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Internships: An Avenue to Graduation for Today's At-Risk Students [pdf]

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Internship Quest: Your One Source for High School Internship Materials

Starting an Internship Program? Looking to improve your existing program? These materials can help you get your program up and running and students placed without the headaches of reinventing the wheel.

These research-based, field-tested internship materials can provide all that is needed for a comprehensive internship program to enable young people to develop the 21st century skills and competencies needed to day.

Why Engage in Internships?

Expectations for the 21st century workforce are increasing and most likely will continue. And work-based learning is an important component in the development of these skills needed for success.

Current reports and studies cite the need for work-based and real-world learning to address the needs of ALL high school students.

What Can Students Gain from Internships?

Whatever their ultimate goals, students in internships benefit from:

• real-world experience for inclusion on resumes and college applications
• future employment opportunities/networking
• experience with state-of-the-art technology
• opportunity to gain life-long workplace skills
• a greater sense of personal responsibility and accountability career exploration
• increased motivation in classroom learning and reduction of dropout incidents and credit recovery