Time Record Procedures for Assistantship, Internship I and Internship II

Time Record

The candidate is required to keep a record of time spent in the schools. Candidates should limit time recorded to the teacher duty day and should record their time use at the end of each internship day. The Mentor Teacher and University supervisor will verify the number of days completed for the experience. The signatures of both the mentor teacher and university supervisor on the Internship Summary page will authenticate this record. The following activities should be documented on the time record.

1. Observation: Time when the assistant/intern is watching another person who is in charge of activities for the students. For example, Observed Math lesson – 45 minutes.
2. Non-instructional time: Time when the assistant/intern is not in charge of activities with students. For example, lunch running copies, checking papers while in school. The time is described and time recorded. For example, Lunch – 30 minutes.
3. Teaching time: Time when the assistant/intern is in charge of the classroom, small groups of students, or tutoring individual students. For example, Teaching circle time – 20 minutes.

Use a number two pencil to record times on the timesheet pages or see the template available on the department web page to create a typed record. Insert a number for each completed day to aid with determining the total number of full days completed in the experience.

Internship Summary

The Internship Summary sheet is a permanent record of the field experience days completed and must have the required signatures. All signatures should be in blue ink. All completed time sheets are to be included in the Field Experience Notebook and a link to the completed notebook should be submitted in Taskstream at the end of the experience.

P-9 Program

Internship Pre- Practice Visit

All Interns are required to complete a Pre-Practice Visit with their mentor prior to the start of the Internship I or II experience. The purpose of this visit is to help the Intern become familiar with their mentor, the school and classroom environment.  Rising Internship I candidates must complete 1 hour visit. Rising Internship II candidates would visit for a minimum of 3 hours.

To arrange and complete the visit, Interns should complete the following tasks:

• Identify the Mentor Teacher, based on placement information provided by the Office of Clinical and Field Experience. Determine the placement school’s location via the school’s website. Collect the mentor teacher’s school email address from the school’s website or the district’s online directory.
• Contact the Mentor Teacher via email. Compose and send a professional email from your FSU email account. In this email, introduce yourself, share your contact information and include your scheduled internship field experience dates for the mentor’s information. Identify the need for the pre-practice visit and provide suggested dates and times for the visit.  Interns can follow up with a phone call to the school to contact the mentor, if necessary
• Complete the Pre-Practice visit on the designated date and time. Dress professionally and sign in at the office upon arrival. Document your activities during the visit in the time record below and ask your mentor to initial as confirmation of completion. Include this time record with your Internship time record forms.
• Consult with your Mentor to identify a tentative unit topic during the visit, as this will be important information at the very start of the Internship semester.