teaching intern

Student instructor trainee

A teaching intern is someone gaining supervised classroom experience as part of their training to become a teacher.

The position typically comes near the end of an education degree, when the student transitions from observing to leading instruction under a mentor teacher's guidance.

Also called a student teacher: She's doing her teaching internship at the middle school this semester.

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lesson planning · observation · credential · supervisor · placement · trainee · apprentice · certification · grading · red pen · substitute · assistant · university · methods · professional development · shadowing · feedback · nervousness

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professional status/experience level

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Expert instructor of instructors

tenured professor · certified teacher · department head · teaching fellow · adjunct professor

role hierarchy in educational settings

teaching internmentor teacher

Veteran overseeing trainee educators

school principal · superintendent · department chair · dean · school administrator

role relationship

teaching internmentor teacher

Veteran overseeing trainee educators

faculty advisor · student · pupil

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