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EDIT 7460: Internship in School Media Services

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Last update: 5-9-08 by bf

Meetings, Summer and Fall 2008:
No formal meetings scheduled for active interns



Past Meetings | Jan 19 | Feb 2 | Mar 15 | Apr 5
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January 19, 2008

Room A1880
Class cancelled - snow!  We did a podcast and then a chat instead.

Podcast: look in WebCT 7460; chat log

Greetings, Re-introductions

Contracts: Everybody must have one approved before intern hours begin. Check WebCT/7460 to see your status.

Use of time:

The Journal (GoogleDoc): do this from your first active day

Communication Channels:

Good Intern Documentation - see below

Q&A

Feel free to suggest topics for this and future meetings.

Peer Sharing

Calendar | Global Calendar

If time: M.Ed., non-degree: Fitzgerald's Unofficial M.Ed. Portfolio Checklist

Documentation guidelines:



February 2, 2008
9a-11a, A1880
Demographic forms due

Housekeeping:

Documentation examples to pass around

Tech Tip: Google Reader and RSS feeds

Final Contracts:

Job Matters

Don't let the Portfolio (M.Ed. | Ed.S)  sneak up on you - questions?


Stories from the field (we didn't really get to this)

Q&A, Discussion



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March 15, 2008

Greetings; Agenda overview
Q&A - General

Internship Matters
Clear on due dates for documentation?  (May 1!)
Tags
Rubric modification: GA Framework Alignment

Marathon Matters


Stadium Advising


Midterm

Peer Group Sharing/Individual Conferencing

Portfolio Matters

Next time:
How do I prepare for my first year on the job?
What tasks must I finish first -- how do I begin the year?



April 5, 2008

Last Official Meeting of Cohort 6

Greetings
Business


Q&A

Course evaluations will be available around 4/22

Dropbox

Include your final contract in your documentation.

How we will provide internship feedback

Other questions regarding portfolios: Portfolio Page

Discuss: How can we make the Internship a better learning experience without significantly increasing the workload?

Graduation Preparation!

Peer Group Sharing/Individual Conferencing
Take a Group Picture
Fun - pizza for those who can stay a little later (don't forget cash)



interns: procedures
"Test" on contract/syllabus/FAQs
Must have initial approval by first day of session
Prelim contract approved by end of drop/add
Final contract signed/approved 3 days before midterm
Documentation due: ___

Why? Will explain reasons behind all of these.
Summer is the most treacherous time to try to finish an internship.
Consequences for missing deadlines: administrative drop from class - equivalent to a 'no-show'
Using the discussion boards

Ed.S. only: Applied Projects



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Past Meetings

September 15, 2007

9:00 - 9:45 am
Audio of this meeting available!
Go to WebCT/7460; mp3 file available there

for Cohort 6 Interns, active interns, and others planning to intern during 07-08

Agenda


First, the "new stuff"
    Blog / Table format
    A new Online Mentor Evaluation


Syllabus and Contracts
       read them all, then pass the test!
Step-by-step Instructions (from the Syllabus)

3 approvals: Logistics, Preliminary, and Final
Caution about turn-around time:
I am often asked to approve a contract quickly so that work can begin immediately.  This is a dangerous strategy. It is most typical that I have some sort of feedback about a proposed contract, and it takes time for me to review the contract and then for you to make the changes and get it back to me.  Allow plenty of time for this process to play out properly in advance of your first expected work date.
Site Selection Criteria
  • System approval, if required (definitely in Gwinnett, Fulton, and others). System administrators have ultimate power over where you intern.
  • Qualified, willing media specialist
  • Inspiring and/or admirable program; program should be good representative of the field
  • Majority of hours must occur when students potentially present. That is: only a small fraction of your internship may be after or before school hours, during staff planning days, and during the summer when students are not in attendance. Whether students actually visit the media center while you're there is not under your control.
  • Your own school: we recommend against placement in your own school.
  • Logistics: you are the only judge of this; I can't place you against your will. That's why we allow maximum flexibility in time. However, this aspect of the internship will probably be a challenge for most people, resulting in short-term sacrifices.
  • Administrative approval(s)- host principal and your own principal (if applicable)
  • Diversity: if you have no experience with diversity in your professional portfolio, you must gain it in the internship
Registration
Required Components (from Final Contract)
Project
Collaborative planning
Media or Technology Committee meeting
Grade level or department meeting
Information literacy component
Assist individual students
Large group session in collaboration
Peer sharing
Professional conference
Administrative
Miscellaneous
Other site visits
Hours: 120 total; at least 100 must be on-site
Documentation
There may be others in the documents -- read them carefully!
Balance of hours -- I am looking for reasonable distribution of time over these tasks.  As you do the work, the hours allotted will shift somewhat.
Overlap of tasks: expected; recommended!
How many hours per element?  Check the Internship Elements resource.
Innovative scheduling strategies
Differential holidays -- especially spring break
Different systems with differing calendars
Planning time - caution!
Role-swapping with your own class (keeping learners' best interest in mind at all times)
Mix-and-match approach
Evening possibilities
Summer school
Spreading experience out over time
If you don't work in a school: vacation; evenings; flex time; business people have steep challenges, but somehow have complained least in my experience.

How definite must you really be in your proposal?
A few cautions
Words of wisdom from active interns
Your questions
FAQs



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Spring Overview for end of First Year

Overview of the Internship

Please, please, please do NOT submit a contract the day before you expect to begin work!!  We need 2 weeks to work on them!




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