Listed below is a more thorough explanation of the internship program and its goals
Course Syllabus
Course Description
This course is designed to provide valuable, hands-on experience in a career field of interest identified by the student. Students spend ninety minutes per day in a supervised, unpaid work experience. Each internship site has a set of learning goals the student will work toward accomplishing. This course is available to seniors. Students must provide their own transportation. Students will complete a variety of seminar assignments, create and update their digital portfolio and resume.
Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher, good attendance record, and on track to graduate.
Instructional Philosophy
Students will be expected to meet the course goals listed below and be able to demonstrate required concepts. Students will work independently, with the internship site supervisor, and with the school instructor/coordinator to learn career-specific skills and to update career search materials. Internship site experiences will require students to draw upon academic skills in mathematics, language arts, science, and social sciences as well as interpersonal skills.
The instructor will utilize various delivery methods. These include but are not limited to: discussion, video clips, computerized assessments, PowerPoint presentations.
The community plays a vital role in the success of the Senior Internship Program. Community members serve as site supervisors and mentors for the internship students. Student assessment is based on attendance, punctuality, initiative, completion of assigned tasks, quality of work, completion of an updated resume and digital portfolio. Students receive a Pass/Fail from the internship site supervisor and a Pass/Fail for the seminar/academic components of the course.
Course Goals
The student will:
By participating in this course, students will demonstrate the following transferable
work skills:
Foundation Skills:
Major Course Projects Include:
Instructional Delivery Plan
Introduction to Project and Class Operation: The instructor will introduce the class to the Senior Internship Program at Little Falls Community High School. The course syllabus, portfolio requirements, and Training Plan forms will be distributed. Course policies, attendance and tardiness policies will also be addressed. The instructor will outline course operational procedures, including the projects to be completed by the individual students. The evaluation and grading system will be introduced at the beginning of the course to advise students of the standards they will be expected to meet to pass the course and achieve a high grade.
Class Operation: The instructor provides direction and assistance in completing assignments. The students will spend 90 minutes daily, four times per week at the Internship site. (Exceptions may be allowed at the discretion of the instructor and/or work site mentor.) The instructor will make periodic visits to the Internship site to visit with the student and site supervisor as to the learning process. Students will meet for their Seminar Day in the Media Center one day per week to work on various skills and projects. A blended learning model will be used here, where much of the content and assignments are accessible digitally, and students work independently toward their completion. Access to the instructor will be both face to face and remote, at the discretion and judgement of the instructor. Students will be required to use resources such as computer technology, technical manuals, technical journals, and community resources.
Monitoring, Evaluating, and Grading Performance: The instructor will make periodic visits to the internship site to meet with the students and site supervisor. Attendance, punctuality, attitude, initiative, quality of work, etc., will be discussed. The grade for the in-field experience is based on mid-term and final-evaluations of the mentor, whereas the grade for the seminar portion of the course is based on project completion of the required assignments. NOTE: students must complete BOTH the field experience AND the seminar components to a satisfactory level to earn a passing credit.
Assessment Plan
Student evaluation will be based on:
Course Description
This course is designed to provide valuable, hands-on experience in a career field of interest identified by the student. Students spend ninety minutes per day in a supervised, unpaid work experience. Each internship site has a set of learning goals the student will work toward accomplishing. This course is available to seniors. Students must provide their own transportation. Students will complete a variety of seminar assignments, create and update their digital portfolio and resume.
Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher, good attendance record, and on track to graduate.
Instructional Philosophy
Students will be expected to meet the course goals listed below and be able to demonstrate required concepts. Students will work independently, with the internship site supervisor, and with the school instructor/coordinator to learn career-specific skills and to update career search materials. Internship site experiences will require students to draw upon academic skills in mathematics, language arts, science, and social sciences as well as interpersonal skills.
The instructor will utilize various delivery methods. These include but are not limited to: discussion, video clips, computerized assessments, PowerPoint presentations.
The community plays a vital role in the success of the Senior Internship Program. Community members serve as site supervisors and mentors for the internship students. Student assessment is based on attendance, punctuality, initiative, completion of assigned tasks, quality of work, completion of an updated resume and digital portfolio. Students receive a Pass/Fail from the internship site supervisor and a Pass/Fail for the seminar/academic components of the course.
Course Goals
The student will:
- Participate in a supervised internship experience
- Complete learning goals outlined for the internship site
- Complete assigned seminar tasks
- Update a professional resume
- Update a digital portfolio
- Share information about the Senior Internship Program with others
- Relate the importance of lifelong learning to career success
- Explore appropriate employment opportunities and further education/training
By participating in this course, students will demonstrate the following transferable
work skills:
Foundation Skills:
- Basic Skills: Reading, writing, arithmetic/mathematics, listening, speaking
- Thinking Skills: Decision-making, problem solving, knowing how to learn, reasoning
- Personal Qualities: Responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity/honesty
- Interpersonal: Participating as member of a team, serving clients/customers, exercising leadership, negotiates, working with diversity
- Resources: Time, materials and facilities, Human Resources
- Information: Acquires and evaluates information, organizes and maintains information, interprets and communicates information systems: understand systems
- Technology: Selects technology, applies technology to a task
- Job Specific Competencies
Major Course Projects Include:
- Satisfactory completion of Internship site competencies
- Completion of Seminar assignments
- Professional Resume
- Digital Portfolio (as evidence of all other seminar components)
Instructional Delivery Plan
Introduction to Project and Class Operation: The instructor will introduce the class to the Senior Internship Program at Little Falls Community High School. The course syllabus, portfolio requirements, and Training Plan forms will be distributed. Course policies, attendance and tardiness policies will also be addressed. The instructor will outline course operational procedures, including the projects to be completed by the individual students. The evaluation and grading system will be introduced at the beginning of the course to advise students of the standards they will be expected to meet to pass the course and achieve a high grade.
Class Operation: The instructor provides direction and assistance in completing assignments. The students will spend 90 minutes daily, four times per week at the Internship site. (Exceptions may be allowed at the discretion of the instructor and/or work site mentor.) The instructor will make periodic visits to the Internship site to visit with the student and site supervisor as to the learning process. Students will meet for their Seminar Day in the Media Center one day per week to work on various skills and projects. A blended learning model will be used here, where much of the content and assignments are accessible digitally, and students work independently toward their completion. Access to the instructor will be both face to face and remote, at the discretion and judgement of the instructor. Students will be required to use resources such as computer technology, technical manuals, technical journals, and community resources.
Monitoring, Evaluating, and Grading Performance: The instructor will make periodic visits to the internship site to meet with the students and site supervisor. Attendance, punctuality, attitude, initiative, quality of work, etc., will be discussed. The grade for the in-field experience is based on mid-term and final-evaluations of the mentor, whereas the grade for the seminar portion of the course is based on project completion of the required assignments. NOTE: students must complete BOTH the field experience AND the seminar components to a satisfactory level to earn a passing credit.
Assessment Plan
Student evaluation will be based on:
- Attendance: If a student misses ten or more days, the instructor reserves the right to withhold credit.
- Punctuality: If a student has three or more tardies, the student will serve detention time. (This is dependent on school policy and is at the discretion of the instructor.)
- Completion of required projects according to the assessment rubric.
- Completion of a professional resume.
- Completion of an updated digital portfolio.
- Quality of work at the internship site.
Topics for discussion by week:
- Confidentiality expectations (Wk 1)
- All students regarding behaviors, academic achievement, etc.
- Students with disabilities
- Student health issues
- Permissions for photos, names, etc. to be used in intern portfolio
- Professionalism (what happens in the classroom, stays in the classroom; leave personal connections at the door)
- Classroom Management (Wk 2)
- Expectations (LF: Flyer Pride)
- In the classroom
- In the school
- Behaviors
- Frequently seen in this grade level
- Methods of addressing
- Expectations (LF: Flyer Pride)
- Review all grade or content area standards (Wk 3)
- What are they? Who makes them?
- Where do you find them?
- How are they used to craft unit and lesson goals and targets?
- Your process for unit and/or lesson planning (Wk 4)
- Marzano framework
- Marzano lesson planning template
- Selecting resources that support student achievement of learning targets
- Monitoring student learning (Wk 5)
- Formative assessments
- What are they?
- When do we use them?
- Why do we use them?
- Summative Assessments
- What are they?
- When do we use them?
- Why do we use them?
- Formative assessments
- Parent-Teacher Conferences (Wk 6)
- Student work samples
- Progress reports/report cards
- Parent issues, etc.
- Parent communication (Wk 7)
- Teacher method, frequency and content
- Intern opportunities to contribute content
- Social media
- Current apps
- Technology in Classroom (Wk 8)
- SMARTBoard
- Ipads, apps
- Assistive Devices
- Other Professionals in a School (Wk 9)
- Paraprofessional
- Special Educators
- Specialists (Speech, OT, PT)
- Administration
- Volunteers
- Staying Current as a Professional (Wk 10)
- Relicensure requirements
- District-provided PD
- Self-directed learning
- Conferences
- Professional reading, webinars, etc.
- Professional networks
- Mentor-selected Topics (Wk 11)
**Students will need photos, videos and work samples for inclusion in their portfolios
Some things that will be expected of the intern:
Facilitate small group lessons
Co-plan a lesson
Team teach a lesson
Create a lesson plan
Create assessment (later)
Teach a lesson (solo)
Mid-term evaluation
Final evaluation