Skip to content

Visit our Watermark Resource page for helpful videos and a user guide for navigating the Student Learning and Licensure system.

Clinical Internship is the final semester of all teaching degree programs at the University of Southern Indiana. During this semester, teacher candidates are fully immersed in the daily work of teaching.

USI has Clinical Education Agreements with school corporations in Indiana and southern Illinois located within a 60-mile radius of Evansville. Clinical interns will be placed with a cooperating teacher in the partner school for a full-time, 16-week experience. The teacher candidate will complete the internship in their major area of study.

Teacher candidates are required to submit the clinical internship application in January of the year preceding the academic year in which they plan to be a clinical intern. Teacher candidates will receive email communications concerning the process and schedule for submitting the application.

The following requirements must be met to submit the clinical internship application and to begin the clinical internship. The teacher candidate must:

  1. Be admitted to Teacher Education
  2. Earn and maintain a USI GPA of 2.75 overall and in all majors and minors
  3. Earn a grade of C or higher in all courses in the candidate’s degree program
  4. Acquire the advisor’s signature on the application, verifying that all requirements are met

Note - In addition to the above requirements, World Languages and Cultures majors must:

  1. Earn an A in FREN/GERM/SPAN 307
  2. Earn a score of "advanced low" or better on the official Oral Proficiency Interview

Teacher candidates will find more details about the clinical internship in the Clinical Internship Handbook.

Clinical Internship Handbook

Cooperating Teacher Handbook

University Supervisor Handbook

Clinical Internship Application Checklist

Clinical Internship Application

Teach Now - Transform Tomorrow Clinical Internship Program

Trainings and Resources

Co-Teaching

Clinical Intern Synthesis Phase Assessment

Disposition Inventory

Competencies (Clinical Internship)

Observation Indicators

Disposition Alert Policy

Clinical Internship Contact Information

Connect With
Teacher Education

(812) 465-7024