Internship Program and Academic Standards
The objective of the Internship Program is to provide students with an opportunity to expand their experience in the career pathway of their choice. Active involvement in the workplace as a trainee is intended to challenge the student to higher academic and workplace skills standards and help to better identify careers of interest.
From a career perspective, the Internship Program:
- Exposes the student to a professional business environment.
- Gives the student entry-level experience by engaging the student in related tasks.
- Allows the student to spend quality time in areas of interest.
- Exposes the student to group situations and working with minimum supervision.
- Enhances the student’s resume with professional business experience.
The internship experience is to be used to develop broader personal skills, such as:
- Developing a sound work ethic.
- Understanding professional dress and behaviors.
- Enhancing social and business decorum.
- Improving communication skills.
Internships are an important part of the learning experience at Wildcat. As such, students are expected to take their internship experiences just as seriously as any other academic requirement.
Internship participation is mandatory. Students attend school from 9 to 5 one week and then internship the next week. In addition to academic projects assigned during the school week AND internship week, all students are expected to complete an Internship Portfolio. Upon completing this collection of documents, writings, research and activities, each student will receive a stipend each week to defray costs while working. Completion of these works along with the evaluation from the employer, and satisfactory attendance at the worksite determines the number of credits each student is awarded for internship participation each term.
There are a wide array of internship sites from which to chose ranging from office work to construction to health care. Students work closely with counselors and internship site managers to determine the best fit for their career goals.
Internship sites:
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