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EVALUATION

Education Students

And The Division Of

^ Education Complete
Program Approval INSTRUCTION

The Final Step For

verything education majors have learned is put to

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test during their student internship which takes place

the final semester in college. Working closely with a

cooperating teacher from one of the local schools

provides practical hands-on experience for these

students. During the internship, the students take

complete responsibility for the classroom. Teaching

the class is just the beginning. Interns soon discover

there are discipline problems to solve, lesson plans

to make, activities to attend, and parent-teacher

conferences to hold.

Delbert Mitten interviewed the Academic Dean, Dr.
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David Moore, concerning a new aspect of the

education program which will greatly benefit the

education students. In the fall, the College’s

education division took a major stride toward

program approval by the state of Florida. On October

Working closely 24, a six-person committee, comprised of one person

with an advising from the Florida Department of Education in

Tallahassee and representatives from five colleges

teacher from and universities around the state, arrived on campus

one of the local to observe the curriculum, faculty, and other aspects

of the education program. After three days of

schools provides evaluation, the committee decided to recommend full

practical hands- program approval to the Florida Department of

Education. The site-visit was the culmination of a
on experience

year-and-a-half of work which was spearheaded by

for interns. Dr. David Moore, Dr. Howard Mattice, and Dr. Ralph

Hayes. If the committee’s recommendation is

approved, it will result in quicker state certification

of education students not only from Florida but other

states as well.

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