Expectations for Student Interns

Expectations of Student Interns

PREVIOUS TERM

  • Meet with your Faculty Sponsor to discuss the type and purpose of the internship. Discuss possibilities for an internship site placement. Visit the Career & Community Learning Center for assistance with finding a site.
  • With the help of your Faculty Sponsor, prepare the internship proposal form and internship plan, especially the areas which clarify the learning objectives, set regular meeting times, and establish criteria for evaluation of the internship experience. Agree on the types of writing involved (standard documentation of learning includes a weekly journal and a final evaluation paper, although a midterm evaluation paper may be substituted for the journal). 

WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE LAST DAY TO ADD A COURSE

  • Submit the following to the Coordinator of Internships/IFP Liaison:  Internship Proposal Form (will not be accepted without all required signatures), Internship Plan (typed separately, all questions must be answered, and it must be signed by the Faculty Sponsor), and the Guilford College Internship Agreement (Non-Paid) is required only if the internship is non-paid.

THROUGHOUT THE TERM

  • Meet regularly (at least every two weeks is recommended) with your Faculty Sponsor to discuss learning occurring in the internship and to engage in reflection on the process.

PRIOR TO MID-TERM

  • Schedule a meeting with your Faculty Sponsor to review the internship discuss the internship experience to date.  
  • Submit your written work to your Faculty Sponsor in order to receive a mid-term grade.

THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO END OF TERM

  • Give the Site Supervisor the form "Site Supervisor's Final Evaluation of Student" and request that he or she return it to the Coordinator of Internships/IFP Liaison by the last week of classes.

END OF TERM

  • Complete and submit the form "Intern's Final Evaluation of Internship" to the Coordinator of Internships/IFP Liaison by the last week of classes.
  • Mail a thank you note to your Site Supervisor and submit a copy to the Coordinator of Internships/IFP Liaison by the last week of classes.
  • Meet with your Faculty Sponsor and review the final evaluation of the internship experience as well as the Site Supervisor's evaluation.
  • Submit your written work to your Faculty Sponsor in order to receive a final grade.