School of the Future-Nazareth Prep

Engage regional partners seeking (a.) diversity & inclusion (b.) pipeline of talent and or (c.) marketing their company’s engagement in community development.

Attend networking events held by Chambers of Commerce and business organizations, leverage current sponsors and school trustees and parents, vendors, local workforce boards, union training centers, and local legislators to build the network or refer likely partners.

Identify corporate partners in a variety of career clusters ie., health science, STEM, human services, business, construction, etc. Targeting career clusters based on local workforce demand projections will help you maintain internship leverage and ensure post-secondary student placement.

Use Thrively, Google surveys, and any career assessment tools to thoroughly and holistically evaluate the best internship fit.

Individually match each student. Discovering if a student prefers hands-on work versus desk work and/or an office setting versus a more agile dynamic setting will increase the success rate.

Utilize your team’s assets and have someone in charge of student performance improvement plans for student concerns that arise, and act as the main point person maintaining student and parent communications.

Use another team member as a corporate relationship manager to attend networking events, meet mentors for coffee and support, and maintain regular internship site visits.

With an administrative assistant, deliver weekly feedback forms to assess student growth & maintain all mentor communications. Tending to emails and phone calls immediately with a follow up action plan is key to an internship program’s success.