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Managing the InternshipStarting out Set up regular contact with the faculty sponsor. Plan to meet with your professor regularly over the term to discuss activities and review your internship and progress towards your academic learning objectives. At a minimum, plan on keeping in regular touch via email. Arrange regular meetings with site supervisor. It is vital you meet regularly with your site supervisor for direction, feedback, and answers to questions. Ideally this should be weekly, or at least bi-weekly. Complete the required Orientation Check In form. After your first couple of weeks working in your site, complete this form and return it to the Internship Program office. It is very important that you get a solid start in your internship, and this is largely determined by how well you are initially oriented and trained. Use the form as a way to talk with your supervisor to identify areas you need or want additional direction. This communication helps our office identify internships that may warrant a bit more attention early on to help make productive for you. Also, on the form you are asked to note your work schedule so we can begin planning site visits for the middle of the term. During the internship Complete the required Mid-Term Evaluation of Intern form. Meet with your site supervisor to review, sign and return this form to the Internship Program office by the requested date (your supervisor should have this form, and we will email you a reminder with a copy attached, just to be compulsive). A copy of this is sent to your faculty sponsor who uses it to help determine a mid-term grade for your internship experience. Note that there is no mid-semester evaluation for January internships. Site visit. The Internship Program Director and/or your faculty sponsor may contact you to arrange a site visit to meet with you and your supervisor. This is a wonderful chance to discuss how the internship is going and to share some of the work you are doing in the internship. Problems? If, at any point during the internship, you are having problems that are interfering with the quality of the learning experience, contact the Internship Program Director for support and assistance. Finishing up Complete the required Final Evaluation of Intern form. As you approach the end of the term, meet with your site supervisor to review and sign this form and return it to the Internship Program office (your supervisor should have this form). A copy of this is sent to your faculty sponsor who uses it to help determine a final grade for your internship experience. Complete the required Internship Self-Evaluation and Evaluation of Site form. At the end of the term, complete this form and return to the Internship Program office (this evaluation form is sent to you by the Internship Program office). A copy of the form is sent to your faculty sponsor and the original placed in your internship file. Closure with your host organization. Communicate in writing your appreciation to your supervisor and co-workers for the attention and management they provided you during your internship. This is an important professional courtesy and can benefit you in future networking. Closure with your faculty sponsor. Arrange a final meeting with your professor to review the internship, discuss future plans, and submit your required assignment(s) as outlined in your Learning Contract. This must be done prior to the last day of class for the semester so your professor has time to submit a grade for your internship. |
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