Gain hands-on experience through teacher residencies, kinesiology internships, and counseling clinicals, and explore careers in education and kinesiology.
Our students regularly secure jobs at schools and other settings as they complete their internship or teacher residency.
Where Our Graduates Work
- Teaching: Certified teachers from pre-K through grade 12, in early childhood, elementary, middle school, secondary, art, music, and health and physical education.
- Educational leadership: Principals, superintendents, central office leaders, and other leaders in K-12 and higher education.
- Counseling: Licensed professional counselors in mental health settings and certified school counselors in K-12 schools.
- Kinesiology: Athletic trainers, exercise and fitness directors, cardiac rehabilitation and wellness professionals, coaches, and sport managers — or graduate study to become a physical therapist, occupational therapist, or physician assistant.
Teacher Residency
Teacher candidates spend their senior year in a yearlong residency in area schools, co-teaching with a mentor teacher in Residency I and spending full school days in the classroom in Residency II. Field experiences in our seven-parish service area build up to it from your first semester.
Learn about field experiences and the residency
Kinesiology Internships
Kinesiology internships give you a professional, directly supervised, hands-on experience where you apply the knowledge and skills you've learned in classes and labs.
- Exercise Science Pre-Professional Studies, Exercise Science Fitness Studies, Pre-Athletic Training, and Sport Management: Complete a 3- to 6-credit-hour internship in your last semester.
- Health Promotion and Wellness (online): Complete a 6- or 9-credit-hour internship or a capstone project in your last semester.
You choose where you complete your internship, and we encourage students to seek internships throughout the state.
Learn more from the School of Kinesiology
Counseling Clinical Training
Graduate counseling students complete practicum and internship experiences under faculty supervision, including at the Clinic for Counseling and Personal Development, the Department of Counseling's clinical training facility.
Learn more from the Department of Counseling
Find Jobs and Internships
UL Lafayette Career Services helps you find internships and jobs, polish your résumé, and connect with employers. Search current openings on Handshake, the University's job and internship platform.