Internship & Work-Integrated Learning Center

Quality Points

The quality of an internship experience is likely to vary due to individual work conditions; however, insights of several reports suggest  number of features for quality internship experience.  These features are listed below to help formulate guidelines to enable the reform.

  • Quality internship assignment in which the student is allowed to perform work that both. Provides opportunities to develop new competencies and contributes to the productivity of the organization.

  • Academic coordinators with appropriate occupational experience related to the industry.

  • Associated with their program, as well as professional preparation for operating a jointly supervised work education program.

  • Close supervision at the worksite by a training supervisor, as well as a mechanism by Which the supervisor can share his own professional expertise with the intern supervised.

  • At the onset, an accurate and realistic job description for the student as well as accurate

  • Expectations by the employer of the skills the student brings to it.

  • Pertinent preparation of the intern.

  • Student commitment to his/her career.

  • Relevant links between job training and related instruction, which might include the Preparation of an individualized job assignment.

  • Frequent and specific informal and formal evaluations of the students' progress by the Academic advisor, with feedback and follow-up to improve performance

  • Maintaining one job location for the entire period of internship.

  • Adequate administrative support for the program.