The Process 

ECT internship placement process 

The following process is for those students who wish to do a 3- credit ECT internship in which we will provide support to help you get a placement and also during the internship itself. You may do up to 2 ECT internships. 

Finding an internship that matches your career interests, especially when you are new to the field, may seem daunting which is why the ECT program has designed an internship program that includes a hands-on personalized placement process, ongoing support as needed, peer cohort meeting opportunities with other students doing internships and a wide variety of internship placement sites. 

Working closely with Chrissy Glaser, our Associate Director of Experiential Learning, you will have an opportunity to be placed into an internship that matches your interests.

Note:  if you are looking for options to do internships on your own, without course credit, you can look through Handshake, Indeed or other search engines, or company / organization websites directly- many of which list internships!

STEP 4:   GROUP CHECK-INS & REFLECTIVE WRITING  

In addition to being out in the field, there are a few other internship requirements: 1) Group check-ins,  2) Reflective writing 3) Evaluation and Feedback on your Internship experience.

 Your internship supervisor will also be asked complete a form for mid-term and final feedback that will be shared with you.

REFLECTIVE WRITING

Throughout the semester, you will write and share three reflective writings to our ECT Slack channel on or before the dates listed in the chart below (feel free to post more often if you wish!)
These dates are intentionally two days before our group check in  so that Chrissy and Maaike can determine if there might be topics that we can discuss as group.

Please share via Slack #ect_internships channel OR- if you prefer to keep them private-  email them to Maaike & Chrissy (mb262@nyu.edu and chrissyglaser@nyu.edu.

Reflective writing should be at least a page in length, include a description of what you are doing in your internship, incorporating, when possible, images of your work environment and projects you are working on.

Here are some examples of topics and questions you may wish to write about:

• • 1. • What project(s) are you working on? (include its purpose and goals, the audience and setting for which it is being produced, the media and technology or software and applications employed, Who is working on the project, in what positions and with what skills and expertise, and where do you fit in?)

       • Once the foregoing is established, entries may be updated about the progress of the project over time, the work you do each day, and others' contributions.

       • What did you learn about your own interests, talents, likes/dislikes?

       • What about this experience might you want to experience in a future job? What would you avoid?

       • What did you learn from observing how teams work together on a project? How do managers lead? What could be improved?

       • How is this work organized and distributed both for individuals and for team collaboration?

       • What connections and comparisons can you make between what goes on "in the field" and your more academic ECT (and other "classroom") experiences? What is similar and what is different, and how so

Want to add your experience to a portfolio? We recommend you include your reflective writing in your portfolio as a blog post.. More tips and resources on creating portfolios here. See example portfolios here.

Due dates for reflective writing
💡  Please post via #ect_internships channel! 💡  

Want to add your experience to a portfolio? We recommend you include your reflective writing in your portfolio as a blog post.. More tips and resources on creating portfolios here. See example portfolios here.