Community Partners

Possible roles that we are looking to fill

Guest Speaker: 

This is a 1 time commitment to present to 1-3 classes or provide a workshop for 30 - 100 students. This commitment would only be for ONE DAY. 

Possible Topics: 

• Education & Career Paths (and personal journeys, optional)

• Technical Skills Demonstration

• Explanation with Images/Video of Type of, Impact of, and Need for specific kind of Work/Topic

• Sharing examples from our Portrait of a Lincoln Graduate Outcome Skills manifest in context of your workplace, industry, or community work.

  • Communication Skills |  Collaboration  |  Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Panelist: 

This is 1- 2 times a school year commitment to be an audience for student presentations and provide relevant feedback.  Teachers will provide resources for giving feedback and suggested questions.  Presentations topics could be student reflections on progress towards learning goals, skills  demonstrations or a research and design project. 

Mock Interviewer: 

This is one day commitment for one or more two hour blocks of time.  Interviewers will meet with 3-4 students in Lincoln Library for Mock Interviews for specific entry-level job descriptions (provided) and share feedback verbally and via feedback form.  Job descriptions, interview questions, and feedback forms and a brief orientation are provided.

Mentor:

Career Exploration Mentor: 

This opportunity allows you to get to know a group of 3-4 students through a series of monthly 1 hour meetings in our Lincoln Library over the course of 9 months.  We work to match you with students who have expressed common interests as determined in our Mentor Application.  A Mentor Handbook is provided support the objectives of each visit. (EXAMPLE - Dates and Content to be updated)

Project Mentor: (4 month commitment)

These mentors will meet with a group of 3-5 students through a combination of  in person/online 3-5 times in one semester.  Mentors will share their experience in the world of work and problem solving.  Mentors will be asked to review and provide feedback for design proposals, planned process, progress and final product.  

Club Mentor:

This is a great way to impact the lives of students! We invite our community partners to team up with one of our teacher to mentor as a part of our after school clubs.  These clubs include: FIRST Robotics;  BioMed Club; FIRE Pro Competition Team; Canvas Club; and the Mock Trial Team.  If you have an idea for a Work Related Club or Competition Team that is not listed, please email Adam Armas to share your ideas!  aarmas@sandi.net 

Host a Tour/Onsite Learning Experience:

Teacher(s) bring students for large group learning experience or small group rotations through a variety of activities that brings deeper understanding of practical application of real world topics and skills.  These experiences are most engaging when students can actively participate.  We are happy to work together with our community partners to design and develop ideas for these invaluable experiences.  Teachers will prepare students with relevant pre/post field trip learning experiences and application. (Optimal groups sizes 30 - 100)

Job Shadow: 

Give students a glimpse of a "Day in a life of...."  Host a group of 2-4 students to shadow someone for 3-4 hours during their workday. Common observations include, meetings, research, designs, tours, organizational strategies, customer service.  Teachers will help students prepare for expected observations and questions.  

Internship: 

Host 1+ student(s) for 2-4 hours a day (during the school week) or 4-8 hours a day on weekend or in the summer. High school internships are usually a combination of extended job shadow observations and project based learning where students observe and evaluate the anthropology of a workplace and propose a student-initiated project that will benefit the workplace.  See Internship Project Handbook for a set of structured assignments that provide a student directed learning experience.  Our ultimate goal is to provide paid internship experiences for students, this can be accomplished through hiring a student as a temporary employee or as a volunteer (district retains liability) who is paid through a stipend.  

Client Based Project: 

Meet with students to share a need for your business/organization. Students conduct ab informational interview, then create and deliver a proposal, design a product to meet your needs, engage in a cycle of collecting and incorporating feedback.  Finally give feedback and select a product!