Along with the application, you will have to attach the following files:
- A cover letter describing your interest applying for the program
- A resume (Word Attachment)
- A response to 2 of the 4 questions in no more than 1000 words
- Why is it important for you to develop your career skills at this point in your university career?
- What do you hope to learn from your internship experience?
- How will developing your leadership skills be an advantage in your internship experience?
- Why is it important to look at leadership from a global perspective?
Questions should be directed to the attention of:
Rijak Grover
CCLIP Coordinating Team
0110 Adele H. Stamp Stamp Student Union-Center for Campus Life
MarylandCCLIP@gmail.com
For consideration turn complete no later than Monday, March 10, 2008
You must be available at the following times in order to participate in the program: Interview will be held during the week of March 25-27, 2008 Kick Off event will be held on Monday, April 7, 2008 Internship Class will meet in the fall semester on Thursdays from 4:00 to 6:00 Fall 2008.
Purpose:
To prepare students for civic leadership in the world of work through interdisciplinary learning focused on:
- Personal development
- Understanding organizational structures and complex systems
- Community involvement
- International experience
Program Structure:
The Chevy Chase Leadership Internship Program (CCLIP) will blend academic rigor (classroom learning), concrete experience (internship), and active experimentation (international immersion and global showcase) over two academic semesters.
Career Development Workshops (Spring Freshmen Year)
Students will undergo an extensive selection process that involves a written application and interview process. Selected students will be required to sign an agreement that they understand the extensive nature of the program. Once admitted, students will participate in several career development workshops focused on finding and securing a meaningful internship. Workshops topics may include:
- Developing a resume and cover letter
- Locating and securing an internship
- Interviewing skills
- Networking
Upon successful completion of the career skill workshops, students will be invited to a networking event designed specifically for CCLIP participants and selected internship hiring organizations.
Academic Classes (Fall & Spring Semesters)
3 credits = 28 class contact hours plus a minimum of 75 Internship hours in the Fall
3 credits = 28 class contact hours plus a seven day international excursion in the Spring
- Fall - Students will enroll in a three credit global leadership course (EDCP 318 I: Leadership in Global Contexts), housed in the Education, Counseling, and Personnel Services department in the University of Maryland's College of Education. The class will meet 14 times for 2 hours every week of the semester.
- Spring - Students will enroll in a second semester of EDCP 318 I: Leadership in Global Contexts, which is repeatable for credit up to two times. The class will meet 7 times for 2 hours until Spring Break. Students will spend spring break on an international immersion experience. Students will meet three additional times upon return to the states to prepare the global leadership showcase.
Internship (Fall Semester 2008, Sophomore Year)
5-20 hours per week=minimum of 75 semester hours
The purpose of the student internship is to increase understanding of leadership in the workplace and globally. The internship experience will allow students to examine leadership as a process not just as a position, explore potential career fields, develop career-related skills and abilities, establish a work history, observe professional people and behavior, learn job search skills and build a network of contacts. As it takes place concurrently with the leadership class, students will have the opportunity to put to practice what they learn in the classroom in their internship. To broaden the local perspective of the internship, students will be asked to look at their industry or internship focus area from a larger, international perspective. That knowledge will assist them as they complete their international experience.
The internship experience will serve as a method to integrate classroom theory with real-life experiences. Students will develop learning objectives to serve as the bases for a learning contract that will be signed by the student intern, instructor and site supervisor. Students will organize a poster presentation about their experience, featuring parts of their professional portfolio and any work products from internship sites.
In order to participate in the program, students are required to obtain an internship by the first day of classes for the fall semester. To help students acquire internships, the University Career Center will identify employers who offer internship opportunities from a diverse perspective. These internship opportunities might include: international organizations, non-profit, government, social justice, human services, medical/health, and science research.
Global Leadership Showcase (Spring 2009, Sophomore Year) Upon returning from their international immersion experience, students will engage in a team project that includes the design and execution of a Global Learning Showcase where students are encouraged to share individual and collective learning from their experience in the Chevy Chase Leadership Internship Program. The Global Learning Showcase might include a slide show, creative expressions, and written reflections. Topics covered might include: an orientation to the history and cultural traditions of their international experience; connections made among internship, class, and immersion experiences; reflections about meetings to observe political processes, with community-based organizations and NGOs, press and labor groups, student groups; presentations of learning from their involvement in a community service-learning project; artistic displays, and reflections. People invited to the showcase will include, among others, CCLIP instructors and staff, Internship supervisors and guests, peers interested in the CCLIP program, representatives from Chevy Chase Bank, and representatives from the Division of Student Affairs.
