ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a number of considerations that are likely to prove important in implementing the proposals and some promising strategies for addressing them. Concerns about validity are central to the implementation of any examination that will be used in licensure decisions. The intern's union status can make implementation of the internship program easy or problematic. Mentors may receive a modest salary supplement, but they rarely receive "released time" during which they are freed from their own classes to engage in direct supervision of interns. The state could support internships in one of two ways: either through a grant to school districts made on the basis of a bid for funds or through state aid adjustments to districts and colleges able to develop internship programs meeting certain standards. Key to the success of the program will be the selection of outstanding teachers who also have the capacity to be internship staff.
