Welcome to an overview of the Heritage University’s administrative internship program.

Please use the following checklist when you plan to intern in your district:

• If working on a masters (Educational Administration), you must have completed

80% of the course work including at least 4 of the administrative

courses (Ed. 527,564,565,567,568,569,570).  If planning for a principal’s

certificate, you must have taken Ed. 565 Principalship prior to the internship.   If planning for a program administrator’s certificate, you must have taken Ed. 514 Leadership OR Ed. 565 Principalship.  It is strongly recommended that you take Ed. 564 Supervision and Ed. 568 Law prior to the internship to better meet the competency requirements.

• If working on the certification only because you already have an educational

masters, then you need to have taken 4 of the administrative courses (Ed. 527,564,565, 567,568,569,570).  If planning for a principal’s certificate, you must have taken Ed. 565 Principalship prior to the internship.  If planning for a program administrator’s certificate, you must have taken Ed. 514 Leadership OR Ed. 565 Principalship.  It is strongly recommended that you take Ed. 564 Supervision and Ed. 568 Law prior to the internship to better meet the competency requirements.

• Submit the “Internship Agreement” signed by you and your district.
• Submit the “Self-Assessment/Field Experience Plan” which was discussed with your district internship mentor and signed.
• FINGERPRINTS:  If you have a current Washington Teaching Certificate you do not need to provide finger prints because you are currently employed by a school district.  However, if you are not employed in a district or if you do not have a current teaching certificate, then Washington State law requires fingerprinting for a Washington State Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigations background check  prior  to you interning in the school system.  Please contact the certification officer at 509-865-8592 – Kris Walker at Heritage University.   There is a fee of  $65.00.
• Register by August for the Internship in School Administration (Ed. 573) or Internship in Program Administration (Ed. 597).  Must be registered before you can begin the internship.

Now for the next steps toward the internship:

Download the timeline for the internship.  This will give you a schedule as to when to expect things to occur.  The four intern seminars are required so when these dates get set, clear your calendar.  These sessions help to provide the 16 credits you need in the internship.  The first seminar will be held in August in Western Washington at the AWSP building in Olympia;  for Moses Lake/Wenatchee/Omak at Big Bend Community College; and for Yakima/Tri-Cities  at the Yakima Heritage site.  At the first seminar, you  will meet your supervisor, get all the materials to begin the internship, are provided with information for your district mentor, begin some activities that are part of the internship, and see some samples of previous interns’ portfolios.

In the year-long internship (August-June), you are expected to start with your mentor when they return to the building in early August.  Beginning and ending school experiences as an administrator are required by law thus you can’t just begin when the teachers are required to return.  You will log a minimum of 720 hours of your activities during the internship, develop a portfolio that demonstrates evidences of your leadership activities to meet the state requirements for certification.  This certification will be for K-12, so the university will encourage you to have at least 100 hours at other building sites and various grade levels.  Your district mentor, university supervisor, and you will meet monthly to review what you have accomplished, sign off on completed competencies, and discuss future activities.  You should plan to meet at least weekly with your district mentor (set a formal time for this meeting to take place or you will find that it will not happen).

Download a copy of the required minimum performance competencies for the internship.  These are the state and university’s requirements.  This document will give you an idea of the type of experiences you will have during the internship.  You will be beginning a very busy time in your life BUT a very rewarding experience.  We at Heritage University look forward to helping you grow professionally and become one of the future administrators.  Please contact the Director of the Administrator Preparation  Program if you have any questions.

Proposed dates for the intern seminars for 2006-2007

Tuesday           August              Yakima/Tri-Cities Interns          at Heritage site in Yakima

Thursday          August Moses Lake/Omak Interns       at Big Bend Community   

College in Moses Lake

Tuesday           August Western WA Interns                 at AWSP in Olympia

Tuesday           Oct.                 Yakima/Tri-Cities

Thursday          Oct.                 Moses Lake/Omak

Wednesday      Oct.                 Western WA

2007

Tuesday           Jan.                  Yakima/Tri-Cities

Thursday          Jan.                  Western WA

Wednesday      Jan.                  Moses Lake/Omak

Tuesday           Mar.                 Yakima/Tri-Cities

Thursday          Mar.                 Western WA

Tuesday           Mar.                 Moses Lake/Omak