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Create Internship Programs With Local Businesses to Provide Students Opportunities & Experience

Inflexion January 30, 2021
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Asian-presenting male teen standing next to bearded white man in a workshop with a teen female working in the background.

Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.

– Chris Grosser

INTRO

Create internship programs with local businesses or organizations, such as Chamber of Commerce. Work with business partners to embed on-the-job projects and scenarios into curricular pathways.

KNOW skills and behaviors include classic content knowledge and skills in core subject areas such as reading, writing, and math. It is not enough to have students learn high-quality content, they need to understand that success at learning content is a function of their effort much more than aptitude.

OBJECTIVES

  • Brainstorm and start creating internship programs with local businesses or organizations

RESOURCE LINKS

ACTIVITY

  • Create internship programs with local businesses or organizations, such as Chamber of Commerce.

  • Work with business partners to embed on-the-job projects and scenarios into curricular pathways

  • Check out the resources here for more ideas on how to get started

TIPS

  • Big Plays are more substantial efforts that take 6-18 months to fully accomplish.
  • Like this activity? Check out Inflexion’s full-page KNOW document for more ideas.
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