Beverly High SchoolSenior Internship Program

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School & Career Readiness Committee Members: Julie Angelo, Johanna Borsetti, Paula Borsetti, Barb Fecteau, Ellie Henebury Nancy Schalch, Matt Smith, Megan Sudak

*NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION* *All educational and non-academic programs, activities and employment opportunities at Beverly Public Schools are offered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender identity,sexual orientation, homelessness, age, disability,and any other class or characteristic protected by law.*

Parent Presentation - 9/15/14

•Questions

College & Career Readiness Committee

Continuation - Community Resources Committee

Visited - Manchester - Score Program

Previous visits - Masconomet, Marblehead, Reading

Examined - Malden, Natick programs

Developing Sr. Internship elements

Internship connections, Website, documents

Goals for REACH Program

• To create a real world experience for our Seniors

• To create a sense of independence

• To allow our students to formulate a plan to study an area of interest before they leave BHS

• For our seniors to look at a potential career path

• BHS Improvement Plan - College & Career Readiness action step, culmination of SLC Grant

Why Senior Internship Project?

• Beverly Public School Strategic Plan - Strategy VIII:

• Step by step, we strive to ensure that our students have the tools and skills necessary to succeed after leaving Beverly Public Schools, a college, university or the ever changing workplace of the 21st Century

• 5 Year SLC (Smaller Learning Communities Grant) Culmination - Senior project (College/Career Readiness.

• BHS Improvement Plan

21st Century Skills

Life and Career Skills Today’s life and work environments require far more than thinking skills and content knowledge. The ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in the globally competitive information age requires students to pay rigorous attention to developing adequate life and career skills, such as:

• Flexibility and Adaptability

 

• Initiative and Self­Direction 

• Social and Cross­Cultural Skills

 

• Productivity and Accountability

 

• Leadership and Responsibility 

21st Century Skills

Learning and Innovation Skills Learning and innovation skills are what separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in today’s world and those who are not. They include:

• Creativity and Innovation 

• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

 

• Communication and Collaboration 

REACH Program - Advisories

Naviance - Target Internship Interests

Develop Internship Proposal

Connect with Internship

Connect with Mentor

Work presentation components, panel expectations, set up blog & expectations

Meeting skills, interview skills

Time Frame for REACH Program• September 2014-March 2015 - Use Advisory

time for Internship preparation. Plan developed

• January 2015- Check progress towards internship

• March 2015 - Submission of proposal for evaluation. (Committee evaluation)

• April 17, 2015- Complete Sign-Out process

• Begin Internship - April 27th

• End of May - Completion of Internship & Presentation

Common Questions• Transportation?

• Timing with college applications?

• Contacting potential internship sites?

• Be paid?

• Work with parent?

• Work at home?

• How does it work with 3 quarters as opposed to 4 quarters for curriculum?

• What if my child doesn’t like their internship?

• Senior week activities?

• Full year courses - factor grade on 3 quarters

• Second semester electives - factor grade on 3rd quarter

• Athletics - full participation

• Music Trip - make adjustment after trip with Internship hours

Transportation

#1 Question - Beverly has many potential Internship options which are within walking distance. (Groups can work together)

Examples - Cummings Center

Beverly Hospital

Beverly Schools

Beverly Businesses

**We will not limit Internship to just Beverly area**

REACH Program Participation requirements

On track to graduate

Passing all courses

Good behavior - no discipline issues

Sign out procedure - Obligations, Teacher signatures, Guidance signatures, Assistant Principal signature

Parent/Guardian Permission

Can my child be paid? - use their Current Job?

Purpose of Internship - Real world experience to help shape potential career/college aspirations.

Examples - Shaw’s (Book keeping - Accounting)

Day Care Center (Early Childhood Education)

Super Sub - (Learning about running a business - all aspects; purchasing, planning, supervision)

Landscaping - Scheduling, business plan, horticulture

What if my child cannot find an Internship?

• Safeguards - January check-in

• Will be able to gauge progress of potential Internship

• Difficult situations - referred by Mentor to College/Career Readiness Committee

• Meet with student individually - case by case

• Meet with parents if needed (communication)

• More focus in Advisory with finding Internship

How will my Child Be evaluated?

• Site Attendance

• Weekly Blog/Journal Entries (Will review expectations during advisory)

• Final Presentation (Expectations will be reviewed during advisory)

• Panel (Expectations will be reviewed during advisory)

• Site Evaluation (Will be submitted by May 22nd)

• Pass/Fail - Final grade

College Applications - Time Crunch

Final proposal - Due March 11th (Most college applications due Jan 1st)

Advisory time for much of the preparation (built in time during school day - Each Wednesday)

Mid-January - Check in on Status for each senior. Will know by this point who may need more attention.

Begin Internship after April 1st notification of college acceptance.

Senior Fun?

• Senior Week - not affected (after Internship)

• Spirit Week - Will work with student leadership to set the week before seniors go out on Internship

• Music Trip - Of Course!

• Extra-curricular Activities - Of Course!

• Senior Awards ceremony - Not impacted

What Happens if my Child is not fulfilling Internship requirements?

Mid-term check in with Mentor - Early May

Beverly Supervisor & College/Career Readiness Committee will have contact with Site Supervisors

Meet with Student (Parent/Guardian if needed)

Review Internship program requirements & expectations

Meeting with Student & Site Supervisor if needed

**Ultimately - return to BHS if not participating**

Will my Child not Graduate if they fail the Internship?

• Safeguards - Midpoint check in, talk to Site Supervisor

• If mid-point problem - either make correction or back to BHS

• Will work individually with Assistant Principal to ensure student completes Internship requirements

• Remediation time - 1st Week of June if needed

What if My Child Doesn’t Like Their Internship?

Mid-term check in with Mentor - Early May

Beverly Supervisor & College/Career Readiness Committee will have contact with Site Supervisors

Speak with Student

Review proposal & expectations

Meeting with Student & Site Supervisor if needed

Adjustments if needed

How does REACH work with Guidance?

Grades for leaving classes - for REACH Program:

1. Final grades for Quarter 4 courses to equal the third quarter grade.

2. The fourth quarter course "Intern Study Program" will be added to each participant's schedule. This “course”will not calculated toward the GPA or Credits.

Missing Quarter 4?

Last 4 weeks of course - From April vacation to May 22.

Curriculum will be adjusted for Senior Classes - English, Math. Not an increase in work. Standards Based classes.

AP Courses - No changes. Leave course after AP exam.

Second Semester Electives - Adjustments to emphasize 3rd quarter

Senior Finals - Will make adjustments in mixed classes

What if there is a “Special Class”

A student may also design their internship by remaining in a “special” course and participate in the Intern Study Program with a reduction of time.

Items to consider - Is the course connected to potential career? Or program of study?

Is course connected to potential internship?

Example - Spanish V (Student wishing to take Spanish AP Test)

Some 2nd Semester Electives

Business Law

Psychology

Civics

Film & Literature

Irish Studies

AP Testing Dates - 2015

• English - May 6

• Chemistry - May 4

• Calculus - May 5

• US History - May 8

• Biology & Physics - May 11

**About 2 weeks before end of Internship program

• Full year courses - factor grade on 3 quarters

• Second semester electives - factor grade on 3rd quarter

• Athletics - full participation

• Music Trip - make adjustment after trip with Internship hours

Adjustments - Based on 4th Quarter Internship Program

• AP Students - finish AP class (5 hours reduced per week - for each AP Course)

• Performing Arts - treat like AP course (reduction of internship & attend rehearsals)

• Senior Finals - Week before going out on internship (Split classes)

• Full year courses - factor grade on 3 quarters

• Second semester electives - factor grade on 3rd quarter

• Athletics - full participation

• Music Trip - make adjustment after trip with Internship hours

Limited Internship - AP & Performing Arts

• 4 AP Courses and Performing Arts Course

• 5 Hours per week until AP Testing (2 Weeks after AP Exams)

• Project Option - Area of interest (research, charitable work, service learning)

• Shadow Option - Shadow area of interest, limited time

• Group Project - Can work with group of students

• Community Service - Connect community service into project/presentation

• Full year courses - factor grade on 3 quarters

• Second semester electives - factor grade on 3rd quarter

• Athletics - full participation

• Music Trip - make adjustment after trip with Internship hours

What if I know about a good potential Internship?

Please let me know

dbauer@beverlyschools.org

We send information to potential internship site.

We are putting together information packet to send to potential sites.

Working with Rotary, Chamber of Commerce

REACH Program - Community Connections

• Beverly Chamber of Commerce

• Beverly Senior Center

• Beverly Library

• Beverly Police Department

• Beverly Hospital

• Beverly Fire Department

• Local Colleges - NSCC, Salem State, Montserat, Endicott

• Beverly Elementary Schools

• Cummings Center

• Local Businesses

• Beverly High School

• YMCA

Is the Senior Internship Program Mandatory?

No - However, the expectation is that all of our Seniors complete a College/Career Readiness capstone project.

All the Senior Advisory work is about the Internship program

Seniors will go out - few will be left behind

1st Year is Pilot for the Senior Internship Program

Projects, Community Service/Learning Areas will be considered

We have worked to make the program fit all of BHS needs

What if I do not want my Child to Participate?

Opt-out option

Parents have a final sign-off for Internship proposal

Continue to work during Advisory time - Virtual Internship project, College/Career Awareness

Further Communication?

• BHSonline - Details of project, expectations, forms needed

• Brochure - parents & potential internship sites

• Moodle Page for Students - Details & forms needed

• Parental/guardian sign-off - final proposal

• A student load of under 90 for freshman classes

• Guidance counselors assigned to team

• Assistant principal assigned to academy

• Teams in close proximity-academy located on the 4th floor

• Teaching schedule of 4 freshman classes and one non-freshman class

• Professional learning community culture