As interns undertake their internship, they integrate theory with practice. This approach allows interns multiple opportunities over time to apply and reapply knowledge and skills in a structured environment with highly experienced practitioners. Intern responsibilities including:

• securing and maintaining a currently employed principal or assistant principal with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role early in the degree program to serve as their mentor
• exhibiting sound time management by planning, executing and documenting internship activities prior to beginning the internship course, and
• completing and submitting all required forms and documenting all activities for the internship experience for their degree in Educational Leadership from American College of Education.

Each Educational Leadership intern must complete a 120-hour* internship experience as degree requirement. Interns are required to complete activities among a variety of grade levels and departments involving diverse student populations and faculty across the P-12 curricula. All experiences must be verified by the intern’s mentor.

Interns are required to complete activities demonstrating competency in each Educational Leadership program outcome:

1. Visionary Leadership
2. Instructional Leadership
3. Administrative and Ethical Leadership
4. School and Community Leadership
5. Social, Political, and Legal Leadership

American College of Education Educational Leadership Program outcomes are aligned to the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Standards (ISLLC 2008) and the National Policy Board for Educational Administration’s Standards for Advanced Programs in Educational Leadership (NPBEA 2011).

The administrative internship experience is documented by program outcome alignment in the following sections of the electronic portfolio.

*Texas students are required to complete a 160-hour internship experience.

The documentation included in this area provides validation of the intern’s administrative internship experience.

Complete the Internship Information Form embedded below to provide the basic documentation of your internship experience. 

The final evaluation provided the intern the opportunity to synthesize the knowledge obtained through the application of the internship work with American College of Education Program Outcomes and Actions.  The intern also received feedback from the mentor regarding the overall internship performance.

The document included here results from a formative process that incorporated the expectations for educational leaders. It was also used to facilitate important discussion among members of the internship triad (intern, mentor and ACE faculty) during the final conference that took place during the internship course.

Submit the completed Final Process Form below.

The verification form submitted below documents every internship activity completed under the guidance of the campus based mentor as required for the degree in Educational Leadership from American College of Education.