Schmidt dC Internship presentation I.pptx

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Sarah Schmidt de Carranza

June 19th, 2012

EDLD 798


2/12

My internship is an administrative intern

position, working closely with the head

administrator of a summer school program in

the St. Paul Public Schools. I have had NO administrative experience

prior to this internship.

Although I will be completing duties for the

benefit of the entire program, my primaryresponsibility will be the ELL program for

newcomers housed at the site.


3/12

I attended many meetings planning kick-off

day (June 15ththe teacher planning day)

I attended a scheduling session in an attempt

to ensure the ELL students were correctlyscheduled

I unpacked and organized ELL materials so

the ELL teachers would have access to what

they need to do their jobs. I helped organize materials for the

orientation meetings and for the first day

student orientation sessions.


4/12

I co-facilitated the teacher orientation

meeting and helped (attempted to help)

teachers get set up with the needed supplies

and materials. There were MANY fires to putout that day regarding logistics.

I got the best advice from my supervisor:

Today is about listening to whats going on

and reassuring teachers that its all going tobe ok. Actually, its what I needed to hear

tooanxious teachers were making me really

anxious until my supervisor told me that.


5/12

My supervisor is great. He has been very

patient with me and has been really good

about explaining EVERYTHINGbecause I

need a lot of explanation of theadministrative side of things!

I taught ELL summer school for 10 years, so I

feel like I am in a good position to support

the ELL program. I also know many of theteachers because I had teamed with them in

the past as a summer school teacher.


6/12

The planning meetings were eye opening. I

knew obviously that administrators had to do

a lot of work before teachers actually

showed up, but I had no idea how much!(Like at the grocery store when you buy

cerealits just there to buy; we dont think

too hard about all the hard work that had to

happen to get the grain harvested, prepared,

processed, packaged and shipped so I could

have breakfast).


7/12

PATIENCE! I get frustrated easily

with myself for not knowing whats going on

With the teachers for needing to be a little more

flexible.

Continuing to adjust my viewpoint from

TEACHER (Whats best for MY ROOM) to

ADMINISTRATOR (Whats best for THESCHOOL)


8/12

Organize ALL teacher materials, not just ELL

(This was the major issue on Friday)

Advocate for that more with the site leaders

so they see my point of view better.


9/12

Its MUCH harder than it looks

Teachers are NOT always right

Flexibility and go with the flow are essential

A BIG part of the administrators job isreassurance that things are going to be ok.


10/12

Addressed students in assembly

Checked in on teachers once per class period

Assisted in transportation/ bus routes

Supervised cafeteria

Tracked down wandering students

Scheduled students who needed to be

scheduled

Coordinated with teachers about major

concerns to be addressed the next several

days


11/12

School was canceled due to a power outage.

I helped the other administrators direct

traffic and send walkers home.

(Transportation already canceled the buses)With no power, there was literally nothing I

could do, so I just went home after that.


12/12

The first day of summer school with students

was 6/18. I will continue to be working at

summer school until July 11th.

Im hoping that once things calm down, Illget a bigger picture of the full scope of

adminbeyond scheduling and enforcer.

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