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University Instructor Handbook
Teach Now Transform Tomorrow Handbook
Trainings & Resources
Gradual Release (Exploration and Analysis Phases)
Teacher Candidate Dispositions Inventory
Competencies (Exploration and Analysis Phases)
Observation Indicators (Exploration and Analysis Phases)
Clinical Practice Contact Information
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:
Note - In addition to the above requirements, World Languages and Cultures majors must:
Teacher candidates will find more details about the clinical internship in the Clinical Internship 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
Competencies (Clinical Internship)
Clinical Internship Contact Information