draft internship contract (Final at bottom of page)
USC/USCA Educational Technology Program
AEET/EDET 650 Internship Contract
Context
This internship will be completed within a collaboration between the Colleton County School District Title I Office (TIO), the District’s Parent Involvement Program (PIP), and Colleton County High School (CCHS). The mission of the Colleton County School District is to ensure that all students meet or exceed state standards in preparation to become productive citizens. The mission of the Title I Office is to manage federal and special programs that promote educational success in Colleton County Schools. Therefore the environment for this internship is one that is focused on education and applying technology and scientifically-sound methodology to instruction. The Title I Office has a staff of three persons, including Ms. Shelby Simmons, the Parent Involvement Coordinator who is the “intern” for the purpose of this course. The Parent Involvement Program serves the parents of approximately 4,600 students in grades K-8 and the High School serves about 1600 students in grades 9-12. The high school employs about 115 teachers, administrators, aides, and other staff members in 6 schools of study including a technical careers center off-campus and a New Tech High School on campus.
The intern will collaborate among the three programs utilizing the technical and content support of all three sites. Colleton County High School has partnered with Palmetto Rural Telephone Company to provide local-access cable television programs from the school to all Colleton County Schools via v-brick and to the community through cable channel 25. The intern will work collaboratively with the CCS Media Center to produce content for a program to teach the SC Internet Safety Standards to parents and students. Intern will report to CCHS Media Specialist and Director of Federal Special Projects.
Learning Goals and Objectives
During the internship, I will develop and refine my skills, knowledge and ability to:
- Define technical and curricular specifications for video development
o Design/Create content suitable for internet streaming/download
o Design/Create content suitable for television broadcast
- Design paper and internet based assessments:
o To determine compliance with CIPA
o To determine mastery of SC Internet Safety Curriculum for grades k-12
o To assess parents’ understanding of Internet Safety and ability to apply standards/suggestions and comply with AUP
- Design/Identify distance (web or TV based) resources suitable for children
- Design distance (web or TV based) instruction suitable for parents
- Design and implement web/TV based instruction for parents
- Apply ADDIE Model of Instructional Design to plan web based instruction for parents
- Apply ADDIE Model of Instructional Design to plan web based instruction for students
Responsibilities and Tasks
To achieve my objectives, I will:
- Identify/Synthesize curriculum standards appropriate for lesson development
- Create/Develop a website for online lessons for parents based on SC Internet Safety Curriculum Standards for grades k-12
- Create/Develop webpages with resources for parents and students based on SC Internet Safety Curriculum Standards for grades k-12
- Design and Develop TV content for lessons for parents and resources for children
- Identify/Modify/Create paper and online assessments based on curriculum standards
- Develop methodology for determining and tracking CIPA instructional compliance
Deliverables
To demonstrate achievement of my objectives, I will submit for my internship portfolio:
- Unit Lesson Plans for the 4 topics identified by SC Internet Safety Curriculum
- Sample of video content for parents (DVD, file, or links)
- Completed Internet Safety instruction website (links, screen shots, or html files)
- Assessment development rubric and resulting assessments (electronic copies)
- Completed work samples/compliance documentation/parent comments
- Progress Reports, Timesheets, 3-10 page Reflection paper (format determined by advisor)
Schedule and Milestones
Weeks 1-2: Needs Analysis, Resource Acquisition
- Identify/Synthesize curriculum standards appropriate for lesson development
- Develop methodology for determining and tracking CIPA instructional compliance
- Identify/Modify/Create paper and online assessments based on curriculum standards
- Determine technical requirements and identify actors and video production assistants (if needed)
Weeks 3-7: Design and Development
- Write Unit Lesson Plans, Screenplay/Storyboard, draft online content
- Design and Develop website for online lessons for parents based on SC Internet Safety Curriculum Standards for grades k-12
- Design and Develop webpages with resources for parents and students based on SC Internet Safety Curriculum Standards for grades k-12
- Design and Develop TV content for lessons for parents and resources for children
Weeks 8-12:
- Implement instruction, Collect Documentation
- Assess Instruction, edit, improve, re-design based on evaluation of instruction
- Finalize deliverables and complete reports
AEET/EDET 650 Internship Contract
Context
This internship will be completed within a collaboration between the Colleton County School District Title I Office (TIO), the District’s Parent Involvement Program (PIP), and Colleton County High School (CCHS). The mission of the Colleton County School District is to ensure that all students meet or exceed state standards in preparation to become productive citizens. The mission of the Title I Office is to manage federal and special programs that promote educational success in Colleton County Schools. Therefore the environment for this internship is one that is focused on education and applying technology and scientifically-sound methodology to instruction. The Title I Office has a staff of three persons, including Ms. Shelby Simmons, the Parent Involvement Coordinator who is the “intern” for the purpose of this course. The Parent Involvement Program serves the parents of approximately 4,600 students in grades K-8 and the High School serves about 1600 students in grades 9-12. The high school employs about 115 teachers, administrators, aides, and other staff members in 6 schools of study including a technical careers center off-campus and a New Tech High School on campus.
The intern will collaborate among the three programs utilizing the technical and content support of all three sites. Colleton County High School has partnered with Palmetto Rural Telephone Company to provide local-access cable television programs from the school to all Colleton County Schools via v-brick and to the community through cable channel 25. The intern will work collaboratively with the CCS Media Center to produce content for a program to teach the SC Internet Safety Standards to parents and students. Intern will report to CCHS Media Specialist and Director of Federal Special Projects.
Learning Goals and Objectives
During the internship, I will develop and refine my skills, knowledge and ability to:
- Define technical and curricular specifications for video development
o Design/Create content suitable for internet streaming/download
o Design/Create content suitable for television broadcast
- Design paper and internet based assessments:
o To determine compliance with CIPA
o To determine mastery of SC Internet Safety Curriculum for grades k-12
o To assess parents’ understanding of Internet Safety and ability to apply standards/suggestions and comply with AUP
- Design/Identify distance (web or TV based) resources suitable for children
- Design distance (web or TV based) instruction suitable for parents
- Design and implement web/TV based instruction for parents
- Apply ADDIE Model of Instructional Design to plan web based instruction for parents
- Apply ADDIE Model of Instructional Design to plan web based instruction for students
Responsibilities and Tasks
To achieve my objectives, I will:
- Identify/Synthesize curriculum standards appropriate for lesson development
- Create/Develop a website for online lessons for parents based on SC Internet Safety Curriculum Standards for grades k-12
- Create/Develop webpages with resources for parents and students based on SC Internet Safety Curriculum Standards for grades k-12
- Design and Develop TV content for lessons for parents and resources for children
- Identify/Modify/Create paper and online assessments based on curriculum standards
- Develop methodology for determining and tracking CIPA instructional compliance
Deliverables
To demonstrate achievement of my objectives, I will submit for my internship portfolio:
- Unit Lesson Plans for the 4 topics identified by SC Internet Safety Curriculum
- Sample of video content for parents (DVD, file, or links)
- Completed Internet Safety instruction website (links, screen shots, or html files)
- Assessment development rubric and resulting assessments (electronic copies)
- Completed work samples/compliance documentation/parent comments
- Progress Reports, Timesheets, 3-10 page Reflection paper (format determined by advisor)
Schedule and Milestones
Weeks 1-2: Needs Analysis, Resource Acquisition
- Identify/Synthesize curriculum standards appropriate for lesson development
- Develop methodology for determining and tracking CIPA instructional compliance
- Identify/Modify/Create paper and online assessments based on curriculum standards
- Determine technical requirements and identify actors and video production assistants (if needed)
Weeks 3-7: Design and Development
- Write Unit Lesson Plans, Screenplay/Storyboard, draft online content
- Design and Develop website for online lessons for parents based on SC Internet Safety Curriculum Standards for grades k-12
- Design and Develop webpages with resources for parents and students based on SC Internet Safety Curriculum Standards for grades k-12
- Design and Develop TV content for lessons for parents and resources for children
Weeks 8-12:
- Implement instruction, Collect Documentation
- Assess Instruction, edit, improve, re-design based on evaluation of instruction
- Finalize deliverables and complete reports