School Internship

Minimum of 20 weeks (4+16) shall be allocated over the two years for task, assignments and school
internship. School internship will be taken in four phases:

  1. Pre-Internship: 2 weeks in the 1st Semester, 2 weeks in the 2nd Semester
  2. Internship
  3. Post-Internship
  4. Final Practice Teaching.

  1. PRE-INTERNSHIP:
    It involves the following activities for a period of four (4) weeks in the First year (2 weeks in the 1st
    Semester, 2 weeks in the 2nd Semester). All the pre-Internship activities will cover 50 marks.
    • Observation of the real class room situation (Minimum of 2 Schools-Private/ Government, Different Boards eg. NBSE/CBSE, Rural/ Urban) and the whole school environment. Before teaching in the classroom, the student-teacher will observe a regular classroom in the school for a week, to understand the school in totality, its philosophy and aims, organization and management, need of children curriculum and its transaction, assessment of teaching and learning.
    • Peer group discussion
    • Preparing a feedback and suggestion based on the observation of the real classroom situation and the whole school environment.
    • Sample demonstration/viewing different classroom situation
    • Input from teacher educators
    • Context analysis and reflection (JNV, KV, Ekavya)
  2. INTERNSHIP AT SCHOOL (Internship duration will be 10 weeks for 100 marks) :
    During internship a student-teacher shall work as a regular teacher and participate in all the
    school activities, scholastic, including planning, teaching and assessment, interacting with school
    teachers, community members, parents and children.
    Reflective journals and reports to be maintained during the internship period (A minimum of 50
    classes).
  3. POST-INTERNSHIP:
    Post internship duration will be of 4 weeks (one month) for 50 marks. It involves the following
    activities.
    • Writing reflective journals or reports on the whole school internship programme of 20 weeks.
    • Extended discussion among the student-teacher.
    • Presentations by student-teachers on different aspects of the teaching experiences after the internship.
  4. FINAL PRACTICE TEACHING DURATION TWO WEEKS FOR 50 MARKS:
    During the internship programme, four classes will be observed by the concerned supervisor/
    teacher educator for Final evaluation and assessment. 50 marks will be evaluated by a committee
    and another 50 by the supervisor.