College and Career ReadinessInternship Programs for High School Students

Goal Understand the value and key elements of

effective internships and develop an action plan for implementing them in your school

Agenda

What are internships? Why are they valuable?

Implementation

Challenges and solutions

Q&A

Action Planning

The Chavez Schools' mission is to prepare scholars to succeed in competitive colleges and to empower them to use public policy to create a more just, free, and equal world.

Using thinking to

tackle complex

novel real world

situations

College Readines

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Career Readines

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Common Core

Public Policy

21st Century

Skills

“Tackling big problems doesn’t scare us because we know we are uniquely equipped to solve them and it is our responsibility to do so. The thinking of every discipline helps us to make change, so we become expert mathematicians, historians, readers, writers, scientists & artists in the process.”

• 9th Grade• Study and advocate for a local

public policy issuesCapstone

• 10th • Study and advocate regarding a

national or international public policy

CAP

• 11th grade• Public Policy InternshipFellowship

• 12th grade• Complete a 15-20 page public policy

paperThesis

Boston Collegiate Charter School

Our mission is to prepare each student for college.

Boston Collegiate Charter School serves over 600 students in grades 5 through 12. Our goal is to instill in our students the expectation of college from the moment they walk through our doors. Boston Collegiate has consistently brought its mission to life: 100% of our graduates have been accepted into college! 

• Research skills• Public speaking skills• Study skills9th grade

• Self-awareness• College landscape

10th grade

• Job search skills• Workplace etiquette• College search• Internship!

11th grade

• Financial aid and literacy• College applications• Post-BCCS decision making

12th grade

Junior Internship

Hands-on workplace experience.

Gain a greater comfort level in a less than familiar environment.

Learn about a particular field.

Application to your work

Questions to consider: Timing Age group Focus area Curriculum Community support and resources Faculty involvement