InternshipPortfolio Requirements
- Students who enroll in an internship for academic credit are required to create an Electronic Internship Portfolio to document their professional development and internship activities.
At the end of your internship, you will submit a Final Internship Portfolioas described below.
Contents of the Final Internship Portfolio
Overview of the Internship
- This section should include the information from “Introduction to the Internship” from your first progress report updated/revised to reflect additional information that you learned during the internship.
Assessment of Learning Objectives
- List the learning objectives for your internship.
- For each objective, indicate whether you achieved or did not achieve the objective. Then describe the evidence that you believe demonstrates your achievement of the objective. If you believe that an objective was not achieved, explain the reasons for your conclusion.
Assessment of Personal and Professional Development
- Describe how the internship has contributed to your personal development. What personal qualities have you discovered or enhanced during the internship? How do you anticipate that these qualities will affect you in the future?
- Describe how the internship has contributed to your professional development. What have you learned about your working style and professional skills? In what ways do you anticipate these skills helping you in the future?
- Discuss the personal qualities and professional skills that you feel you will need to develop before entering the workforce. Describe how you plan to develop them.
Other Issues
- Discuss any other issues relating to your internship that are not addressed in other sections of this report.
Evaluation of Career Plan
- Describe how your thinking about career choices has been influenced by this internship including:
- Your intended career plan;
- Whether the internship as affected your career plan; and
- Additional steps you intend to take to further your career plan.
Overall Evaluation
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of your internship.
- Suggest changes that you would recommend that would have improved your learning experience.
- Would you recommend a similar internship with this organization to another student? Why or why not?
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