EDL 5890 Practicum in Educational Administration

1. Please sit in the middle, front rows! EDL 5890 Practicum in Educational Administration

2. Agenda • Introductions • Graduation/Certification • Overview of the practicum • Meet with university supervisor

3. EIU Department of Educational Leadership Dr. David Bartz Dr. Marleis Trover Dr. John Dively Dr. David Grace Dr. Nick Osborne Mrs. Catrina Stanley

4. EDL 5890 Practicum in Educational Administration This course provides students with clinical experiences in educational administration and organization under the direct supervision of a practicing administrator and a university professor.

5. Learning by doing • Self-directed • Requires a change of roles • No longer a teacher/counselor/nurse/social worker/school psychologist, etc. administrative intern • Dealing with privileged information --- confidentiality • Union issues

6. Requirementsfor Practicum Handbook and other materials available at: http://www.eiu.edu/edadmin Look under: Current, Students, Practicum InformationUsername: Practicum (capital P) Password: EDL5890 (EDL is capitalized, no spaces)

7. Hours • 200 total hours • 80 hours allotted for research and write-ups • 120 hours of direct administrative experiences • These hours are to be spread over the entire 6 months to allow for an extensive practicum experience. • Only 10 hours of supervision can be used. • Logged hours cannot include meetings, parent conferences, or other activities that the student would normally engage in during his/her regular work assignment. • Time can include on-site work on required projects, but not research or writing/typing those projects. • Workshops: Maximum of 6 hours

8. Logs • Typed log sheets for each week • Certified by host administrator • Submitted to the university supervisor

9. Projects • 7 Projects • Discipline • Special Education/504 • Teacher Observations • Equity Audit • Shadowing (diversity shadowing if required) • Finance • Culminating Project – Action Research Paper and PowerPoint

10. Activities 20 Activities • Standards-based • Vision • Curriculum & Instruction • Management • School/Community • Ethics • Political, Cultural, & Legal ***Other: Prior approval required

11. Demographic Form • If the total minority enrollment is fewer than 20%, then the student must shadow an administrator for one day in a culturally-diverse site. • Visit may count as one of the shadowing requirements (different level)

12. Written Reports • All activities & projects: • Require a written report and documentation • Follow instructions in Practicum Handbook • If an activity is on-going, complete one write-up when the activity is finished. • All write-ups should follow proper rules of grammar and instructor guidelines. They should be typed, double spaced, and edited carefully. Attach supporting documentation to the write-up.

13. Evaluation • Intern downloads evaluation off of department website or university supervisor may send electronically. • The intern is to list projects/activities that demonstrate that each standard element has been met. • Then give to host administrator to complete. • Host administrator mails to university supervisor. • Grade is determined by university supervisor.

14. Apply for Graduation Fall 2013 by November 5, 2013 Spring 2014 by March 19, 2014 • Apply for Graduation on the PAWS system • www.eiu.edu/paws • Students must also complete the Graduate Student Exit Interview on PAWS before degree will be conferred

15. Apply for Certification Directions to apply for Type 75 Certification and itsprocesses To fall under “old” rules, certification mustbe completed by June 30, 2014 Department of Educational Leadership Website at www.eiu.edu/edadmin Look under Current Students, State Certification Information - Verification of Experience - Administrative Entitlement Request Form - EIU Transcript Request Form Send original Verification of Experience and Administrative Entitlement Request Form directly to our office Send an Official EIU Transcript directly to the State Board of Education

16. EDL 5890 Course Registration • Several sections of EDL 5890 • Students were placed in a section based on geographic location unless department informed of tuition waiver being used

17. Keys to Success • Get started soon • Have a plan • Don’t procrastinate • Communicate