Collaborative Internship Programs

Education Internships for Future Teachers

For future teachers who want to accelerate their learning and immerse themselves in a classroom environment right away, Lesley offers a range of collaborative internship programs in partnership with a number of independent and public schools in Massachusetts, providing a unique opportunity to combine learning with experience.

In a collaborative program, students spend the day in a classroom setting while taking graduate courses after the school day. This enables students to connect theory with practice in a 14-month, field-based Master's degree program leading to initial licensure in one of the following areas:

• Early childhood education
• Elementary education
• Middle school education
• Special education

Under the supervision of experienced mentor teachers, student-teacher interns are actively involved in all aspects of school and classroom life, developing interdisciplinary curricula, teaching various disciplines, participating in student-parent conferences, and joining in many school activities. Students can explore this option by either contacting Lesley University or one of the affiliated partner schools.

The nine affiliated schools are:

• Belmont Day School, Belmont, MA
  Contact: Lauren Goldberg
  617.484.3078; lgoldberg@belmontday.org

  Early Childhood, Elementary Education

• Brookline Public Schools, Brookline, MA
  Contact: Barbara Govendo
  617.730.2451; govendb1@lesley.edu

  Moderate Disabilities PreK-8, Moderate Disabilities 5-12
  

• Brookwood School, Manchester, MA
  Contact: Pam Hawes
  978.526.4500; phawes@brookwood.edu

  Early Childhood, Elementary Education
  

• Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, Cambridge, MA

  Contact: Beverly Malone
  617.800.2466; beverly_malone@bbns.org

  Elementary Education
  

• The Carroll School, Lincoln, MA
  Contact: Angela Wilkins, Beverly Malone
  781.259.8342, ext. 3332; awilkins@carrollschool.org

  Moderate Disabilities, PreK-8 and 5-12

• The Hillside (Public) School, Needham, MA
  Contact: Michael Kascak
  781.455.0461, ext. 223; michael_kascak@needham.k12.ma.us

  Elementary Education

• The Pike School, Andover, MA
  Contact: Margaret Szegvari
  978.475.1197; mszegvari@pikeschool.org

  Elementary Education

• Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA
  Contact: Desiree Ivey
  617.520.5215 janet_ross@shs.org (on behalf of Desiree Ivey)

  Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School

  Westwood Public Schools
  Contact: Abby Hanscom
  781.326.7500 x1345; ahanscom@westwood.k12.ma.us

  Severe Disabilities (All Levels), Moderate Disabilities PreK-8, Moderate Disabilities 5-12