To be eligible, candidates must have completed an undergraduate degree in the liberal arts and have a strong desire to enter the teaching profession. The Putney School is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The program will be tailored to the skills and interests of the individual intern and the needs of the school. Interns will generally work under a master teacher in their discipline, observing classes and assisting with individual and group projects. Specific arrangements will be worked out with the mentor teacher, but as a minimum, interns should expect to audit at least one class on a regular basis taught by his or her mentor teacher and to visit on a weekly basis other classes within the department.
All interns visit classes in all departments within the school.
As the year progresses, interns are invited to teach classes under the supervision of the master teacher and in the spring will usually develop and teach a class or course of their own. Mentor teachers will sit in and critique the classes. Interns should expect to teach one or two sections of this class. From time to time they may also be asked to teach other classes. The intern year begins with orientation for new members of the faculty and staff in August and ends with post-graduation faculty meetings in June.