Your assignments for your internship are:
1) Written work:
a. Overview of the total experience (Synthesis paper) (Due
by end of week 14)
b. Research project (Proposal due by end of week 3; Final
paper due by end of week 15)
c. 2 sets of curricula or programs (Set 1 due by the end
of week 2; Set 2 due by the end of week 5)
d. Weekly reports. Complete the attached form on a weekly
basis and submit it to your course supervisor. This will help
both you and your supervisors in guiding your experience to ensure
that your learning experience is optimal.
e. Written final evaluation from your site supervisor.
Please submit your work in a portfolio. (Although you will have submitted all of your weekly reports and two lessons prior, include copies of them in your portfolio.)
2) Direct experience supporting your classroom learning at UMD.
3) Learning to interpret a new ecosystem or managing a recreation
program/facility. You must spend between 4 - 14 days of the
quarter interpreting a different Biome and/or observing at another
field site. If your practicum site is in a Biome other than Boreal,
then you may opt to spend this additional time observing at another
nature center. The purpose of this part of the practicum is to
put your observation skills to work. In addition, it is intended
to expose you to more examples of how outdoor education is taught.
If you are being placed in a recreational sport setting, then
you must spend adequate time designing programs or events; planning
for them; implementing them, and evaluating them. We encourage
you to spend time observing a different site/agency from your
primary site/agency in order to expose you to more diverse settings
and styles of operation.
The Internship work-load requirements are equivalent to 12
credits (full time status) which is a minimum of 40 hours/week
x 15 weeks = 600 hours.
To send course work to me, you can use the following means:
1) Postal: Ken Gilbertson
UMD Dept. HPER
107 SpHC
10 University Dr.
Duluth, MN 55812
Phone: (218) 726-6258
2) Fax: (218) 726-6243
3) E-mail: kgilbert@d.umn.edu [Note: I prefer that you avoid
this method because I lose the capability for ensuring signatures
from your site supervisor]UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH
Dept. of HPER - Recreation Supervisor
10 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812