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    CB South Community Internship Program Mission Statement

     

    The purpose of the CB South 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 South Community Internship’s core goal is to continue creating an authentic, shared, and empowered learning experience for our students and our community.

     

    CB South Community Internship Program Objectives

     

    1. Learn what it takes to be successful in the 21st century work force
    1. Research and learn about a career, about how a profession works, and about how to best prepare for the profession
    2. Observe strong career work in action by developing community partnerships with internship supervisors
    1. Provide an authentic and hands-on learning experience for our students
    1. Develop responsibility, professionalism, and leadership in our student leaders
    2. Connect students, teachers, parents, and local community members

     

    Community Internship Instructional and Experiential Focuses

     

    The program will be built around an elective class called Community Internship. The course will have two components:

     

      1. Instruction: 1-2 days a week the high school students would meet with a teacher where they would 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.

     

      1. Internship: 3-4 days a week the students would be travel to their internship location. The student would report to their internship supervisor who will be the guide and mentor for the experiential learning portion of the course. The student would observe the career in action and work hand-on to apply both the skills learned in the classroom and the skills learned on the job site throughout the internship experience.