Community Internship Overview

 

 

CB East Community Internship Program Mission Statement

The purpose of the CB East Community Internship Program is to grow, foster, and empower the next generation of leaders and professionals in our community.

 

Students will participate in classroom instruction on leadership and professionalism, communication and emotional intelligence, and synthesis and digital literacy. They will also learn the core components of a digital career portfolio, including a cover letter and resume. Students will also find their own internship placement within the career pathway of their choosing. Here they will learn hands-on career skills, receive professional mentorship from a leader in their field, and grow and foster the power skills they will need to succeed.

 

By leveraging the importance of leadership, emotional intelligence, and relationships, the CB East Community Internship’s core goal is to continue creating an authentic, shared, and empowered learning experience for our students and our community.

 

CB East Community Internship Program Objectives

 

1. Learn what it takes to be successful in the 21^st century work force

2. Research and learn about a career, about how a profession works, and about how to best prepare for the profession
3. Observe strong career work in action by developing community partnerships with internship supervisors

2. Provide an authentic and hands-on learning experience for our students

5. Develop responsibility, professionalism, and leadership in our student leaders
6. Connect students, teachers, parents, and local community members

 

Community Internship Instructional and Experiential Focuses

 

The program is built around an elective class called Community Internship. The course has two components:

 

• 1. Instruction: 1-2 days a week the high school students meet with a teacher where they learn skills that will prepare them to be successful in a career—from considering the power of professionalism, leadership, and effective communication, to the ins and outs of research, digital literacy, and synthesis, all the way up to how best to prepare a digital portfolio. Students will also have ample time to research pathways to their career.

 

• 2. Internship: 3-4 days a week the students travel to their internship location. The student reports to their internship supervisor who is the guide and mentor for the experiential learning portion of the course. The student observes the career in action and works to apply both the skills learned in the classroom and the skills learned on the job site throughout the internship experience.