So I am running into this issue now where apparently no one aside from the woman who interviewed me and hired me knows that I am doing my internship during this school year. I have been telling people when it comes up or when they ask about my experience etc., but I hear that guilty voice inside my head anyway.
Do I just come right out first thing and tell everyone I come across that I am just an intern or should I just do what I do and tell people when it's needed? I debate because I don't want the people I work with to think less of me for being just an intern. I am well trained thanks to my program and being an intern feels more like the first year, but I don't have the Ed.S. and am only working under a provisional license.
I think I should let people know I am an intern. I don't want to wait until something goes wrong to tell people, but on the other hand I worry that if I just come right out and say it that people will assume that I am telling them so that they don't expect as much from me. Even after years of experience I will not know everything and I know I still have a LOT to learn, especially in the area of Autism and Alternative Assessment, but I don't want people to assume that I am incompetent just because of that label INTERN.
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