High School English Teacher Internships

High school English teachers interested in teaching English for actual communication and international understanding are invited to come to TUJ's Academic English Program (the AEP) as interns to learn modern methods of communicative pedagogy. This opportunity is especially designed for seasoned teachers who have earned a sabbatical year in which to develop their professional skills. The exact mix of activities is flexible and will be determined by the intern in consultation with the AEP director, but during their time at TUJ the teacher-interns will engage in the following activities:

• working as assistants to AEP master teachers 9 to 12 hours per week;
• having weekly conferences with the master teachers on aspects of the theory and practice of teaching the class in which they are working;
• doing a prescribed set of TESOL readings to be determined by the master teachers and the AEP director;
• writing a weekly dialogue journal for the master teacher and/or the AEP director reflecting on classroom interactions and events and commenting on the readings they have been doing;
• planning and teaching, under the supervision of the master teacher, one or more lessons for the class in which they are working;
• conferring with the master teacher about how the teaching session went;
• attending M.S.Ed. Distinguished Lecturer series weekends;
• attending other public events for the TUJ community;
• auditing one undergraduate class; and
• taking for credit one M.S.Ed. class.

Benefits to be gained by the teachers from participating in the internship program would include:

• improving their own English skills through extensive interaction in and exposure to English;
• learning modern techniques for teaching English;
• learning contemporary theory of second language acquisition;
• enriching their lives through exposure to the intellectual and cultural opportunities of TUJ;
• having access to the variety of international perspectives available at TUJ;
• developing friendships with members of the TUJ community; and
• becoming long-term members of the TUJ community themselves.