Internship and IPOL Information
Sample Internship Intro:
Good Afternoon,
Our school internship program has several exceptional candidates that are interested in developing a community service internship project with your company. This would be an incredible learning/outreach project for everyone involved and we would enjoy the opportunity to speak with you more about the possibilities. Please feel free to contact me with any questions at: edtech@mdjda.org
Our students, families and staff appreciate your support and we look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Steve Smith
CTE / Entrepreneurship and Technology Instructor
Mater Dei Catholic High School
Temecula 24 Hour Urgent Care
Phone - (951) 795-4923
Fax - (951) 506-0992 41715 Winchester Road - Suite 101
Temecula, California 92590
Fax - (951) 506-0992 41715 Winchester Road - Suite 101
Temecula, California 92590
Internship Project Description
This form is designed for students and mentors to work together to create a meaningful project that contributes to the internship site. Some sites might choose to have the students complete a few smaller projects and some might focus on one larger one. Either way is fine as long as each intern ends their internship experience with a tangible product(s) that they developed or helped to create. It is important that the project drive the student’s experience rather than the site itself. It is the work that is done at their internship sites that will make the time spent there meaningful and therefore projects/activities must be planned out according to the intern’s interests and abilities. Each intern will be required to present their project at their work site. Interns will present to their mentor, their colleagues, a MDCHS staff member, and a small group of MDCHS students. Two sample projects are described at the end of this packet.
Intern Name_____________________________________
Site Name_______________________________________
Mentor__________________________________________
Mentor Signature________________________________
I. With your mentor, answer the following questions in order to begin
brain-storming ideas for your internship project:
1. What skills (academic, creative, technical) would your intern like to
develop while at your site? (Be specific)
2. What interests do you have in regards to the work that is done at your
internship site?
3. What needs of the internship site/mentor can you address based on your skills and interests?
II. When designing project ideas with your mentor it is important to answer “yes”to the
following questions:
1. Will this project/projects take 3 weeks to complete?
2. Will you be required to use academic, creative, and/or technical skills?
3. Will you be required to learn something new?
4. Will the final product benefit the organization?
5. Will you be able to present your project to your colleagues at the end of your internship?
III. Site Project Description:
Use the information above to develop a project idea.
Internship site:____________________________________________
Department:______________________________________________
Project Description:
Title:___________________________
General Description:
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Estimated time for completion:_____________________
Creative, Academic, and/or technical skills that will be utilized:
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Learning objective: (What will be learned?)
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Organization benefits: (How will this benefit your site?)
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Intern Presentation of Learning:
Sit down with your mentor to create a plan for presenting and demonstrating your successes and projects this semester. You will need to present in a professional setting with your colleagues and/or other professionals at the end of your internship. The date for this presentation is _________.
Plan/ideas for presentation:
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1. San Diego Ocean Foundation
Interns at San Diego Ocean Foundation will spend time learning about the White Sea Bass Restocking Project, Canyon Watch, and Storm Drain Stenciling programs (training provided), as well as assist with multiple aspects of our Coastal Cleanup Day and our annual Oceans Benefit Gala. After interns become familiar with the programs and the foundation,
the project will be to research, plan, prepare and host a volunteer event to promote ocean stewardship. Interns will choose the topic and type of project. Past interns planned, fundraised and advertised for a Storm Drain Stenciling Day for students at RDVD. Interns also researched and produced a public service announcement on the effects of Storm Drain Pollution.
2. San Diego State Communication Lab
Interns at the San Diego State Communication Lab will research the location and accessibility of fiber-optic infrastructure around the San Diego Harbor and help design a network that would enable ultra-high bandwidth applications such as digital cinema, immersive virtual realities, common operating pictures for humanitarian
assistance and disaster response globally, and collaborative interaction with other groups locally (SDSU, UCSD, Port of San Diego, County of EOC, and others) and international connections to places such as Indonesia, China, Mexico, Canada, and Africa. A professional presentation of the results of the research and demonstrations of possible capabilities will be part of the deliverables for the project.
iPOLs Internship Expectations
(General Expectations)
Presentations should take place last day of internship.
Presentations should be in front of your mentor, a panel of their choosing and the MDCHS visitors.
Dress professionally. Even if you are in a casual environment, please dress appropriately for your presentation.
Maintain proper volume and eye contact.
Provide artifacts (photographs, material objects, or digital examples) that reflect the work and projects completed during the internship.
Your presentation should last 10 minutes. There will be a 10-minute question and answer period to follow.
Topics students should address during presentation:
Describe the activities, responsibilities and duties you completed during your internship.
Describe your project, discuss the steps you took to complete it and explain the project’s usefulness for your organization.
Describe what you learned in general about experiencing the professional working world.
Describe the skill sets that you possessed prior to your internship that were helpful to your site. How did you use them at your internship?
Describe skill sets that you acquired during your internship.
Provide an example of the importance of workplace communication. How did communicating with your mentor and coworkers help your performance?
Provide an example demonstrating the importance of mentorship. How did working closely with your mentor help your understanding of work, school, or your future?
Question and Answer topics to address during presentation:
Be prepared to answer questions about your site’s organization and purpose.
Consider the learning you accomplished during your internship, the role of school in preparing you for work and choices you will make later in life.
See the Suggested iPOL Questions on back.
Suggested iPOL Questions
Site Knowledge / Work & Project
What can you tell us about your work site? What organization does it have? What is the purpose of your site?
What did you learn from completing this internship?
How did you make a meaningful contribution to your workplace?
How did your project go from an idea or inspiration to a final product?
What did you learn about the quality and quantity of your own work?
What qualities or characteristics did you see in your coworkers that you would like to develop in yourself?
Work & School Reflection
How well did school prepare you for your internship experience? What helpful skills and knowledge did you bring?
In what areas could school have better prepared you for your internship? What could you have done better?
How was your work as an intern meaningful to your education? What did it tell you about school?
How was your work significant or meaningful to the world beyond school and your specific internship site?
Work & Life Reflection
What new appreciations did you develop while working as an intern? How so?
How did interpersonal relationships or collaboration influence your views?
How did your view of life beyond high school change or develop during your time as an intern?
What new questions has your internship inspired you to ask about our world?
How might internship influence the direction of your life?
School-to-Work Reflection
In 1994, the U.S. Congress passed the School-to-Work Opportunities Act in an effort to re-establish the benefit that high school students have in learning that comes from being situated in an adult workplace environment. Research has found that these experiences offer students a chance to reflect on the role of work in their life and in society. It also has been found to increase students’ interest in attending and completing college.
How did the School-to-Work Opportunities Act benefit you this semester?
“6 A’s of Project Based Learning”
Does the project emanate from a problem that has meaning to the student?
Is it a problem or question that might actually be tackled by an adult at work or in the community?
Do students create or produce something that has personal and/or social value, beyond the school setting?
Academic Rigor
Does the project lead students to acquire and apply knowledge central to one or more discipline or content areas?
Does it challenge students to use methods of inquiry central to one or more disciplines? (e.g., to think like a scientist)
Do students develop higher order thinking skills and habits of mind? (e.g., searching for evidence, taking different perspectives)?
Applied Learning
Does the learning take place in the context of a semi-structured problem, grounded in life and work in the world beyond school?
Does the project lead students to acquire and use competencies expected in high performance work organizations (e.g., teamwork, appropriate use of technology, problem solving and communication)?
Does the work require students to develop organizational and self-management skills?
Active Exploration
Do students spend significant amounts of time doing field-based work?
Does the project require students to engage in real investigations, using a variety of methods, media, and sources?
Are students expected to communicate what they are learning through presentation and/or performance?
Do students meet and observe adults with relevant expertise and experience?
Do students have an opportunity to work closely with at least one adult?
Do adults collaborate on the design and assessment of student work?
Assessment
Do students reflect regularly on their learning using clear project criteria that they have helped to set?
Do adults from outside the classroom help students develop a sense of real world standards for this type of work?
Will there be opportunities for regular assessment of student work through a range of methods, including exhibitions and portfolios
Presentation of Learning
What is a POL? This is a 7-10 minute presentation given to your peers on a project that you have completed over the past few weeks.
Can we use technology? You can use technology in your presentation and try to use 3 mediums during your presentation. Check with your teacher about the appropriate use of media if you are unsure about the content.
When do we work on this? We will give you a portion of the class period to present. During this time you should work on putting together a POL OUTLINE for the project you are presenting to your peers. You can present your POL on a Tri-fold board or some other type of visual display. We encourage students to bring in visual aids to help explain their project.
Here is what should be included in your POL OUTLINE.
1. Introduction
· Name
· Grade
· Class Period
2. Project description - this should be a general and broad synopsis of your project. Using as few words as possible to describe what you did.
(This must be less than 3 sentences with no bullet points)
3. Requirements - more specific. What did you have to do? What did you have to turn in? What was required to complete the project? Use bullet points.
4. Steps- this is the most specific. Go in order of what steps you needed to take to complete each requirement. Use bullets. Use words like: first, next, after, then, eventually, finally, etc.
5. Skills you learned - do some soul searching. If you did something that you haven’t done before, chances are that you learned something. What was it? Try to put it into words. Use bullets.
6. Reflection - Use bullet points to list challenges, successes, surprises, etc.
7. Interactive Activity – create an activity/lesson/game that will engage your audience. This could be a quiz on your POL, or a small lesson. For example, last year I had a student in a Sign Language POL and she had us all learn our names in Sign language.
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