Responsibilities of the Art Education Intern

It is the student’s responsibility to submit the application for an internship that fulfills the internship course (AED 386), and to complete the agreed upon duties of the internship. An Art Education intern is responsible for the following aspects of her/his internship. The Art Education Graduate Intern:

• becomes familiar with the contents of the Art Education internship guidelines contained in this handbook.
• identifies an Art Education Faculty Internship Supervisor who agrees to supervise the internship process for this intern.
• seeks the internship location. (This location is identified in the semester prior to the proposed internship.)
• identifies an Intern Supervisor at the internship site who is assigned to or agrees to supervise the intern.
• collaborates with the Intern Supervisor in planning internship activities, and abides by these agreed-upon activities.
• secures or develops a detailed description of responsibilities to be carried out at the internship location.
• requests a detailed description of the code of conduct, rules, and regulations of the institution where the internship takes place. Interns are expected to follow these stipulated procedures and treat all aspects of the internship with professionalism.
• completes and submits the Internship Proposal to the Art Education Faculty Internship Supervisor and the Intern Supervisor (see AED Internship Proposal Form).
• complies with the Art Education internship channel of communication in the process of resolving any issues or concerns that may arise during the internship.
• participates fully in the online discussion forum or compiles thorough documentation of internship activities in a journal or logbook, and submits such documents to the Art Education Faculty Internship Supervisor for evaluation at the conclusion of the internship (see “Evaluation Within the Internship Experience”).

The primary goal of the Art Education internship is to provide the intern with a service-learning experience. An internship is comparable to an apprenticeship, in which an individual who is interested in a particular skill or vocation learns directly from an expert in that professional area.