MCERT+Program+Specific

=**MCERT Program:**=
 * Program Requirements:**
 * Full-year internship: Interns maintain the same duty days and hours as all teachers (see MCERT Social Studies Calendar for details)
 * Absences should be kept to a minimum. The intern must notify the mentor, supervisor & PDS Coordinator of any absences and in compliance with the mentor's expectations. In addition to illness and any emergencies, 4 personal days are permitted.
 * Half-time teaching apprenticeship - for example, in a 5-7 period day:
 * half of mentor's load: intern gradually assumes lead responsibilities (see Transition to Lead Teaching below)
 * 1 planning period with the mentor
 * 1 period for observation in a variety of classrooms (including mentor's)
 * 1 period for additional planning, communication with parents, work on graduate course assignments, etc
 * Note: In an alternating block schedule, A/B days are treated as one day when determining specifics of the 1/2 time apprenticeship model
 * Graduate coursework during the internship includes:
 * 2 classes in the fall, 2 classes in the spring, and 1 class in Summer Session 1 (May - June)
 * a seminar that spans the entire school year
 * an Action Research course and project that spans the entire school year