Host an OUSD Student Intern during the Academic Year!

• For afterschool internships open to all OUSD students, please enter details here and also email the list of Work-Based Learning Leads from all OUSD schools (wblls-group@ousd.org) and they will help to find excellent matches. For school-year afterschool internships, offering a stipend or pay is often helpful in recruitment efforts however OUSD does not currently have resources available to pay students during the year.

• School Day Internships (unpaid): The following schools support students to engage in internships prior to 3PM, have dedicated staff to monitor and support students in internships all year, and have consciously built a culture in which all students from specific grade levels are expected to do internships:
  • MetWest: Tuesday/Thursday or Monday/Wednesday schedules are possible. Students from all grade levels available during the day with possible start times ranging from 11:00 to 12:30. Minimum 6 hours per week. Start date: Any time late August - October. End date: Mid May. More info/sign-Up here. Contact: ana.villalobos@ousd.org
  • CCPA: Minimum 2 hours per week. Sept 6 - May 1. Most students are free from school Tues, Thurs, and Friday afternoons starting at Noon / 3PM other days. More info. You must be open to at total of 6 interns or more. Contact: ali.king@ousd.org
  • Street Academy: Students available all day on Wednesdays for internships, September - May. 2-8 hours a week. Contact: jonathon.overmyer@ousd.org
  • Life Academy: Contact sara.bollani@ousd.org

• Pathway based partnerships: If you hope to develop a partnership with a specific OUSD school or career pathway, to offer paid internships or short-term career exposure opportunities please contact the Work-Based Learning Lead for the specific school, or email gilbert.petejr@ousd.org for guidance.

Host OUSD Student Interns in Summer 2023!

• Learn: Click here to read a 1 page description of OUSD's teacher-supported summer internship program, ECCCO (Exploring College, Career, and Community Options). Summer internships are generally paid - either directly by internship host sites, or via subsidies provided by the OUSD and by schools to a limitted number of partners who offer excellent internships but are unable to pay.

• Commit to Hosting Summer Interns: Complete the short form at bit.ly/OUSDinternship2023 (You will be asked to complete a more detailed form in December/January.).
• Host Orientation:  New and returning hosts register for and attend a summer intern orientation session to learn about program details. 

• Recruit: Reach out to the Work-Based Learning Lead at specific schools to arrange classroom presentations, or email the WBL lead at all schools at wblls-group@ousd.org.

Resources for Prospective Internship Hosts

• Internship agreement and release of liability form (to be signed individually by host site, student, parent/guardian, school staff)
  • PDF for printing
  • Spanish for printing
  • Online fillable Version 1: Initiated by a school staff member, then flows in order to host, student, parent/guardian
  • Online fillable Version 2: Initiated by internship site, then flows in order to student, parent, school's work-based learning lead
• Insurance information for internship hosts
• OUSD's standard intern performance evaluation form: bit.ly/OUSDinternperformance
• Intern Host Guidance Slides (Designed for OUSD summer internships but relevant to year-round opportunities)
• Rubric for designing quality internship experiences for youth

For all unanswered questions related to hosting OUSD student interns email: internships@ousd.org

For students seeking internship or jobs, please go to: ousd.org/studentcareeropps