This document discusses the benefits of educational internships. Internships support programs that impact how people learn and interact with the world. As an education intern, you have the opportunity to influence learning at all levels from young students to graduate programs. Internships in education offer roles as researchers, writers, marketers, and communicators. Interns can focus on their areas of expertise while working to build new learning tools and education policies to inspire further impact. The Department of Education internship program exposes students to educational policy work and experience in the U.S. federal government across various offices.
2. Internships in education support programs that
change the way people interact with the world.
Whether it is a first graders owl pellet
dissection or a graduate students foreign
language immersion, each individual learning
experience translates into a communitys
progress.
Thats why education internships have the
potential to be both incredibly rewarding and
challenging
3. As an education intern, your job is to research
just that.
You have the chance to influence every level of
education. At the nature-based treatment center
Green Chimneys; youll help children with special
needs explore the human-animal bond.
Lend your organizational and administrative skills
to the office of a major university. Or, head
straight for the nations capital and sound off in
policy forums with the National Education
Association in Washington, D.C.
4. Interns in education are also researchers, writers,
marketers, activists, and communicators.
Opportunities to work in education crop up in
every sector, so you can focus on your science or
environmental expertise.
Wherever you go, however, youll meet people
who are dedicated to building new learning tools
and implementing better education policies.
So jump right in, and leave the experience
inspired to do more.
5. The internship program with Department of
Education is designed to expose students to what
its like working for a wide-range of departments
on educational policy within the Department of
Education as well as gaining experience working
for the U.S. federal government.
Interns applying for the Department of Education
Internship Program have an opportunity to
request specific work assignments as well as a
specific department that theyd like to work in
officers.
6. Some of the offices where students have worked
in the past include:
Office of the Secretary
Office of the Deputy Secretary
Office of the Undersecretary
Office of Communications and Outreach
Office of the General Counsel
Office for Civil Rights