Presentation from 9/15/14 for parents on the new BHS internship program.

1. Beverly High School
Senior Internship Program
R.E.A.C.H
Respect
Enthusiasm
Achievement
Citizenship
Hard-work
School & Career Readiness Committee Members: Julie Angelo, Johanna Borsetti, Paula
Borsetti, Barb Fecteau, Ellie Henebury Nancy Schalch, Matt Smith, Megan Sudak
*NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION* *All educational and non-academic programs,
activities and employment opportunities at Beverly Public Schools are offered without regard
to race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender identity,sexual orientation,
homelessness, age, disability,and any other class or characteristic protected by law.*
Parent Presentation - 9/15/14

2. College & Career Readiness Committee
Continuation - Community Resources Committee
Visited - Manchester - Score Program
Previous visits - Masconomet, Marblehead, Reading
Examined - Malden, Natick programs
Developing Sr. Internship elements
Internship connections, Website, documents

3. Goals for REACH Program
• To create a real world experience for our Seniors
• To create a sense of independence
• To allow our students to formulate a plan to study an area of interest
before they leave BHS
• For our seniors to look at a potential career path
• BHS Improvement Plan - College & Career Readiness action step,
culmination of SLC Grant

4. Why Senior Internship Project?
• Beverly Public School Strategic Plan - Strategy VIII:
• Step by step, we strive to ensure that our students have
the tools and skills necessary to succeed after leaving
Beverly Public Schools, a college, university or the ever
changing workplace of the 21st Century
• 5 Year SLC (Smaller Learning Communities Grant)
Culmination - Senior project (College/Career Readiness.
• BHS Improvement Plan

5. 21st Century Skills
Life and Career Skills
Today’s life and work environments require far more than thinking skills and content
knowledge. The ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in the globally
competitive information age requires students to pay rigorous attention to developing
adequate life and career skills, such as:
• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Initiative and Self­Direction
• Social and Cross­Cultural
Skills

6. 21st Century Skills
Learning and Innovation Skills
Learning and innovation skills are what separate students
who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work
environments in today’s world and those who are not. They
include:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

7. REACH Program - Advisories
Naviance - Target Internship Interests
Develop Internship Proposal
Connect with Internship
Connect with Mentor
Work presentation components, panel expectations, set up
blog & expectations
Meeting skills, interview skills

8. Time Frame for REACH Program
• September 2014-March 2015 - Use Advisory
time for Internship preparation. Plan
developed
• January 2015- Check progress towards
internship
• March 2015 - Submission of proposal for
evaluation. (Committee evaluation)
• April 17, 2015- Complete Sign-Out process
• Begin Internship - April 27th
• End of May - Completion of Internship &
Presentation

9. Common Questions
• Transportation?
• Timing with college applications?
• Contacting potential internship sites?
• Be paid?
• Work with parent?
• Work at home?
• How does it work with 3 quarters as opposed to 4 quarters for curriculum?
• What if my child doesn’t like their internship?
• Senior week activities?

10. Transportation
#1 Question - Beverly has many potential Internship options
which are within walking distance. (Groups can work
together)
Examples - Cummings Center
Beverly Hospital
Beverly Schools
Beverly Businesses
**We will not limit Internship to just Beverly area**

11. REACH Program Participation requirements
On track to graduate
Passing all courses
Good behavior - no discipline issues
Sign out procedure - Obligations, Teacher signatures,
Guidance signatures, Assistant Principal signature
Parent/Guardian Permission

12. Can my child be paid? - use their Current Job?
Purpose of Internship - Real world experience to help shape
potential career/college aspirations.
Examples - Shaw’s (Book keeping - Accounting)
Day Care Center (Early Childhood Education)
Super Sub - (Learning about running a business - all
aspects; purchasing, planning, supervision)
Landscaping - Scheduling, business plan, horticulture

13. What if my child cannot find an Internship?
• Safeguards - January check-in
•Will be able to gauge progress of potential Internship
• Difficult situations - referred by Mentor to College/Career
Readiness Committee
• Meet with student individually - case by case
• Meet with parents if needed (communication)
• More focus in Advisory with finding Internship

14. How will my Child Be evaluated?
• Site Attendance
•Weekly Blog/Journal Entries (Will review expectations
during advisory)
• Final Presentation (Expectations will be reviewed during
advisory)
• Panel (Expectations will be reviewed during advisory)
• Site Evaluation (Will be submitted by May 22nd)
• Pass/Fail - Final grade

15. College Applications - Time Crunch
Final proposal - Due March 11th (Most college applications
due Jan 1st)
Advisory time for much of the preparation (built in time
during school day - Each Wednesday)
Mid-January - Check in on Status for each senior. Will
know by this point who may need more attention.
Begin Internship after April 1st notification of college
acceptance.

16. Senior Fun?
• Senior Week - not affected (after Internship)
• Spirit Week - Will work with student leadership to set the
week before seniors go out on Internship
• Music Trip - Of Course!
• Extra-curricular Activities - Of Course!
• Senior Awards ceremony - Not impacted

17. What Happens if my Child is not fulfilling Internship
requirements?
Mid-term check in with Mentor - Early May
Beverly Supervisor & College/Career Readiness Committee
will have contact with Site Supervisors
Meet with Student (Parent/Guardian if needed)
Review Internship program requirements & expectations
Meeting with Student & Site Supervisor if needed
**Ultimately - return to BHS if not participating**

18. Will my Child not Graduate if they fail the Internship?
• Safeguards - Midpoint check in, talk to Site Supervisor
• If mid-point problem - either make correction or back to
BHS
•Will work individually with Assistant Principal to ensure
student completes Internship requirements
• Remediation time - 1st Week of June if needed

19. What if My Child Doesn’t Like Their Internship?
Mid-term check in with Mentor - Early May
Beverly Supervisor & College/Career Readiness Committee
will have contact with Site Supervisors
Speak with Student
Review proposal & expectations
Meeting with Student & Site Supervisor if needed
Adjustments if needed

20. How does REACH work with Guidance?
Grades for leaving classes - for REACH Program:
1. Final grades for Quarter 4 courses to equal the third quarter
grade.
2. The fourth quarter course "Intern Study Program" will be added
to each participant's schedule. This “course”will not calculated
toward the GPA or Credits.

21. Missing Quarter 4?
Last 4 weeks of course - From April vacation to May 22.
Curriculum will be adjusted for Senior Classes - English,
Math. Not an increase in work. Standards Based classes.
AP Courses - No changes. Leave course after AP exam.
Second Semester Electives - Adjustments to emphasize 3rd
quarter
Senior Finals - Will make adjustments in mixed classes

22. What if there is a “Special Class”
A student may also design their internship by remaining in a
“special” course and participate in the Intern Study Program with
a reduction of time.
Items to consider -
Is the course connected to potential career? Or program of study?
Is course connected to potential internship?
Example - Spanish V (Student wishing to take Spanish AP Test)

23. Some 2nd Semester Electives
Business Law
Psychology
Civics
Film & Literature
Irish Studies

24. AP Testing Dates - 2015
• English - May 6
• Chemistry - May 4
• Calculus - May 5
• US History - May 8
• Biology & Physics - May 11
**About 2 weeks before end of Internship program

25. Adjustments - Based on 4th Quarter Internship Program
• AP Students - finish AP class (5 hours reduced per week - for each AP Course)
• Performing Arts - treat like AP course (reduction of internship & attend rehearsals)
• Senior Finals - Week before going out on internship (Split classes)
• Full year courses - factor grade on 3 quarters
• Second semester electives - factor grade on 3rd quarter
• Athletics - full participation
• Music Trip - make adjustment after trip with Internship hours

26. Limited Internship - AP & Performing Arts
• 4 AP Courses and Performing Arts Course
• 5 Hours per week until AP Testing (2 Weeks after AP
Exams)
• Project Option - Area of interest (research, charitable
work, service learning)
• Shadow Option - Shadow area of interest, limited time
• Group Project - Can work with group of students
• Community Service - Connect community service into
project/presentation

27. What if I know about a good potential Internship?
Please let me know
dbauer@beverlyschools.org
We send information to potential internship site.
We are putting together information packet to send to
potential sites.
Working with Rotary, Chamber of Commerce

28. REACH Program - Community Connections
• Beverly Chamber of Commerce
• Beverly Senior Center
• Beverly Library
• Beverly Police Department
• Beverly Hospital
• Beverly Fire Department
• Local Colleges - NSCC, Salem State, Montserat, Endicott

29. Is the Senior Internship Program Mandatory?
No - However, the expectation is that all of our Seniors
complete a College/Career Readiness capstone project.
All the Senior Advisory work is about the Internship
program
Seniors will go out - few will be left behind
1st Year is Pilot for the Senior Internship Program
Projects, Community Service/Learning Areas will be
considered
We have worked to make the program fit all of BHS needs

30. What if I do not want my Child to Participate?
Opt-out option
Parents have a final sign-off for Internship proposal
Continue to work during Advisory time - Virtual Internship
project, College/Career Awareness

31. Further Communication?
• BHSonline - Details of project, expectations, forms
needed
• Brochure - parents & potential internship sites
• Moodle Page for Students - Details & forms needed
• Parental/guardian sign-off - final proposal
• A student load of under 90 for freshman classes
• Guidance counselors assigned to team
• Assistant principal assigned to academy
• Teams in close proximity-academy located on the 4th floor
• Teaching schedule of 4 freshman classes and one non-freshman class