West Central High School Senior Internship Program
               For more information, contact Kärin Renner, Internship Supervisor, at
               605.528.6236 ext. 1121 or e-mail Karin.Renner@k12.sd.us 

        Our Mission: To prepare all students for learning and living in a changing world.
 LEARN outside these four walls.  LEARN from an expert.  LEARN about yourself.  LEARN about the REAL world.
 Course Description   Attendance Policy   Application Materials  Training Agreement  Parent Approval      

Confidentiality Form   Liability Form   Course Requirements  Proficiencies  Spring 2010 Journals 

Spring '10 Calendar       Returning Interns '10     Internship Benefits   Learn More About It !  Other Documents
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
      --Theodore Roosevelt

"When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.”
     --Betty Bender

”You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play."
     --Warren Beatty

“What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us,
 doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.”
     –Julia Cameron

Senior Internships Assignments
Final Assignments
  May 17		 1.  Send off Final Supervisor Eval if you have not done that yet.  Form is under Other Documents.  Either call for fax number or get envelope from me to address and mail out today. Stress that these need to be back by Thursday!!  Highlight the portion of the letter that has the school fax number on it!!!  Take it to the office to fax it off right now.

2.  Give us your April and May Calendars
3.  Give us your 8 hour work day form

 Now, take 5 minutes to really read What To Do When Your Internship Ends
Taking the advice of this article, you will also be updating your resume to reflect your internship experience, which will go at the top of your Work Experience section.

4. Update your resume to reflect your internship through May.  Also add any other activities, honors, experiences that you have had this year!  For points, you need to show us that you have updated the resume AND e-mailed the resume to yourself so that you will have it for future use.  You WILL need it again sooner than you think!!  Keep a copy on file!  Keep it in your e-mail!

5. Write a personal thank you to your worksite supervisor utilizing notes provided.  Address the envelopes. We will mail them. Here are some samples to give you ideas about what to write.
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3 (read thank you letter tips then scroll down to page 3)

6. New Interns:  Use the photos we took of you at your worksites to create a flyer like the ones on the Intern bulletin board inside the door. Use MS Publisher, flyer.
 
   
Week of April 19-23 Calendars in?  It's almost time for April calendar!!
8 hour day form!!
Site visit appointment
Quick Topic Post for everyone
 
Weeks of March 22-26 and
March 29-April 1		 Bring in your March Calendars. Please give to Mrs. Schumacher since Mrs. Renner will be gone April 1-April 7!

Returning Interns Post QuickTopic here

New Interns Post QuickTopic Here
Week of March 15-18 Check Infinite Campus for missing work!
Meet in class on Wednesday, Feb. 17! 


Agenda for 3/17:
1.  Highs and Lows
2.  File all paperwork
3.  Check grading portal
4.  We mailed out evaluations to your supervisors.  They have started to come in.  If you don't have a grade recorded yet, please remind your supervisor that your evals were mailed to their office last week.
5.  Returning interns do voice over for Career Fair movie.
6.  Complete last Quick Topic Journal for this quarter.
7.  Stay focused!! Senioritis will set in soon. Remember that you are a representative of West Central and that you are considered an employee at your worksite.  Be extra conscientious about your attendance!

 
Week of March 8-11 Returning Interns get your paragraph written and recorded for Career Fair movie
Week of March 1-5 Get your February Calendars SIGNED and turned in!
Week of Feb 22-26
Post a journal response for this week!
You should have 3 posts now!
 		 This is your 3rd journal post this quarter!!
Please be sure you are posting in the right group!! The questions are different based on whether you interned first semester or not!!

Returning interns:Post Quick Topic Journal Response here

New Interns Post Quick Topic Journal Response Here
Week of Feb 15-19
Post a new journal response this week!		 Returning Interns: Post Quick Topic Journal Response Here

New Interns:   Post Quick Topic Journal Response Here
Week of Feb 8-10

Did I get your January hours?

 

 

 

 

Gallery Walk Links

 Quia.com

Quick Topic Journal #4

Rachel Newsletter

Ryan Newsletter
 

 Click on links to Quick Topic below.  Journals should be AT LEAST 10 sentences in length to earn full credit.  Answer all parts of the questions!J ournal topics will be posted at Quick Topic on a weekly basis, depending on holidays.  Weekly journals just be completed by:

Feb 10    Feb 19    Feb 26    March 5    March 18    March 26

April 9    April 16     April 23   May 7


Returning Interns:     Post Quick Topic Journal Response Here

New Interns:    Post Quick Topic Journal Response Here

If you've never registered at QuickTopic, click the big Subscribe button on the left side of the web page. If you are signed in when you post the message (indicated by a star next to your name), you can edit or delete it any time. When you're signed in you'll see Edit and Delete links to the right of each message. If you aren't signed in, you can still post a response but you can't edit it once you post it. This difference is a good reason to register and sign in each time when using QuickTopic.
Week of Feb 2-5
No internship Friday 2/5 (bad roads)		 Everyone turn in your January hours, even if you were only at the site for a couple of days 2nd semester.  Remember to get your calendar signed by your supervisor!  Check for journal assignment next week!

Last Week
Tues 1/19
Whether you are every day or every other day, you need to complete all activities before you start at worksite.  Also, all paperwork must be signed and shown to us and in your folder IN THIS ROOM before you start.		 As some of you prepare for your internship interviews, this is a good time to complete Proficiency #6 Interviewing Skills. Click Proficiencies Tab above to get to activity.  Put quiz in folder.

Read 10 Real-Life Interview Mistakes!

View 2 United Streaming Videos on Interviewing Skills and answer the questions on the page after the Interviewing Skills Quiz.  The videos are sitting at the bottom right in my H-drive folder.  "Job Connection" and "Job Skills."  You could pair up with someone to watch them. 
 
Weds 1/20 BLUE If you are a white day only intern, do activities above.  If you are an every day intern, go on to next proficiency.

Proficiency #9 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
 
Thurs 1/21 Do Proficiency #4. Click tab above.
Fri 1/22 Finish activities outlined above for the week.  Is all paperwork signed and in this room?
   
   

Weds 1/13 BLUE

 Intro to Internship.  Go through all paperwork, contact info, forms, calendar, attendance issues. See website and Quick Topic.
Discuss placements. Set up placement meetings.

Placements to date:
Devon Albers: Butler--pending. Talk to me about your schedule. They have the calendar.
Jared Bauer:  Officer Phillips said do Explorers, do internship every other day and take a class on opposite days. We need your new liability form BEFORE you can continue!
Sam Boerboom:  returning; started at Memorial 1/12.
Carly Bostic:  Meeting/Interview on Friday at CCHS with Kristy at 2pm
Kaysi Brown: returning Meeting/Interview on Thursday at 2:00.  Betsy will meet you in the HS office.  See me for a flyer.  Give me objectives for pet therapy TODAY!!
Note on Fri 1/15 from Kristy:   Just heard from Volunteers of America – they have a youth counseling program.  Asked them if any opportunities for Tue, Wed, or Fri afternoons for Kaysi.  I did get her pet therapy objectives, too & will be sending those on.  I had contacted them (VOA) before Christmas break and finally heard back today.
Michaela Bunde: still pending;  depends on computer accessibility.  Has to be in this building since the Taylor's office is in their garage.
Tyler Christensen: PT at the VA; meeting today 1/13 at 2:30 with Kristy for paperwork. From Kristy Weds. afternoon: Tyler’s meeting at the VA went well…Tyler did great & everyone seemed to like him a lot.  They gave us a tour of the PT area, too, so that was kind of neat.  I think Tyler’s going to have a late afternoon there…they were getting ready to show him a video when I left around 3:15.  Also—FYI—I sent all of the paperwork back with him…he needs to have his parents sign it & also needs to fill out the top of the training agreement, etc. Finally – he is supposed to go back on Friday at 2pm for his last portion of orientation/TB testing, etc.  FYI –maybe you want to put that on the online master list to remind him? We met Cindy (PT supervisor)---gave her the calendar – she marked it as the 26th being his first day.  FYI.

Pat Cypher:  placed with SF Fire Dept.  Bring the waiver Mrs. Schumacher gave you with you on the first day or you can't start. Waiting for rotation calendar.
Message today:
Sent Jon Groen the calendar—he is working on the fire station rotations right now.  Last time we did the paperwork on the first day, but if it’s easier to coordinate, perhaps we could schedule that meeting for the week prior? 

Friday 1/15 at  2:45 Fire Dept (Pat doesn’t need to be there) Paperwork meeting.

Ryan Drietz:  Continue at Butler. Have updated liability form.
Brady Eggebraaten:  Returning to Avera surgery.  Need up update liability. Waiting for calendar from Pat for restart day.
Kelsey Eneboe: MediCap Pharmacy.  Need to set up day to meet and do paperwork.  Next week?
Brittany Even:  Hy-Vee/Avera Dieticians.  Waiting on their calendar for start date.Weds. night email:

We are happy to host Brittany on the blue days when she is available. I’m sorry I missed your call this afternoon (I was with a customer), but I will be in the store Friday from 10-6 pm. I will give you a call Friday morning, if that is ok, to work out any new details. Thanks. Talk to  you soon!

1/15 Brittany – going just on blue days is fine.  Most of her time will be with Jenn Colgan at the Louise store and the one on east 10th, but she will also spend some time at the store on Marion Road.  They’re still working on re-doing Brittany’s schedule, so I can’t tell you quite yet when her first day will be.  We’re aiming for the 26th, but it might possibly be on Mon Feb 1st.  In the meantime, I’m getting her paperwork signed now so that part’s ready to go.  Dress code:  business casual since she’ll be around clients.  They will occasionally have “project days” for her, when she’ll be creating lists of foods that are appropriate for certain kinds of diets.  On those days, she can wear jeans as long as they aren’t ripped or low-cut.  No offensive writing on shirts, etc.  Saturday events will be business-casual, too.  No sweats. 

Christina Haensel. Sanford. Start day is Jan. 25th.
Robin Hoffman. Continue at Lukens; working on large animal placements for Wednesdays. Also waiting to hear back from Sx Nation. Update liability form.
Megan Kelly. Continue with PT/OT at Hartford Elementary. Update Liability Form!
Kelly Kluck. Julie Wooters would like to meet Friday sometime between 10:45 and 1:15.  I would go along.  Tell me what works and we will email her back today. We need to bring paperwork and calendar and visit about the Lennox days.  She knows about it.
Start Thursday 1/21.  Remind us to get liability signed.
Rachel Liesinger: pending. Kristy is calling back today to the place you interviewed.
Fri 1/15: Judy (Elegant Xpressions) wasn’t there when I called & the mgr at Interlude has been out sick. 
Jackson Marketon:  pending; Got message from Kristy this morning. Give me your email and I'll forward it to you. Need to set up an interview for next week.   Until you start at worksite, continue to assist Mr. Stroebel.
Rachel McMahon: returning to Kindergarten classroom at Hartford elementary. Update Liability form!
Kathryn Mehlhaff: Starmark.  Interview/Meeting on Thursday 1/14. Kristy will go back on Friday for paperwork.
Morgan Miles: Pending at Southeast Behavioral.  Staff meeting is today!
McKenzie Needles: Kristy is calling Harold's back to see if they'd consider an every other day placement based on all of your experience.  We will also contact the elementary art teacher to see if there are art classes you could assist with.
Phil Oligmueller:  Tammen Oil. Start Jan. 26th.  We need to make an appt. to do paperwork next week with Justin Eich OR on your first day. Meeting on Weds 1/20 at 2:00 pm
Cortney Redenius: returning to Rehab Therapy at Sanford. Need to update liability form.  Take a copy to Kelly Tollefsen. Plan to start 1/19 but talk to Kelly.
Friday 1/15:  Cortney – Sanford is wondering if she wants to stay in outpatient rehab for the entire time?  Can’t remember if I asked that yesterday already?  They want to keep her start date as Jan 25th.  Let me know if she wants to stay in that slot the entire time.
Ciara Schmitz: Feline Vet Center. Meeting is at 3:30 on Friday. Kristy will meet you there.  Bring parent waiver!!!
Regina Thaler: Officer Phillips said every other day works better for him anyone.  That time of day is good. Talk to Officer Phillips or Kristen about your time change in Sioux Falls.  Plan to start again AS SOON AS WE HAVE UPDATED LIABILITY. Let us know!
Ashley Wagner:  returning to Montrose Vet Clinic. Update Liability Form!
Christina Waldner: Dental placement starting Jan. 25th with Falls Community Dental Health Clinic.  Message this am from Kristy:   Christina,

I just received a nice little email from Lonna at the Falls Community Dental Health Clinic (whew…that’s such a long name to me!).Anyway, Christina – she said that you were “delightful” and that she’s looking forward to having you on board as an intern.So—we’ll plan on the 25th! 

Thurs 1/14

 Intro to Internship.  Go through all paperwork, contact info,  forms, calendar, attendance issues. See website and Quick Topic.
Discuss placements. Set up placement meetings.

Fri 1/15  BLUE

Whether you are an every day or every other day new intern, you need to complete these proficiencies!

**Check the updates about you above EVERY day for a week!

 Update your resume.  Change your objective statement. Update your employment and volunteerism.  Include relevant coursework under Education heading. Print 2 copies of resume and put in your internship folder.

Click Proficiencies tab above.  Read #3 Resumes.  Print quiz on page 9 and complete it.  Put it in your internship folder.


If you have finished your resume and the resume quiz, work on completing all the paperwork.  Make a copy of your drivers license and health insurance card.

"Clothes make the man."  Or do they?
Click on the Proficiencies Tab above.  Carefully read Proficiency #5 on Personal Appearance. Print BOTH quiz (just this page) and the extension activity. Google to find an article on dressing for a job interview, dressing for the workplace, or dressing for success.  Do NOT choose the same article as a classmate!!  Put both the completed quiz and the article assignment (with the article) in your internship folder.
   
   
   

First Semester Below
Eighth Journal Assignment
due December 11		 Click to Post a Response at Quick Topic for Journal #8

**Have you turned in SIGNED November hours?
**If weather is questionable, check with me.  ALWAYS call your worksite if school decides you should not be on the roads!
**Check grading portal for assignments for rest of quarter.  You will report to class December 21 and 22 and the first full week of January.

One of the final assignments will be an INTERNSHIP THANK YOU LETTER (click to read!!) with a stamped addressed envelope to your worksite supervisor, even if you plan to stay on 2nd semester.  Here are some samples:
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3 (read thank you letter tips then scroll down to page 3)

Read What To Do When Your Internship Ends
Taking the advice of this article, you will also be updating your resume to reflect your internship experience, which will go at the top of your Work Experience section.
 
Seventh Journal Assignment
due December 4		 Click to Post a Response at Quick Topic for Journal #7

**Turn in November hours!!
   
Sixth Journal Assignment
due November 18		 Click to Post a Response at Quick Topic for Journal #6
   
Fifth Journal Assignment
due November 13		 Click to Post a Response at Quick Topic for Journal #5
   
Fourth Journal Assignment
posted 10/19 due 10/23		 Click to Post at Response at Quick Topic for Journal #4
   
Third Journal Assignment posted 10/5 due 10/9 Click to Post a response at Quick Topic for Journal #3
   
Second Journal Assignment posted 9/28 due 10/2
Click to Post a response at Quick Topic for Journal #2
   
First Journal Assignment posted 9/16 due 9/27 Go to Quick Topic and create an account.
Post a response to journal #1.

Remember to get September Hours/Calendar turned in ASAP! (Avera faxes them to me.)
 
  10 Real-Life Interview Mistakes!
  McKenzie's Photos
Last Week
Mon 8/31 Proficiency #6 Interviewing Skills. Click Proficiencies Tab above to get to activity.  Put quiz in folder
Tues 9/1

Mike's visit to VA Hopsital.
Megan's visit to Avera.
 

Mrs. Renner will visit about all Avera placements today at the hospital.

 View 2 United Streaming Videos on Interviewing Skills and answer the questions on the page after the Interviewing Skills Quiz.  The videos are sitting at the bottom right in my H-drive folder.  "Job Connection" and "Job Skills."  You could pair up with someone to watch them.  Headphones are in the bucket under the podium if you need them.

If you finish this activity, move on to the next proficiency which will be due at the end of class TOMORROW:
 Proficiency #9 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Updates as of today:
Jared Bauer--waiting on Tom Olsen
Sam Boerboom--WHS. Start Weds., 9th. Kristy will come with you to do paperwork.
Kaysi Brown--waiting on Pet Therapy thru 2nd Chance
Angela Clark--exploring graphic design option
Ryan Drietz--Waiting for date of meeting with guys at Butler Cat to sign paperwork
Brady Eggebraaten--waiting on surgical tech at Avera
Robin Hoffman--Luken's Animal Hospital.  Start after Labor Day.  We will set up meeting for paperwork.
Brad Jepp--waiting on VanderWoude Construction
Jeremie Johnson--exploring law enforcement options
Megan Kelly-nursing at Avera
Kelly Kluck--waiting on Avera
Courtney Krier--waiting on Avera
Rachel McMahon--Kinderg and 1st grade at Hartford Elem.  Will schedule meeting this week.
McKenzie Needles--waiting on call back from Imagery
Kami Peters--WCMS
Sam Qualm--waiting on Avera
Cortney Redenius--Sanford
Ciara Schmitz--waiting on Second Chance
Regina Thaler--Officer Phillips
Erin Voth--USF; start Sept. 9th
Ashley Wagner--Montrose Vet; start Tues., Sept. 8.  We'll set up meeting for paperwork.
Mike Wenk--VA Hospital
Weds 9/2
Megan Interview		 Proficiency #9 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Thurs 9/3
Kelly Interview		 Finish #9
Fri 9/4
Avera meeting for 4 students		 Do Prof. #4


Is ALL of your paperwork signed?   Before you start your internship, we need everything in your folder signed (parental consent especially!)  Training Agreement must also be signed by parents! We will make visits to each worksite to get supervisor signature on liability forms.  Be sure we have copies of your drivers license and insurance cards.

If you are leaving for worksite next week, be sure to check this website for your weekly journal assignments!!  Good luck!  We'll miss you!  Please notify us if you have ANY problems!
 
   
Monday 8/24 Fall Fling
 Tues 8/25

 Please leave computers OFF until next Monday Thanks!		 Skinny. All 8 classes meet. No SRB
When you are in school during internship time, always report to Mrs. Renner's room.

Introduce WCHS Internship Program. View slideshow on last year's internships.

Go over all paperwork and forms.  Put all forms in your internship folder.  Visit all of the tabs above.
Weds 8/26

Fill out the paperwork. Get parent signatures. Copy driver's license and health insurance.
Continue to work on proficiencies.		 Kristy Jackson, West Central's Career Link Coordinator, will be here to meet each of you and talk about your placements. Continue to check your email and respond to her ASAP!

Update your resume.  Change your objective statement. Update your employment and volunteerism.  Include relevant coursework under Education heading. Print 2 copies of resume.  Give one to Kristy and put one in your internship folder.

Click Proficiencies tab above.  Read #3 Resumes.  Print quiz on page 9 and complete it.  Put it in your internship folder.
Thurs 8/27

Read Proficiency #2 on Career Goals.  Print the quiz, complete it and put it in your internship folder.
Fri  8/26

"Clothes make the man."  Or do they?
Carefully read Proficiency #5 on Personal Appearance. Print BOTH quiz and the extension activity. Google to find an article on dressing for a job interview, dressing for the workplace, or dressing for success.  Do NOT choose the same article as a classmate!!  Put both the completed quiz and the article assignment in your internship folder.