Teaching practice 2

Course goals

A. Subject teacher prepares lessons:
1. Sets learning goals for specific lessons and the whole curriculum.
2.  Designs learning activities (incl. materials and media) for the established learning goals.
3. Plans the realization and preparation of learning activities.
4. Guides the realization of learning activities.
5. Assesses the degree to which the established learning goals have been realized.

B. Guide and counselor:
6. Builds up interpersonal relations with (groups of) pupils.
7. Creates an orderly working atmosphere based on insights in communication processes.
8. Guides the development of identity in pupils.
9. Acts professionally based on a vision of personality building.

C. Teacher beyond the classroom:
10. Performs tasks that go beyond lessons, classes and subjects.
11. Collaborates constructively.

D. Manager of his own professional development:
Systematically improves his or her own professional performance.
 

Content

The practical courses PiP1a, PiP1b and PiP2 are aimed at gaining the necessary teaching experience and teaching competences in practice.

The aim of the PiP2 internship is for students to become qualified first-degree teachers who meet the requirements stated in the Wet op de Beroepen in het Onderwijs (BIO).

The largest part of the course takes place at the internship school. For the PiP2 internship, the student is usually placed at a different internship school than for PiP1. U-TEAch students do their second internship abroad. This internship abroad is a mandatory part of the U-TEAch programme. The U-TEAch coordinator and stagebureau select the placement school for each student. It is not allowed to arrange your own internship. Students may provide their motivation for a particular country and personal wishes are taken into account but cannot be guaranteed. In exceptional circumstances (family, health, job, etc) or for students who have done their secondary education abroad, exemptions may be given and students may continue with PiP2 in the Netherlands. This will be discussed during the selection interview and again schools are assigned by coordinator and stagebureau.
During PiP2, the student has to teach 60 lessons (based on lessons of 50 minutes) independently to fixed classes in the first degree area (bovenbouw upper grades havo/vwo, MYP5-DP2, or equivalent in foreign system).

The internship abroad runs from mid-march until mid-june (exact dates determined in December, with some flexibility based on foreign school schedules), and before that students work on course work in preparation to go abroad. Therefore in person sessions will be done in late January, February, and early March, and while abroad students complete most course work either online or via video call.  Preparation sessions before going abroad will happen on Tuesdays though some Monday sessions may be planned. Students are responsible for arranging their own visas, housing, funding, and bursaries, though the program coordinators and the International Office offer resources and help with this.

At school, the student is supervised by an internship supervisor who teaches the same school subject. In addition the lio receives a lesson visit by their subject teacher.
The student is available for the internship on all weekdays. As a guideline, the full time lio is present at school on four - five half-days a week, spread over three days. The part time lio is present at school for two half-days a week. For those going abroad the general rule of thumb is you are at school 4 days a week in consultation with your school and school mentor.

In the tutorials online, the students reflect on their teaching skills, develop their own teaching style and their own practical theory. The integration of various sources of knowledge about gained in PiP1a/b serve as the basis for the development of practical theory. The course is concluded with a portfolio.

It is mandatory to take Pedagogy 2 (Pedagogiek 2), CLIL, ICE, IYC and Subject Teaching Methodology 2 (Vakdidactiek) including the didactic research alongside PiP2. for those with a tweedegraads bevoegdheid, they may discuss taking vakdidactiek 2 in the first semester.

The course PiP2 can also be followed in the job variant. For the job requirements see this document.

Please note:

• This course starts with mandatory attendance at the Startdag Eerstegraads Module. This course can be only taken with the U-TEAch group and therefore with a start of Teaching Practice 2 in February.
• If you start this course in period 3 (February) it will take place around the first week of February, though internships start later. For the exact dates check https://students.uu.nl/teaching/intro-gst and the U-TEAch schedule.
• Part time students will complete the course Teaching Practice over the course of 1 year, starting in September and will consult with the coordinators about deadlines. The workload can be spread out over the year and students will be invited to around 4 workgroup sessions in semester 1 and 5 sessions in semester 2. Part timers should be available on the Monday in semester 1 and on the Tuesday in semester 2 (with a few Mondays possibly scheduled in February).
• The part time course is only for those with a job.

You can find detailed information about the internships in the informationbrochure (in Dutch).

Entry conditions:

• Starting PiP2 is only possible after successful completion of GSTPiP1A, GSTPiP1B, GSTPED1 and GSTVAKD1.
• Going abroad is at the discretion of the course coordinators, and in rare circumstances a student may have to stay in the Netherlands (for ex in the event of study delay, or retake exams)