CTE course reintroduced
Glenbrook internship will give early career exposure
July 28 2024 | Sarah Park
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Class in session: Students from the Block 4 Language Assisted (LA) Biology work together to make vocabulary photo cards. Next year, the two LA Science classes will be reorganized into three Multilingual Science classes.
South will reintroduce a class called Internship for the 2023-2024 school year, DawnHall, Career and Technical Education (CTE) Instructional Supervisor, said. TheInternship class will be a semester long and is an opportunity for students to explorepotential future careers, Internship Teacher Rosie McManamon added.
The course was last offered five years ago, but was stopped due to objections oneighth-block classes, classes that must be requested to replace a student’s StructuredResource Time (SRT), McManamon said. However, with the support of Principal Dr.Barbara Georges, the course was reintroduced for next year, she added.
“I originally taught the class, so I proposed [to bring it back] this year,” McManamonsaid. “Dr. Georges came from a school where [Internship] was very successful, soshe’s in full support of [the course].”
When students enrolled previously, they completed a Google Form listing jobs withavailable internships, McManamon said. The CTE Department is currently reachingout to businesses that are available to take on high school interns, and at the beginningof the school year, students will be matched with internships based on theirpreferences, McManamon explained.
“The [course] will help students figure out the career they want by [giving them] earlyexposure,” McManamon said. “It is better that they are [figuring out interests] in highschool rather than college.”
The class will meet during Block 4 once a week and act as an early release duringother days so the students can attend their internships, Korienek said. Students will be required to provide their own transportation and complete 60 work hours in theirinternship, McManamon added.
In class, students will focus on career readiness, creating resumes, and working onjob-related skills, McManamon said. Teachers will also check in with students,discussing and collecting information on what they’ve learned from their internship,she added.
Despite considerable student interest, the class is restricted to 150 seniors because ofthe limited number of available spots during Block 4, McManamon said.For the Internship course, McManamon’s main goal is for her students to branch outand gain work experience before leaving high school.
“[Internship was] brought on [because it is] important for high schoolers to get hands-on experience and learn about a career before making big decisions about their future,” McManamon said.
“[Internship was] brought on [because it is] important for high schoolers to get hands-on experience and learn about a career before making big decisions about their future,” McManamon said.