120-Hour Health Science Academy Internship Requirement
Work-based learning experiences are a valuable component of the School-to-Career program. It is also a requirement for student’s enrolled in a Career Academy in Wake County Public School System to complete a 120-hour internship between their junior and senior year. Students who participate in work-based learning experiences are prepared to be career focused and globally competitive. Work-based learning experiences provide an integration of core and technical instruction, which enhances the overall curriculum, increases learning, promotes instructional rigor and meets the educational needs of all students.
Wake County Public School System offers a variety of work-based learning (WBL) opportunities that are available to all high school students. Job Shadowing gives the student the opportunity to watch someone work for a half day. Internships are career-track jobs that link what the student is learning in school to what they are learning in the workplace. Internships require 120 or more hours of work. WBL activities can occur during or after school hours. * Completed summer of junior to senior year in High School.
See Ms. Hulsey for details and support.
Semester-Long Internship Credit (availabe to all students)
Overview
An internship is an experience in which a high school student learns by taking on a responsible role as a worker in a company or organization and then reflects on what happened while in the workplace. The Internship Program is a supplement to formal classroom instruction. Its intent is to significantly add to the vitality of the instructional program and to impact the courses that a student has taken or will take.
Internships are for juniors and seniors and must be at least 120 hours. Students will earn a credit (1) for the internship.
Internship Requirements:
· Students must have begun the 11the or 12th grade.
· Students must determine their internship interest area and seek out a business who may be willing to
· allow the student to complete the internship (check with family friends, etc. for contacts with
· companies that may consider allowing a student to intern).
· The internship can be paid or nonpaid. Most are nonpaid.
· Students cannot intern with their parent/guardian or family business.
· Students may not intern in a job in which they are currently employed.
Wake County Public Schools maintains liability insurance for all students who participate in an
See Ms. Carlton in the library for details and support.