Program on the Environment

The Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center, a program in the Center for Experiential Learning & Diversity at the University of Washington-Seattle Campus, is seeking summer interns for the following positions – available for 100, 200, or 300 hour roles. Internships are unpaid, but will receive professional supervision and support, in addition to assigned office space and access to center resources. Hours and dates of service are flexible, office open M-F 9am-5pm. Interns are encouraged to express their personal interests in experiential learning to Carlson Center staff.  Our team is eager to assist interns in their personal, academic, and professional development.  We are open to discussing alternative internship roles. We are also open to supporting interns during Autumn Quarter.

Apply by: Friday, June 15, 2012 by sending an email expressing your interest with attached resume to David Hlebain (dhlebain@uw.edu).

Questions: Email dhlebain@uw.edu or call David Hlebain (Coordinator of Community Partnerships, 206-616-2885) or Matt Wojciakowski (Community Engagement Coordinator, 206-685-0604).

Service-Learning Program Assessment Intern

Assist with annual evaluation and program assessment of the University of Washington Undergraduate Service-Learning program. 

Core responsibilities:

–          Work with the Community Partnership Coordinator to gain an understanding of the Carlson Center’s current assessment processes and future assessment goals.  

–          Aggregate data from autumn, winter, and spring quarters and compile a comprehensive overview of the Carlson Center’s service-learning program for the 2011-2012 academic year.

–          Compile data into an accessible annual report for Carlson Center staff and stakeholders.

–          Use aggregated data to provide individualized reports to UW faculty and community partners who have partnered with the Carlson Center’s service-learning program during the 2011-2012 academic year.

–          Examine the Carlson Center’s method of categorizing and organizing qualitative data from service-learning students, and make suggestions for how this process could be improved.  With staff approval, implement these suggestions.

–          Make suggestions regarding how the Carlson Center’s overall assessment process can be improved.  If possible, implement these suggestions.

–          Work with Community Partnership Coordinator to ensure that documentation of assessment processes is clear to ensure long term sustainability.

Preferred qualifications:

–        The ideal intern would have an interest and/or experience in experiential learning, program assessment, and statistical analysis.  The intern should have strong organization skills, befamiliar with Excel, and have a basic working knowledge (or willingness to learn) SPSS. 

Internship-Academic Integration Research Intern

Research and develop a proposal for improving the General Studies 350: Linking Internships & Academic Credit course model.

Core responsibilities:

–          ­Perform best practice research with departments offering internships across the UW campus and with institutions of a similar size and scope as the University of Washington (including the UCLA “Civic Professionalism” model).

–          Research current GENST350 practices, including strengths, weaknesses, and challenges identified by staff, students, and faculty.

–          Outline alternative internship models that could be implemented at the University of Washington based on best practice research.

–          Partner with Carlson staff to convene a committee to present findings and propose potential changes and improvements, along with the anticipated needs and challenges associated with the proposed changes.

–          Work with Community Engagement Coordinator to develop clear documentation of the proposed changes to ensure the possibility of future implementation.

Preferred qualifications:

–        The ideal intern would have an interest and/or experience in experiential learning, best practice research, and program development. The intern should have strong communication and writing skills. 

Civic Fellowship Program Assessment Intern

Develop a model of assessment and evaluation for the Carlson, Ellis, and Munro Public Service Fellowship programs, in addition to a strategy proposal for maintaining alumni engagement.

Core responsibilities:

–          Work with the Community Engagement Coordinator to gain an understanding of the Civic Fellowship program models.

–          Establish goals for measuring program outcomes and plan for how collected data would be used.

–          Explore assessment and evaluation models that would fit the Civic Fellowship models.

–          Create tracking and reporting systems to begin implementing in the 12/13 academic year.

–          Investigate models for sustaining on-going alumni involvement.

–          Compile a proposal report to Carlson Center staff for implementing an evaluation model for the Fellowship programs and methods for pursuing Fellowship alumni engagement.

 
Preferred qualifications:

–        The ideal intern would have an interest and/or experience in experiential learning, program assessment, and alumni engagement. The intern should have some familiarity with program evaluation and assessment and strong communication skills.