Paid internships for graduated 11th and
12th graders are a critical part of the
strategy to touch the lives of students in meaningful, relevant
ways. While typically conducted
over 6 or 7 weeks of the summer, an internship
can also offer employment during the school term. The priority is
that the employment experience
expose the student to one of the many
work environments or jobs that utilize, depend on or leverage Information
Technology. Typical
work experiences that make excellent
internships for bright high school juniors and seniors include Help
Desk operator/analyst, website
designer, network maintenance engineer,
desktop configuration/imaging analyst, project controls administrator,
eCommerce online researcher,
data entry and data cleansing facilitator,
and document repository maintenance clerk. In 2006 and 2007, fifteen
student INTERalliance
members worked successfully as interns
at P&G, Cintas, EW Scripps,
Atos Origin, and directly for the INTERalliance.
A significantly expanded program is expected in 2008 and beyond,
with the ultimate
goal to secure as many summer employment
opportunities for graduated 11th and 12th grade students as possible.
Changing the lives and perspectives of 80 of Cincinnati's
brightest young minds!
For four weeks starting on July 16th, twenty graduating 10th graders each week
got to experience a deep dive into the world of Information Technology at some
of the Greater Cincinnati region's leading employers.
The students were nominated by
their high schools for a wide variety of reasons, each responding
to the request from the INTERalliance for students "who would
get the most out of being shown what's available right here in Cincinnati
in the way of career opportunities in IT."
The 80 students were selected from 16 local college-prep high schools, including
Cincinnati Country Day, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, Cincinnati Christian
Schools, Hughes Center HS, Indian Hill HS, Mount Notre Dame HS, Mother of Mercy
High School, St. Henry's District High School, St. Ursula Academy, St. Xavier
HS, Summit Country Day School, Sycamore High School, Ursuline Academy, Walnut
Hills HS, Western Hills University High School, Withrow University High School.
Sixty-five percent of the nominated students were young women! Read
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