NEA INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it."
— Steve Jobs
What is the Nea Internship Program?
The purpose of the NEA Internship Requirement is to expose learners to the working world and career opportunities. Learners will cover the course of the program:
- Research their personal interests and skills
- Build a resume highlighting those skills and interests
- Pursue and secure an internship of their choice
- Report findings and observations during/after the internship
Who is required to participate in the internship program?
It is a graduation requirement that all learners have completed the internship program. Although it is possibly easier for older leaners to obtain the internship of their choice, learners will have the latitude to meet the internship requirement anytime between their sophomore and senior years, summers included.
What are the requirements?
- 20-hour internship duration (minimum)
- Ongoing weekly journal of learner’s experience
- Positive feedback from internship provider (supervisor)
- Appropriate paperwork compiled and filed
- Closing report from learner at the end of internship engagement. This closing report, in no less than 500 words, will address:
- Specific skills used
- Daily duties
- A general synopsis of what was learned in the internship
- One example of an obstacle during the internship
- A comparison between your initial expectations of the internship and what the experience was really like
Download the Internship Forms
Previous Internship Locations:
Internship Location | Type of Work Done |
Alameda Child Musical Theater | stage crew |
Alameda Marina | filing, admin tasks |
Alameda Pet Hospital | Phones, errands, clean, work with animals |
Alameda Sun Newspaper | office work, writing, editing |
Alameda Yoga Station | hand out flyers and other tasks |
Back to Life Wellness | tech support, research, modeling |
California Democratic Party | phone calls, cleaning up |
Changing Gears | general duties |
Cloudose | answering questions, fill orders, customer service |
Comet's Skateboards | various |
Dio House of the Diocese of CA | organized convention |
DPC Consulting Engineers | Office assistant |
Dr. Barry Parker-Orthodontist | sanitized equipment, take photos |
Frank Bette Center for the Arts | moving furniture, data entry |
Franklin Elem | Prep and teach lessons, observe |
French Cleaners | Customer service |
Gardening company - Judy Le | gardening, passing out flyers, cleaning yards, planting tress |
Gilman Sports Complex | leading warmups, supervising campers, teaching Ultimate |
Haight Elementary | Teacher's Assistant |
International Women in Trades, Tech, & Sciences | research |
Lilliworks | office duties |
My Little Blue Dolphin | teaching to children |
Paden Elementary School | Teacher's Assistant |
Park Street 1609 | Cleaning |
Park Street Business Assoc | Office Aid |
Rock Shop | planning shows, teaching kids |
Ruby Bridges Elem School | Teacher's Assistant |
Skate One Corporation | business tasks |
Teodoro E. Eusebio Dentistry | Dental assisting work |
The Asian American Donor Program | Make swab kits, filing, event planning |
TNIS Systems | Booking, Accounting Assist |
Toy Safari | various store tasks |
Trans Pacific National Bank | scanning, filing, shredding, moving boxes, organizing |
Urban Air Market | run booth, data entry |
Willow Modeling Agency | Receptionist, assistant |
Zzaa's restaurant/winebar | wait on customers, clean up |