Last night we had a meeting with the Special Ed. cohorts about the pros and cons of student teaching and internships. They also had some past students return to tell us about their experience.
Student teaching. This is only for one semester. You are paired up with a teacher. You watch the teacher teach in their classroom for a few weeks. Then you start to take over certain sections or subjects of the day with the teacher guiding you. Then you get to a point where you are teaching all day while the teacher observes you. Then you begin to fade out. Your student teaching is on BYU's schedule not on the school's schedule, so you don't start until September. This option you have lots of support with the paired teacher, you use their supplies, and you can graduate early in December. You do not get paid with this option.
Internship. This is for the whole school year. You are on the school's schedule. So you start in August, and while you graduate in April, you are still teaching until the end of May. You are on your own, you are the teacher. You are assigned a mentor for some support. You do get paid, it is half teacher wage plus benefits.
I am choosing the internship option. I feel that my experience in the classroom as an aide has prepared me to handle it. Plus, I don't want someone hovering over me. I am fairly independent. Also, I gots to get paid.
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Good choice and I agree that you can handle it. You've already had sooooo much experience already in a classroom that you won't have problems that others might have.
ReplyDeleteyes, you gots to get paid. i think that i would also tell you to go with the intern option.
ReplyDeleteyou gots to do what you gots to do... (just don't teach them to say gots!)
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