Over the course of UVTI's ten-month program, interns participate in seminars that cover all of the topics normally covered in traditional university-based teacher certification programs.

Professional Issues

• School Law
• Building a Learning Community
• Special Education
• Teacher as Counselor
• Violence Prevention
• Media Literacy
• Survival Skills for New Teachers
• Learning Communities I & II Consolidation
• Elementary Conversations
• Secondary Conversations
• Conversations with Principals--Job Interview
• Middle Schools: Managing Transitions
• Schools as Systems
• Creating Your Network

• Learning Styles
• Foundations of Learning I-IV
• Child Development
• Adolescent Development
• Building a Learning Community

• Lesson Planning
• Consolidation/Lesson Planning
• Questioning Techniques
• Writing Across the Curriculum
• Cooperative Learning
• Assessment and Rubrics
• Curriculum Design I and II
• Middle School Curriculum
• Interdisciplinary Design
• Unit Design
• Cooperative Project Introduction

• Best Practices for Early Literacy Instruction
• Developing Strategic Learners I and II
• Math on the Right Side
• Reading/Literacy
• Literacy in the Early Grades
• Arts Integration
• Project WILD
• Questioning
• Portfolio Development & Presentation
• Media Literacy & the Internet
• Content Jigsaw & Inspiration I and II
• Portfolio & digital Stories
• Intern Showcase & Experiential Learning

• Secondary Reading Strategies
• Questioning Techniques
• Ethics and the Internet
• Arts Integration
• Project WILD
• Writing Across the Curriculum
• Portfolio Development & Presentation
• Media Literacy & Internet
• Content Jigsaw & Inspiration I and II
• Portfolio & Digital Stories
• Intern Showcase & Experiential Learning

Interns also spend approximately 2 1/2 hours each month meeting with their Kaleidoscope Groups. The UVTI Kaleidoscope Group is a professional learning community in which group members work together to improve their practice through collaborative learning. UVTI's K-Groups mix interns from various disciplines to discuss classroom issues, share problems and solutions, and develop strategies for teaching. Each group is led by a trained UVTI staff member