Free Teaching Internship

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires". - William Arthur Ward

TEACHING INTERNSHIP program in India is aimed to give international experience and exposure to teachers/students who aspire to accomplish global teaching skills. Teaching internship provides teachers or prospective teachers an opportunity to develop and demonstrate their ability to assume responsibilities of a full-time teacher in ENGLISH, FRENCH, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, ART, SPORTS, MUSIC in Indian schools, Colleges etc..

In Kerala, Schooling has been conducted in three different stages - Primary, Secondary and Higher secondary. There are 12,310 schools having 6726 lower primary (LP) schools, 2968 upper primary (UP) schools and 2580 high schools/higher secondary schools. The Primary grade is classified into Lower primary (grade 1-4) Upper primary (grade 5-7) and secondary grade from 8 to 10 is called High school and 8 to 12 is called Higher secondary school. There are Seven Universities and 592 Colleges and other private colleges in Kerala imparting education. Besides these, there are Medical, Engineering and Agricultural colleges. Kerala schools and colleges posses better physical and basic facilities compared to those in other parts of India. Literacy of the people in Kerala is100% The internship will help to show the value of understanding the world's unique cultural heritage to Indian school/college students. This will be a good opportunity for interns to introduce their country's wonderful heritage to younger generations while deeply involved in cultural exchange activity in India One will be surprised to see that in every district in Kerala at least 10 to 50 schools and colleges either administered through the channel of government or private sectors.The curriculum of Kerala schools is a mixture of State/ CBSE/ICSE syllabus which is a choice open to the students.

At dawn it is curious to watch children carrying school bags and swiftly walking through bustling traffic jam to reach their schools in time, an amazing scene of eagerness of the children in their pursuit of knowledge. Usually the schools start at 9.00 am in the morning and ends at 3.00 pm in the evening. In between children have interval and lunch break. Normally the schools function for 6 hrs in a day. Some schools even start at 8.00am and ends at 2 pm keeping the same teaching hours and interval.

Astonishingly India is a floodgate of numerous languages. There are 18 official languages and 96 unofficial languages. A child at the level of 1st grade (6 years) has to study state language (Malayalam), national language (Hindi) and English along with subjects like mathematics, social studies, science, arts, computer science, moral science etc. So a child at the level of 1st grade onwards has to learn 3 languages at a time and no one can see this unique feature in any stream of education or any form of education anywhere in the world. In some schools children have the option to select a foreign language (mostly French) as their optional third language.

Another unique feature is the elated status of teachers. Teachers are highly respected in the society as torch bearers of divine knowledge and responsible for moulding the future of younger generation of India. In Indian society children are taught to respect their parents first and then their teachers. In the status of hierarchy the teachers are second to parents. Children are indoctrinated to imbibe the Indian philosophy of Matha, pitha, guru, daivam, (Mother, father, teacher, god). Teaching internship provides a unique opportunity to interns to take classes in Kindergartens, Pre-school, Elementary school, Middle school or High school, colleges etc. in renowned Indian institutions and acquire management experience in a professional environment. In addition, the teaching interns will have the opportunity to assist in academic works and participate in academic seminars and workshops. An internee who participates in the internship program becomes part of a unique Indian culture and community sharing knowledge of his culture and language with teachers and students. In return an internee can experience life in Indian culture and community and acquire sharing of knowledge, skill and learn different languages The internship event is conducted in different host schools and Colleges who are active participants of teaching internship during the relevant academic year. The intern works with regular teachers and assist them in supervising students, teaching classes, attending committee hearings, assessing student achievement and completing other tasks as they occur. The internship is open to teachers/graduate or under graduate students who have genuine interest in teaching and up date their teaching skill. The duration of the internship will be 3 months to 1 year. Interns will be honoured with CERTIFICATES after successful completion of their International internship. Internees will be provided with free accommodation. Food and other services will be arranged for the internees.

No doubt the Internship in teaching offered by Sagreen International in co-operation with host schools and colleges in Kerala will be a dream comes true for teachers who want to get international exposure and experience and update their teaching skill.