Rationale
Student achievement is the Baltimore County Public Schools' primary goal.Research has proven that experiential learning promotes intellectual maturity,personal growth, career awareness, and civic and social responsibility.

Experiential learning through an internship provides a dynamic, structured partnership offering a wide range of opportunities to promote student achievement. Internship experiences provide students with a means to develop the skills and knowledge base necessary to make appropriate and informed decisions in the career development process and prepare them for lifelong learning. An internship offers the best opportunity to fuse academics with the real world and optimize educational achievement.

The Internship section has been designed to assist teachers and coordinators in structuring an internship experience for students. An internship can be embedded in a course, serve as a capstone experience for a career completer, or be an independent course.