Standards 21, 22, 23

Field experiences
There are some basic requirements for my field experiences. I wholeheartedly believe that my internships and the program support have way exceeded the minimum requirements. This is the result of not only the program availability, and structure, but of my own efforts for quality, relevant, and personally appropriate experiences. Simply, I got out of them what I put in them, which was a lot.
My internships were completely linked with the curriculum. My first internship I was able to use my research class to assist me in providing the program evaluation wanted to do in order to make tools for continuing the program in the school. I wrote a research report for my class that I gave to the school for help in perpetuating the program. I also used the information I’d done from my research, surveying, and interviewing to make a documentary for the school. My third internship was very well linked to my program planning class as well as my core curriculum of working within communities. I was just beginning my job with the youth program and was the first program coordinator, I was taking the program in new directions and used much of my program planning and evaluation skills to guide me. I was also responsible for integrating the program into the community and so much of my learning about communities, networking, and collaborative efforts among professionals helped me with my direction for those efforts.
My learning experiences were more that sufficiently supervised. I always felt as though I had the availability of help and guidance when I was lost or needed help. I also felt very supported when I had my own direction and could follow my own passions and strengths. The program was set up to take me where I was at and I never felt pushed beyond d my capabilities or held back from where I wanted to go.
I received all the available credits for my internships as well as 4 additional credits for and additional independent study internship this last spring quarter of my program.
My internship experiences were as vital to my learning as the academic content of the program.