Undergraduate Internships

Field Experiences

In the process of developing knowledge, skills, and dispositions that prepare students to become teaching professionals, there are various levels of participation and experience for students in the College of Education, including essential ­­coursework and exposure to classrooms and students. At the initial level of exposure to the classroom, there are field experiences associated with specific courses. In these experiences, students learn skills and techniques for working collaboratively with other professionals, for observing teaching, and for working with diverse populations of young children and families in contemporary society. This first level of participation is considered exploratory in that it provides students with a good feel for what the teaching profession is like and how it suits their life goals.

During Internship I, students are in classrooms two days per week. They have the opportunity to observe teaching, to work with small groups of students, and to do independent study projects in order to gain an experiential background in how schools operate.

UCF faculty (i.e., university coordinators) supervises interns in collaboration with supervising teachers. Both university coordinators and supervising teachers observe the intern working with students and provide essential feedback about performance.

Please refer to the Office of Clinical Experiences website to reference the Student Teaching Handbook for more detailed information.

clinicalexperiences.education.ucf.edu

Spring 2009 Application opens August 15th, 5:00 p.m. at education.ucf.edu/clexp