INTERNSHIPS GUIDELINES FOR FACULTY SUPERVISION OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING & REFLECTION
Internships must be predominantly job-related, though it must have an academic dimension as well.
A minimum of 37 hours of work during the course of the semester/January term is req uired for one credit. No more than two credits of classroom Internship with in a single department may count toward graduation. A maxim um of 12 Internship credits may be applied toward graduation.
Student must submit to t he facu lty sponsor a detailed proposa l, including t he fol lowing:
A detailed description of t he Internsh ip.
The academic dimension of the Internship (e .g., required readings, seminars, papers, laboratory work, etc.).
The materials upon which the grade is to be based.
Objectives of the Internship, including fina l products (e.g., time logs, journals, supervisor eva luation, written evaluation of Internship, etc.).
Deadlines for completion of the work.Faculty sponsors have f inal grading responsibi lity. Internships are graded credit / fai l only.
Faculty sponsors have f inal grading responsibi lity. Internships are graded credit / fai l only.
To register for an Internship, the Registrar's Office must receive this form completed in its entirety no later than the last day of the semester/term in which the Internship wi ll take place. Cred it will not be awarded for Internships completed in prior semesters.
INTERNSHIPS GUIDELINES FOR FACULTY SUPERVISION OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING & REFLECTION
Frequency of Contact
Faculty are expected to meet regularly with students to facilitate the reflective process which is an essential part of experiential learning. Contact may occur in-person and/or on line. Faculty should meet with students a minimum of 4 times/semest er. (During Jan Term the minimum is 2 times.)
One of the meetings should occur at the beginning of the internship and one should occur at the end with the additional meetings spread throughout the experience.
Faculty should reach out to the onsite supervisor at the middle and the end of the internship to confirm the student has met the onsite supervisor's expectations for the internship. The Faculty member might inquire about the student's work habits, goal attainment, strengths, and weaknesses.
Reflection Activities/Assignments
Reflection Activities/Assignments
Beginning-of-the-semester reflection: Students should reflect on their goals for the experience. Faculty should discuss with the student the importance of doing reflection as part of experiential learning (e .g., learning becomes more apparent when the student makes explicit connections, reflection helps students hold themselves
accountable for goal setting and making progress toward those goals).
Middle-of-the-semester reflections: Faculty may use any reflection prompts which seem appropriate to the internship.
End-of-the-semester reflection: Faculty should use the following 3 reflection prompts which assess the student learning outcomes for EXP:
What skills and/or perspectives have you gained/honed and how might you apply those in your future? (EXP-SLOl)
How did this experiential learning opportunity enable you to learn how theory and practice work together? (EXP-SL02)
What ethical or professional practices did you observe/experience during your experience? (EXP-SL03)
Additional prompts may be used as well.
See 'The DEAL Model for Critical Reflection" for additional examples of reflection prompts (available on the Academic Affairs portal page under fa culty-staff documents).
