Teaching Internships

Teaching Internships - January 2006
Application Deadline: November 15, 2005

Teaching internships are designed to help familiarize talented and mature graduate students with the challenges, responsibilities and rewards of college teaching. As interns, students will attend their course regularly, shadow the faculty member from the planning stages through the completion of the course, and assist in instruction and assessment. Internships are designed to provide teaching experience to students who plan to apply for adjunct positions or full-time employment after they complete their degrees. We invite inquiries from current students in the MAE and the MAW programs who have interest in teaching and/or tutoring. Before applying for a teaching internship, students must have completed either ENG 474 "Teaching Literature" or ENG 480 "Teaching Writing" and must be in their second year of study.

Several internships in college teaching will be available beginning in January at College of Lake County, Robert Morris College, and Truman College.

Objectives for internships:

• To provide qualified M.A. students with the opportunity to observe and assist an experienced teacher in the daily responsibilities of teaching a college-level class for an entire term
• To allow experienced scholar-teachers to share their knowledge and experience with aspiring faculty members
• To offer a structured, flexible, and stimulating opportunity for professional and collegial development for faculty and students

Procedures for internships:
The terms of individual internships will vary according to the needs and schedules of the students and faculty involved, but in general, interns will:

• Attend all class meetings and complete do the assigned readings
• Participate in small group discussion and other class activities, as negotiated with instructor
• Write and grade from 2-6 quizzes or daily writing prompts, depending on the nature of the course
• Make at least two carefully researched and rehearsed presentations on topics related to the readings
• Meet with the class in the library for work on research projects as needed and/or tutor students in the writing center or individually
• Collaborate on designing, presenting, and evaluating lesson plans and assignments
• Meet regularly with supervising instructor
• Keep a detailed reflective journal
• Write a final assessment of the course and the internship experience

Evaluation:
An intern’s grade will be based on quality of: the class planning (the quizzes and presentations), the intern’s engagement with the class, the journal, the final assessment, and the consistency of the intern’s attendance in class and meetings with the supervising faculty. The supervising faculty may collaborate with the Internship Coordinator (Bartlett) on final grades.

To Apply:
Please send a letter of application, a resume or CV, an unofficial transcript of your graduate coursework, and the names of two DePaul faculty willing to serve as references to Jan Flood jflood@depaul.edu by November 15, 2005.