AD687 Internship in Educational Leadership   (3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: M.Ed. students must have 36 credits completed. Certification students must have 15 credits completed. The purpose of internships is twofold: to provide an opportunity for students to apply and develop their conceptual knowledge of educational administration/supervision in the field under the guidance of an experienced administrator/supervisor, and to provide an opportunity to assess and evaluate the performance of graduate students in a real administrative/supervisory situation. In addition to hands-on leadership experience, interns are asked to reflect on the total picture or gestalt of leadership behavior. Interns are assisted in learning how to make a systematic appraisal of how the building-level (or central office) leader functions in leading an organization. A portfolio of achievement is developed. AD687 constitutes a single internship that will start in the fall and continue through the spring. One final grade is given at the end of the second semester.