Summer
Externship Implementation Plan Guide
You've completed
your Externship work experience. Now
what?
The Externship experience
is a great learning opportunity for educators. However,
without a clearly defined plan to use what you have learned,
the experience can lose its value quickly. Prepare an
Implementation Plan to get the most out of your Externship.
The plan should outline ways to connect your experience with
your school, students and/or teaching strategies. To prepare
your plan:
- List each objective
you outlined on the 'Externship Agreement.'
- Briefly describe how
your work experience relates to that
objective.
- Specifically outline
how you accomplished or plan to accomplish that
objective.
- Include a list of
applicable activities.
- Attach any related
lesson plans you prepare as a result of the
externship.
- State ways you plan to
share your experience with your colleagues (i.e., faculty
or department meetings), school administration and/or
school board.
Use the following
example as a guide:
Objective
#1:
- Bring career/resume
Internet component to career education.
Plan:
- As a part of the
externship, I have located several sites for career
information and resume building. My plan is to have
students explore the career information sites, summarize
the information given, and report to the class on their
findings. The type of reporting will vary according to
the audience. The students will also research several
resume building sites and "build" their own resumes. A
comparison of electronically produced resumes and
traditionally produced resumes will be made examining
pro's and con's of each.
Activities:
Students will prepare a
formal report comparing resume building using electronic
sources with standard methods of preparing
resumes.
- Given a list of
Internet sites related to Resume Building, students will
explore the sites and gather information about electronic
resumes.
- Given a list of print
resources, students will examine the resources and gather
information about standard resumes.
- Students will then
contrast and compare the styles, advantages, and
disadvantages of both. Personal samples of two electronic
styles and two standard styles must be included in the
report.
Example courtesy of
Patricia Lang, Hanover High School
At the completion of
your Externship, keep one copy of the plan for
yourself
and submit one
copy to Kathi Terami, Externship
Facilitator.
©
2001 Upper Valley Business and Education
Partnership
