Share Paper: How pre-service teachers went from traditional internship to a virtual “Zoom-ternship” during COVID-19: Lessons learned surrounding problems of practice.

  1. Natalie Johnson-Leslie, Arkansas State University, Department of Teacher Education, United States
  2. H. Steve Leslie, Arkansas State University, Department of Management and Marketing, United States
Monday, October 26 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Room 6

Abstract: The year 2020 has been a year like no other in education and the world at large. Teacher preparation programs were minding their business of preparing pre-service teachers to become effective teachers; meeting accreditation standards; writing SPA reports, and preparing students to submit their edTPA portfolio assessment to Pearson. All those activities had to change course due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Educator preparation did not stop! However, teacher preparation and especially the internship experience continued in a different way. Teaching and learning changed quickly and was facilitated heavily by technology platforms such as Zoom, Collaborate, and Cisco Webex. These technology ...