Communications Intern
10 hours per week | Unpaid Internship | Course Credit Available
Communications Intern
10 hours per week | Unpaid Internship | Course Credit Available
Develop a portfolio of experiences that demonstrate program management in a nonprofit environment. This is a description of major WakeEd Programs and the opportunities for internships with each of the programs. The description each internship focus provides a general overview of the majority of the activities to be completed during a semester of work. Programs internships may be completed during the Fall, Summer, or Spring semesters.
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Intern Programs
Partners Read | Fall & Spring
- Partners Read places community volunteers into WCPSS schools to read with struggling first grade readers. The program occurs each semester.
- Identify new sources of funding to support the purchase of books for the program
- Develop contacts list and make outreach to generate new partner organizations and volunteers to expand program
- Evaluate program impact using anecdotal and quantitative measures
- Promote program through social media.
Link | Fall & Spring
- Link partners businesses with WCPSS schools for innovative projects that support learning.
- Identify new business partners
- Develop event materials; track implementation of project plans
- Create multimedia stories that demonstrate impact
- Data collection.
SummerSTEM | Fall, Spring & Summer
- SummerSTEM is a professional development experience for educators that integrates project-based learning with immersion in STEM industries.
- Assist with event planning
- Program evaluation
- Collect stories of program impact.