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On 7/02/13, interesting...this would not be legal in my state wrote:

> On 7/02/13, OP wrote:

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> Interns are

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>> required to substitute teach for the district at least half of

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>> the days of the school year,

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> We aren't even allowed to use student teachers as substitute

> teachers when the cooperating teacher is out, as they are not

> certified and it is a legal liability.

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> I'm very surprised that you are allowed to take a student not even

> at student teaching yet, and not only allow them to serve as

> substitutes, but REQUIRE them to do so.

Same here... we don't do this either. I can think of several reasons
why it would not typically be permitted here (although in terms of
legal liability and supervision of students, many of our student
teachers do meet the requirements to substitute teach... this does not
necessarily mean they are used as subs, but they would meet the
qualifications). I am curious how common this intern scenario is
elsewhere. A google search turned up University of Bridgeport
CT "Tuition-Paid Intern Program"; seems legit but not common?
Regardless, I'm no help with the original question about interviews
since we don't have a similar situation. You may have more luck asking
other admins locally what they have done (at other schools), since
presumably the schools near you have had similar situations with
interns through the same program. Otherwise you might draw questions
from a combination of what you might ask a sub candidate, and what you
might ask a teacher candidate, using only those that seem to fit the
intern position.

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