Career Exploration & Internship Program
This program provides student with the opportunity to obtain non-paid on-site career exploration experiences. It is an experiential-based learning environment designed to assist students with understanding the linkages between school and work.
Requirements for 1 unit of school credit
108 - 150 hours of non-paid internship
54 hours of instruction as follows:
Orientation to Internship Program 4 hours
Attributes for Successful Employment 4 hours
Career Opportunities/Development 4 hours
Health/Safety on the Job 4 hours
The Working Teenager 6 hours
Worker’s rights; working papers, wage-hour regulations, prohibitive hours/occupations; work and school balance;pay – gross/net, withholding allowances; taxes
Evaluation Seminars 4 hours
Applied Academic-Occupational Skills 18 hours
Applied Math, communications, teamwork, human relations, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills
Journal Entry 10 hours
To earn 1/2 unit, the time requirements are reduced by 1/2.
You are required to keep a journal of your internship experiences. This journal will be kept on file at the school, as evidence of the work you have completed.
Some activities may be completed on-line. Use the link below to begin.
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