Internship

Texas State University

Adult Education Master Program

Internship Description

 

The general goal of the Adult Education Internship is to extend and apply the student’s learning within an area of adult education practice that aligns with the student’s career goals and concentration in the program (e.g., Workplace, community and continuing education or ESL).  The Texas State internship supervisor is responsible for insuring that general internship requirements are being met and for assisting the on-site supervisor in providing an effective internship experience. For most students these hours are completed across the length of the semester on a part-time basis. Students complete an internship in which they participate in the design, implementation, and/or evaluation of new or existing educational programs relevant to their concentration.

 

 The Texas State internship supervisor serves as a professional resource and works closely with the intern and on-site supervisor regarding identifying appropriate internship goals and activities, and is ultimately responsible for certifying that minimum internship requirements have been met.  Particularly if the site and/or supervisor are new as hosts for Texas State Adult Education Program interns, the Texas State supervisor will ordinarily make one or more site visits.  The On-Site supervisor is responsible for acquainting the intern with the internship site and personnel, helping to identify appropriate learning goals that can be achieved within the site, providing day-to-day supervision of the intern, and providing written input as part of the summative evaluation of the intern. The student is responsible for working with both supervisors to identify appropriate learning goals and activities; completing learning activities identified in the internship activity plan and submitting agreed upon deliverables as well as required log, reflections, and portfolio in a timely fashion; and engaging in an appropriate professional manner when completing activities related to the internship.

 

A Proposed Internship/Practicum Activity Plan initiated prior to beginning the on-site internship experience. Before beginning the internship, the activity plan need only identify goals for the internship experience, including goals related to teaching, program development and evaluation, and program coordination or administration. A more detailed activity plan, which will be signed by the student, on-site supervisor, and Texas State supervisor should be submitted to the Texas State supervisor within 7-10 days of starting the internship. The Information sheet will identify the location of the internship and the general nature of instructional or administrative services to be provided, and will include contact information for the student intern, the on-site supervisor, and the Texas State supervisor. The activity plan will identify specific activities to be accomplished related to each of the learning goals identified, who will most closely supervise the activity (if the supervisor of the activity is not the on-site Supervisor), and the approximate amount of time expected to be spent in each specific activity.

 

A Weekly Log of internship activities is maintained throughout the internship experience. It may be divided into two sections, as appropriate to the internship:  Administrative and Instructional. The log contains descriptions of internship activities. Each entry contains the date, type of activity conducted, and the approximate amount of time spent on the activity.  The weekly log should indicate that hours spent on a weekly basis will add up to the total hours required for the internship. In addition, there is one additional entry made weekly of at least one full page providing the student intern’s reflections on the week’s internship activities.

 

The log and reflections should be forwarded to the internship supervisor weekly during the first month of the internship.  The log and reflections should also be available at the time of any site visit and turned in to the Texas State internship supervisor as part of the internship portfolio submitted upon completion of all internship activities and approximately 80 clock hours of supervised work (within five hours).  Note:  The mere completion of 80 hours is not sufficient to denote a grade of pass.  Satisfactory completion of required activities is paramount.

 

The internship portfolio should be submitted by the first exam day of the semester, including both the weekly activity logs and reflections and documentation of the internship activities. In the case of administrative activities, documentation is included as deemed appropriate by the on-site supervisor.  Materials include copies of such things as flyers and brochures publicizing program services to target populations, written procedures for training staff, etc.  In the case of instructional activities, specific topics for presentation are provided. Copies of sample materials, plans, and other instructional aids that the intern used should be included.

 

The Adult Education Internship Evaluation Form is also completed by the on-site supervisor and submitted to the Texas State internship supervisor at the end of the internship experience. The Texas State supervisor will make that available.

 

A Written Self-evaluation and a Reflection to the Internship Experience connecting theory to practice is submitted to the Texas State internship supervisor upon completion of all internship requirements.

 

The Texas State faculty internship supervisor evaluates the intern’s experience based on the evaluations mentioned above, any site visits made (includes virtual visits, online communications, and face to face visits), and the student’s portfolio, including logs, the written self-evaluation, and reflection paper to determine a final rating of Exceptional, Proficient, Needs Improvement, or Fail on the success of the student in applying relevant concepts and skills related to the design, implementation, or evaluation of educational programs.

 

 

INTERNSHIP POSSIBILITIES ADULT EDUCATION MASTER’S PROGRAM

 

Note: Most places require a volunteer application online and a background check

ACC only accepts people for paid internships

 

Institution	Emphasis	Contact Name	Email/Link/Address/Phone
Austin Community College	Community Education Department	Sharrion Jenkins	sjinkins@austincc.edu 512-223-7593
Austin Community College	Student Transition and Success Supervisor	Patricia Hernandez	phernan@austincc.edu
Austin Community College	Professional Development/ Community Outreach	Don Tracy	dtracy@austincc.edu 512-223-7822
Austin Free Net	Volunteer and Outreach Manager	Nancy Green	http://www.austinfree.net 512-236-8225 x 30
Buen Samaritano (Austin)			https://www.elbuen.org/education-programs/adult-education/ 512-439-0735
Central Texas College-Killeen	Continuing Education Department	Teresa Chavez	Teresa.chavez@ctcd.edu 254-526-1586
Clear Channel Communications (San Antonio)			200 E. Basse Rd.San Antonio, TX 78209 210-822-2828
Del Valle School District	Community Liaison	Celina Bley, PhD	celina.bley@del-valle.k12.tx.us 512-386-3072
Kyle Learning Center	Morning Adult Education Coordinator	Angie Mudd	21393 I-35, Kyle, TX 78640 512-268-2719
Literacy Coalition of Central Texas	Outreach Coordinator and ABE instructor	Lindsay Fortier	http://willread.org/ http://willread.org/volunteer/
Literacy Coalition of Central Texas	Program Manager, Job Readiness at Ascend Center (Austin)	Nemir Naayem	Nemir@willread.org
Manos de Cristo (Austin)	Director of Education	Justin Erwin	jerwin@manosdecristo.org 512-628-4196
Manos de Cristo (Austin)	Assistant Education Coordinator	Maria Palacios	mpalacios@manosdecristo.org 512-628-4197
The McNay Art Museum        (San Antonio)	Director of Education	Katharine E. Carey	volunteer@mcnayart.org kate.carey@mcnayart.org 210-805-1785 210-805-1764
San Marcos Housing Authority	Resident Services Director	Gene Martin II	701 S. LBJ Dr. San Marcos, TX 512-396-3364
San Marcos Housing Authority	Board Meetings held on 4th Tuesday of the month 5:30 pm in the Main Office	Family Self-Sufficiency  and Elderly/Disabled Services	Allen Woods Homes               1201 Thorpe Lane 512-396-3364
San Marcos Public Library	Librarian/Coordinator Adult Education	Deborah Carter	DCarter@sanmarcostx.gov 512-393-8210
St. John’s Catholic Church San Marcos, TX	ESL Program Director	Jean Baggett	13baggett@outlook.com
St. Edward’s University in Austin	Vice President of Student Affairs	Lisa Kirkpatrick	Main Building, 108 512-448-8777
Texas State University	Campus Police Director	Jose L. Bañales	police@txstate.edu 512-245-2890
Texas State University	Assistant Director Housing		512-245-3705
Texas State University	Coordinator International Affairs	Jonathan Tyner	jonathantyner@txstate.edu 512-245-7966
Texas State University	Study Abroad Coordinator	Oleksandra Sehin, PhD	os1024@txstate.edu 512-245-7966
Texas State University	Office of Disability Services		512-245-3451
Texas State University	Office of Disability Services	Skyller Walkes	swalkes@txstate.edu 512-245-3451
Texas State University	PACE	Terrance McClain	tmac90@txstate.edu 512-245-5102
Texas State University	Welcome Center	Joslyn Johnson	jsj23@txstate.edu 512-245-8871
Texas State University	University Advancement	Dan Perry	dperry@txstate.edu 512-245-2396
St. Mary’s University	Executive Director Center for International Programs	Alfredo Varela, PhD	avarela1@stmarytx.edu           Ms. Debra Amador helps making appointments damador1@stmarytx.edu 210-436-3432 WeChat:  Dr_AV1
Catholic Charities in San Antonio	Family self-sufficiency and adult education opportunities; All types of services for refugees	Paul Stevens	pstevens@ccaosa.org 210-222-1294 x 315