Sample Projects and Activities

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SIP  SAMPLE  PROJECTS  AND  ACTIVTIES  

Tips  for  Successful  Youth  Projects  and  Activities  

• Have  a  clear  end  or  completion  point  

Make  sure  there  is  a  tangible  product  (be  realistic)  

 

General  Activities  for  all  Interns:    

Project  Activity  

Set  up  a  day  for  your  intern  to  work  with  another  staff  member    

Tangible  Product  

One  Page  write  up    

Give  your  intern  a  research  project  (either  about  a  topic  you  need  data   about  OR  about  the  history  of  the  organization/neighborhood)  

Allow  your  intern  to  interview  another  staff  member  at  your  organization   about  their  job  and  career  

Written  report  or  presentation  

List  of  questions  and  answers  

Ask  your  intern  to  practice  job  searching  skills  by  finding  a  list  of  jobs  that   they  would  be  interested  in  applying  for  one  day  

List  of  job  listings  and  requirements  to   apply  

Ask  your  intern  to  create  a  flyer  to  publicize  your  organization  or  an  event   your  organization  is  hosting  

The  completed  flyer  

Ask  your  intern  to  create  a  newsletter  for  your  organization  or  to  write  an   article  for  an  existing  newsletter.    

Newsletter  and/or  article  (s)  

Allow  your  intern  to  order  the  supplies  for  the  office   List  of  items  

Ask  your  intern  to  organize  a  room  or  closet  and  create  an  inventory  to   track  what  goes  in  and  out  of  the  room  

Allow  your  intern  to  sit  in  on  a  meeting  and  take  notes/minutes  for  you.  

Ask  the  youth  to  type  them  up  

Inventory  File  

Typed  meeting  notes  

Show  your  intern  a  form  used  in  your  organization  and  ask  them  for   suggestions  for  improvement    

List  of  Suggested  improvements  

                             

Activities  for  Child  Development/Education:    

Project  Activity   Tangible  Product  

Allow  your  intern  to  come  up  with  new  activities  to  lead  with  the  children   Activity  write-­‐ups  

Ask  your  intern  to  create  or  recreate  new  signage  for  classroom  rules   Signs  

Ask  your  intern  to  take  photos  of  the  children/teens  and  create  a  collage   to  decorate  the  space  

Collage    

Activities  for  Information  Technology:  

Project  Activity  

Desktop  support   Server  /  PC  build  

 

Network  design  /  support  

 

Web  /  application  development  (ASP  or  .NET  or  Python   or  HTML)  

 

Graphic  design  

Social  media  (establishing  FaceBook,  or  Twitter   presence)  

 

Help  desk  

Access  database  development  –  amazing  how  many  

“mission  critical”  access  databases  are  out  there  in  the   client  areas  

 

Project  documentation  

 

Video  production  /  promotional  material  

 

Pair  interns  with  a  DBA  to  learn  database  design  and  be  given  the  responsibility  of  updating  data  dictionary  –  then   follow  the  project  to  the  DBA  and  help  with  the  physical  build  

Activities  for  Finance:  

 

Project  Activity  

A  financial  accounting  intern  reviews  journal  entries  in   subsidiary  and  general  ledgers,  and  he  ensures  that  entries   conform  to  generally  accepted  accounting  principles,  or  

GAAP.  

He/she  has  to  collect,  understand,  process,  verify  and   report  accounting  related-­‐information  to  his  vertical  head    

He/she  may  also  be  given  professional  analytical  and   management  support  work  assignments    

His/her  assistance  may  be  required  in  the  preparation  of   monthly  or  weekly  financial  reports    

 

An  intern  working  in  the  tax  department  calculates  sales   and  payroll  taxes,  and  she  ensures  that  corporate  tax   liabilities  are  paid  on  time.  

He/she  must  enter  information  into  the  financial  

  accounting  system  of  the  company  

 

Competitive  analysis  and  recommendations  

Factory  capacity  analysis  

He/she  has  to  develop  and  utilize  spreadsheets,  databases  

  and  other  computer  applications    

 

He/she  has  to  manage  specialized  information,  reports,   forms  dealing  with  fees,  billing,  tracking  of  projects  etc.    

Assessments  Internship:    

Interns  will  perform  various  tasks  in  support  of  the  

  collection  of  assessment  premiums  and  deposit  reporting.  

 

Strategic  modeling  

Cost  reduction  analysis  

Financial  Systems  Internship:  

Interns  will  perform  various  duties  such  as  assisting  with   the  financial  systems  support,  system  access,  and  the  

 

FDIC’s  internal  IT  security  program.  

Internal  Control  Internship:  

Interns  will  assist  with  various  tasks  related  to  the  support   of  the  Internal  Controls  section  such  as  business  process   mapping.  

Tax  Policy  Internship:  

Interns  will  perform  various  duties  such  as  assisting  in  

  the  redrafting  of  policy  documents  and  compiling  tax   payment  worksheets.  

Accounting  Internship:  

Interns  will  assist  with  the  monitoring  of  accounting   standards  and  guidelines,  the  establishing  of  corporate  

  accounting  policy  and  positions,  and  the  financial   statement  compliance  with  GAAP.  

Planning  &  Budget  Internship:  

Interns  assist  with  various  tasks  in  support  of  the  

Planning  and  Budget  area  such  as  retirement  analysis   reporting.  

       

Activities  for  Hospitality  &  Tourism:  

Project  Activity  

 

Tour  guide   Identify  voids  in  the  image  coverage,  and  take  steps  to  fill   these  voids  

 

Hotel  front  desk   There  are  many  aspects  to  a  hospitality  and  tourism  

  internship,  such  as:  operation  management,  event   planning,  marketing,  and  customer  service  

 

Student  will  prepare  a  dining  room  for  service  including   table  settings  for  various  types  of  meals,  serve  as  a  bus   person,  server,  host/hostess,  expediter,  and  manager.  

 

Assist  with  the  staffing  of  local  festivals  and  events  

Hotel  jobs  cover  various  positions  including  work  as  hotel  management  trainee  and  hotel  supervision  for  food  and   beverage  rooms,  housekeeping,  phone  sitter  front  desk  clerk,  reservations  assistant  and  others.  Guests  servicing   personnel  can  also  be  included  in  trainee  course.  It  covers  waiters,  hosts,  stewards  etc.  Trainees  also  can  work  as   cooking  staff  including  first  level  of  assistants,  supervisors  and  managerial  personnel.  Administrative  personnel  of  hotel   can  also  be  included  in  trainee  /  internship  course.  Positions  include  office  clerks  and  administration,  reception   manager,  events  administration,  booking  staff  etc.  Other  hospitality  positions  can  cover  IT  personnel,  marketing  staff  

  and  sales  managers  

Activities  for  Engineering:  

 

Energy  audits  

Preparing  and  reading  drawings,  inspecting  construction   sites,  responding  to  contractor  questions,  attending  bid  

  openings,  and  reviewing  specifications  

Civil-­‐engineering  interns  design  work  can  include  roads,   bridges,  wastewater  and  drinking  water  ponds,   underground  utility  piping,  swimming  pools,  land   development  preparation,  parking  lots,  and  other  land   based  design.  While  landscape  design  is  a  different   profession,  they  can  work  very  closely  with  a  civil   engineer  

Project  Activity  

Under  the  supervision  of  one  or  several  professional   engineers,  an  engineering  intern  performs  basic  engineer   responsibilities  such  as  drafting  and  design.  This  may  also  

  include  basic  clerical  duties  such  as  filing  blueprints  and   performing  research.  

The  daily  duties  of  a  civil-­‐engineer  intern  prepare  them  for   becoming  a  professional  engineer  or  PE.  This  includes   preparing  and  reading  drawings,  inspecting  construction   sites,  responding  to  contractor  questions,  attending  bid  

  openings,  and  reviewing  specifications.  

Mechanical  Engineering  Internship  Job  Description:    

1.

The  candidate  should  assist  engineers  making  solid   models,  drawings  and  other  engineering   documents.  

2.

 Should  execute  tasks  assigned  by  department   head  including  developing  CADD  drawings,   standard  details,  and  production  type  tasks.    

3.

 Should  evaluate,  select  and  apply  standard   engineering  techniques,  processes  and  criteria  in   preparation  of  engineering  deliverables:   calculations,  specifications,  reports  and  drawings.    

4.

Design  drawings  and  bill  of  materials  utilizing  Auto  

Cad  or  computer  assisted  drafting  tools.  

 

SFUSD  CTE  SUMMER  INTERNSHIP  PROGRAM  (SIP

)

MONDAY

May 25

June 1

June 8

SIP Begins

June 15

Summer  Schedule  2015  

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

May 26 May 28

June 2

May 27

SIP Mentor

Orientation

June 3

June 9 June 10

June 4

SIP Student

Orientation

June 11

June 16 June 17 June 18

June 23 June 24 June 25

FRIDAY

May 29

June 5

SIP Student

Orientation

June 12

June 19

Career Ready

Workshop

+ College Visit

June 26 June 22

June 29 July 1

July 6

July 13

June 30

July 7

July 14

July 8

July 15

SIP Closing

Reception

July 2

July 9

July 16

July 3

Paid Holiday

July 10

Career Ready

Workshop

+ College Visit

July 17

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