ATA Internships

Students in the ATA program come from a variety of backgrounds and educational histories. Many of our scholars have professional working experience. In addition to being a highly motivated cohort of students, ATA Scholars benefit from targeted programming aimed at helping our students master critical career readiness competencies.

College Students Benefit from Internships

Students can apply their classroom learning in professional environments

Students can gain exposure to their chosen field

Students can establish critical networking connections

Students can gain coveted work experience

Employers Benefit from Offering Internships

Employers can reap immediate rewards without a hiring commitment

Employers can evaluate up-and-coming talent

Employers can expose young professionals to their brand

Employers can learn from students' fresh perspectives

What is an Internship?

An internship:

Includes developing intentional learning objective goals that are structured into the experience and supervised by a professional with relevant and related background in the field
Promotes academic, career and/or personal development
Includes learning objectives, observation, reflection, and evaluation
Balances the intern's learning goals with the organization's needs
May be part-time or full-time
Involves industry related and soft skill development
May be carefully monitored and evaluated for academic credit
Provides adequate supervision in a reasonably safe environment with the necessary tools to perform the learning goals agreed upon for the duration of the internship

Internship Site Requirements

In order to satisfy the experiential learning requirement for the Accelerated Transfer Academy program, an internship must meet the following minimum criteria. An internship must:

Have a position description that fully outlines the projects, duties and responsibilities expected of the intern
Align with student academic and/or career goals. No more than 15% of an intern's effort should be put towards clerical or errand tasks (unless related to academic or career goals) such as making coffee, copies, answering phones, etc.
The intern should NOT replace work that would otherwise be done by a full time employee
Have stated outcomes for student interns at the completion of the internship. These outcomes should align with at least 5 of the 8 career competencies.
Have a designated staff member to supervise interns
Be comprised of at least 120 internship hours verified by supervisor by way of weekly timesheets

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