Student responsibilities
The internship consists of six parts you must complete to
receive credit for the course:
- field placement
a. supervisor interim evaluation
b. supervisor final evaluation - attendance at internship site
- contact with internship director
- online discussions
- weekly journal
- self-evaluation
Your responsibilities
During your internship, you should:
- seek out the kind of work that will enable you
to develop and expand professional skills
- follow agency guidelines for appropriate and
expected employee behavior:
- dress and act professionally and appropriately
- report to work on time
- complete work assignments
- avoid absences and maintain appropriate agency
records
- maintain confidentiality and a professional
demeanor in all agency-related activities
- provide your own transportation to and from the
internship
- report to the internship director at least every
two weeks to detail your progress in the internship
- participate in the online discussion group with
other interns
- complete a self-evaluation of the internship
experience at the end of the semester and submit it to the internship director
- keep a detailed and reflective journal on your
internship experience
Journals
One-half- to one-page, single-spaced, journal entries are
required and must be sent to the internship
director as an attachment to an e-mail once a month. At the top of your journal pages, type:
- your name
- the week number
- the question on the top
The journal is intended for you to reflect about the issues/subjects
raised during your internship and in discussions, and your reflections about
them:
- do not write a log of your daily activities
- write reflectively each week about the
significant issues/topics/themes that are raised for you in the process of
performing your day-to-day activities
- try to fit your experiences into a broader
perspective so that you can see the place of the organization within the
broader criminal justice system and within its community
- look for the meaning of the things you do and
what others do in the organization within the context of the broader system