Internship Proposal

1. remedial work with me?

1.1. 1. stop internship

1.2. 2. self assessment on what went wrong

1.3. 3. do some work with me in a related field

2. End Assessment

2.1. 2 kinds of assessment: student outcomes and nonprofit outcomes

2.1.1. post interview with student

2.1.2. post interview with org

2.1.3. presentation to the rest of the group

2.1.4. did the job actually get done?

2.2. success gives preferential treatment for further work?

3. Failure Recovery

3.1. how do we make failed internships a learning experience?

3.2. how do we identify a failing internship?

3.3. kinds of failure?

3.3.1. bad match between intern/org

3.3.2. crappy support at org

3.3.3. failure on our end

3.3.3.1. reassess mechanisms that lead to failure

3.3.3.2. put student back in internship pool

3.3.4. crappy job by student

3.3.4.1. is this just dropped the ball?

3.3.4.2. didn't have the requisite technical skill

3.3.4.3. didn't have communication skills

3.3.4.4. didn't have project management skills

4. Technologies for Management

4.1. bugzilla

4.2. teamworkpm

4.3. getflow

5. Relationship to inform. program

6. checking in organization to make sure they are being clear with student

7. Support

7.1. accountability; make sure students aren't getting sidetracked

7.2. resources; share my expertise and contacts

7.3. vary levels of project management from my end

8. Desired Outcomes

8.1. exposure to professional environments

8.2. application of theoretical knowlege

8.3. bridging gap between cognate and core

8.4. do cool things!

8.5. support NPs that are doing good work

8.6. community involvement

9. Assigning Internships

9.1. who has final say?

9.1.1. NP?

9.1.2. Kent/I?

9.1.3. Student (ranks students, let the top ones pick?)

9.2. the desired outcome is to match students to organizations that they care about doing work they find interesting

9.3. How do we give preference for internships?

9.3.1. GPA?

9.3.2. Interest Areas?

9.3.3. Application process?

9.3.4. Input from NPs

9.3.5. prior internship work?