ST. CHARLES – Dawn Martin hasn’t had much luck finding a teaching job since earning her master’s degree in education three years ago.

So when she heard about the internship program beginning this fall at St. Charles School District 303, she saw it as a way to get her foot in the door for full-time employment.

Martin has been co-teaching a third-grade class at Wasco Elementary School since October. She has taken on social studies as her primary subject, interacted with parents and had opportunities to substitute teach.