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Internship

Responsibilities of the Internship Participants

Student

• Focus attention on the internship learning plan.
  
• Develop academic, occupational, and employability skills.
  
• Adapt to the worksite.
  
• Adhere to school/employer/student/parent agreement.
  
• Establish and maintain a portfolio.
  
• Maintain a journal/log of the internship experience.
  
• Complete an internship project.

Parent

• Participate in the career exploration and development process.
  
• Support child's career motivation.
  
• Collaborate with school personnel in the development and execution of the
• internship.
  
• Assist their child in arranging safe and reliable transportation to and from the worksite.

Mentor

• Instruct the student in safety and health procedures and policies.
  
• Invest considerable time and energy.
  
• Initiate the relationship with the intern.
  
• Increase intern responsibilities as appropriate.
  
• Have realistic expectations.
  
• Orient the intern to the workplace.
  
• Maintain communication with the internship coordinator.

Sponsoring Organization

• Initiate the program at the worksite.
  
• Exercise decision-making in managing the program.
  
• Provide input to the school curriculum.
  
• Screen and monitor program mentors.
  
• Create work-based development opportunities for teachers.
  
• Provide work-based learning opportunities for students.

School

• Provide administrative leadership and support.
  
• Provide flexible scheduling.
  
• Provide thorough planning.
  
• Establish business partnerships that provide tangible, concrete benefits to students.

Content Teacher

• Incorporate Skills for Success into the instruction.
  
• Assist with Learning Plan development.
  
• Provide resources and expertise in project/portfolio development.
  
• Include real-world applications in instruction.