessons must be submitted (on the official Secondary Program Lesson Template) to the university supervisor at least two days in advance.