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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 5, 2016
Institute Communications
404-894-6398
Summary Sentence:
Georgia Tech’s Pre-Teaching Internship program, which helps students explore opportunities in K-12 teaching, has grown from a single internship in 2013 to 11 opportunities.
Full Summary:
Georgia Tech’s Pre-Teaching Internship program, which helps students explore opportunities in K-12 teaching, has grown from a single internship in 2013 to 11 opportunities.
TeachingGeorgia Tech’s Pre-Teaching Internship program helps students explore opportunities in K-12 teaching. The program is available to all undergraduates considering a career in elementary, middle, and high school education.
The program started with a single internship in the summer of 2013 at Centennial Academy (formerly Centennial Place Elementary) in the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) system, and has grown to 11 opportunities. The program now also spans all three semesters and includes Centennial Academy and Grady High School in APS, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School (HIES), KIPP Atlanta Collegiate, Duke Talent Identification Program, CEISMC Pathways, Breakthrough Atlanta, and Horizons@GT.
Additionally, Pre-Teaching and the Office of International Education (OIE) have partnered to offer the first-ever Georgia Tech pre-teaching global internship opportunity — First Code Academy in Hong Kong and Singapore — starting this summer, and they are also developing an additional opportunity this summer in Peru.
“The best way to learn about teaching is to teach,” said Pre-Teaching and Pre-Law Advisor Susan Belmonte of the Center for Career Discovery and Development.
The internships are paid for an entire semester. Interns qualify for audit credit hours, receive transcript designation, and work directly with a mentor teacher and build teaching skills throughout the term.
By the fall of 2016, there will be 14 internship spots available across the year. Currently, five students are interning from multiple disciplines; one is in his second term.
“The most important development has been the financial commitments from schools themselves to help the program grow. HIES, KIPP, and, as of Fall 2016, Fulton County Schools, are providing their own monies to support our students,” said Belmonte.
“The other opportunities are partnerships with existing programs within and outside of Tech," she continued. “The partnerships with APS schools also tie directly into the APS Scholars@Georgia Tech program by bringing our talented students into APS schools to help children in the system become our future undergraduates.”
Global Internships Available
First Code Academy (FCA), with its base in Hong Kong and Singapore, reached out to the Office of International Education (OIE) because it wanted to recruit interns from Georgia Tech. FCA is the first — and leading — education company that offers mobile app and programing development courses for pre-university students in Asia. FCA wants students who are passionate about software engineering, have experience in tutoring pre-teens or teens (in any subject), and have an entrepreneurial mindset.
Additionally, Tech’s Global Internship Program is working to develop internships with Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano in Arequipa, Peru, particularly for Pre-Teaching, Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, International Affairs, and International Affairs and Modern Languages students — although all majors will be able to apply. These internships will focus on teaching English as a second language to children, teenagers, and adults.
“The Global Internship Program staff is excited to work with the Pre-Teaching Program to develop overseas internship options that provide our students the chance to teach STEM subjects as well as English language,” said Jennifer Evanuik Baird, director, Global Internship Program and International Plan.
"As U.S. K-12 classrooms become more diverse, it is vitally important for future teachers to be able to work effectively with different populations, be creative and resourceful problem-solvers, and be sensitive to different cultures."
An overseas pre-teaching internship will afford Tech students the chance to gain these skills. It also will provide them with critical teaching and classroom management experience. Students can register with the Global Internship Program, receive recognition of the internship on their transcript, have access to advising and support throughout the process (before, during, and after the internship). They also will receive assistance with overseas insurance, pre-departure preparation, and visa matters.
For more information on the Pre-teaching Internship Program, see www.preteaching.gatech.edu/internships.
For more information about the Global Internship Program, see www.oie.gatech.edu/gip or email globalinternships@oie.gatech.edu.
