“…Amelia's comments align well with current literature on the topic. There is a growing body of work on prolonged student teaching experiences, and several studies (Beck and Shanks, 2005;Levine, 2006;Rubenstein, 2007) have demonstrated their success. However, it is not yet clear if this success is due to prolonged relationships with mentors and supervisors or has more to do with simply additional hours in the classroom or the opportunity to see how the school year progresses from start to finish.…”