INTERNSHIPS

EAD 660 Onsite Internship & EAD 663 Offsite Internship

The internship program at Missouri State is designed to allow students an opportunity to apply the knowledge, skills and dispositions learned from the curriculum associated with their respective certification area.  Designed as a capstone experience, students, in a cohort structure, are expected to collaborate with constituencies within the framework of their institution, apply best practices, and compare processes/procedures with other institutions in an effort to make positive changes in the learning climate.  Student involvement in the internship program is expected to exceed 200 hours.

The internship program is composed of two, full semester courses.  The first is an on-site cohort-based experience that requires students to create action plans, produce tangible products for an internship portfolio and write a self-reflective piece describing the experience of collaboratively implementing programs that make a difference in schools (150 hour investment).  The on-site course's cohort format allows students from a variety of educational contexts to share their ideas and their problems in order to test them against a diverse audience.  Through this experience students:

• identify and analyze current practices affecting a school's learning environment.

• interact with school administration to identify problem areas within the learning environment.

• work collaboratively with parents, students, teachers and other community stakeholders to create change within the learning environment.

• work collaboratively with the cohort to share ideas and experiences as well as sharing information concerning different learning contexts.

The second course of the internship is a semester long course which requires students to study and interact with community and state agencies which have activities that affect schools and their constituencies(50 hour investment). As in the on-site first course, students are expected to apply best practices, to collaborate with a variety of constituencies within the framework of their institution and community and to compare processes and procedures in their district with those of other communities and institutions in an effort to address student and family needs that affect learning. Through this experience students:

• identify and analyze services available through community health, social and other related agencies

• participate, through simulation, in solving selected community problems

• work collaboratively with a community agency to address the social, health or emotional needs of at least one student or family at the case level.

• write a self-reflective piece describing their experience of utilizing community services to assist the learning environment

• share their experiences with members of their cohort group in order to test their ideas and plans against a diverse audience. 

 Internship Portfolios

The portfolio for each internship experience is to be an organized product that reflects the activities, processes, and products that the student encountered and produced during the internship.  Specific requirements for each portfolio are outlined in the Internship Syllabi available through the links at the top of the page.