Sample Projects and Activities - Golden Gate …

1 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 Tangible Product Set up a day for your intern to work with another staff member 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) Written report or presentation Allow your intern to interview another staff member at your organization about their job and career 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.

2 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 Inventory File Allow your intern to sit in on a meeting and take notes/minutes for you. Ask the youth to type them up 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 Help desk Web / application development (ASP or.)

3 NET or Python or HTML) Access database development amazing how many mission critical access databases are out there in the client areas Graphic design project documentation Social media (establishing FaceBook, or Twitter presence) 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. An intern working in the tax department calculates sales and payroll taxes, and she ensures that corporate tax liabilities are paid on time.

4 He/she has to collect, understand, process, verify and report accounting related- information to his vertical head He/she must enter information into the financial accounting system of the company He/she may also be given professional analytical and management support work assignments Competitive analysis and recommendations His/her assistance may be required in the preparation of monthly or weekly financial reports Factory capacity analysis He/she has to develop and utilize spreadsheets, databases and other computer applications Strategic modeling He/she has to manage specialized information, reports, forms dealing with fees, billing, tracking of Projects etc. Cost reduction analysis Assessments Internship: Interns will perform various tasks in support of the collection of assessment premiums and deposit reporting.

5 Tax Policy Internship: Interns will perform various duties such as assisting in the redrafting of policy documents and compiling tax payment worksheets. 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. 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. Internal Control Internship: Interns will assist with various tasks related to the support of the Internal Controls section such as business process mapping. Planning & Budget Internship: Interns assist with various tasks in support of the Planning and Budget area such as retirement analysis reporting.

6 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.

7 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: project Activity Energy audits 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. Preparing and reading drawings, inspecting construction sites, responding to contractor questions, attending bid openings, and reviewing specifications The daily duties of a civil- engineer intern prepare them for becoming a professional engineer or PE.

8 This includes 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 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.

9 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) Summer Schedule 2015 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY May 25 May 26 May 27 SIP Mentor Orientation May 28 May 29 June 1 June 2 June 3 June 4 SIP Student Orientation June 5 SIP Student Orientation June 8 SIP Begins June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 15 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 19 Career Ready Workshop + College Visit June 22 June 23 June 24 June 25 June 26 June 29 June 30 July 1 July 2 July 3 Paid Holiday July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10 Career Ready Workshop + College Visit July 13 July 14 July 15 SIP Closing Reception July 16 July 17