Teacher:           Shannon King                                                    Telephone:        (425) 564-2535

E-mail:              sking@bellevuecollege.edu                                Office:             C-227  

Time:                Friday, 10:30 –11:20 pm                                    Classroom:        C140

Appointments:   To be scheduled                                  

 

Tentative Schedule

 

Dates

Text Chapters

Week 1

April 6

Course expectations.  Review the internship process.

Schedule your first appointment with Shannon. 

Bring professional portfolio with resume and cover letter on

a USB drive to your appointment.

Week 2

April 13

How to complete your Learning Experience Plan,

Learning Agreement, and Contact Information

Spreadsheet

Week 3

April 20

 Telephone Skills

Week 4

April27

 

Telephone Skills

Quiz

Week 5

May 4

 

Proactivity/ Taking Initiative at Work

 

Week 6

May 11

Interview Skills

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Week 7

 

May 18

 Interview Skills

Quiz

E-mail updated internship search spreadsheet to Shannon

by Monday, May 21st

 

 

Week 8

May 25

 

Group Processing: What have students experienced

as they have interviewed with companies?

 

Week 9

June 1

 

Week 10

June 9

Last Class: Wrap Up and Celebrate!

Due No Later Than November 30th: SIGNED Learning Agreement and Learning Experience Plan. E-mail completed contact information Excel spreadsheet.

Grading:

Letter Grade:    Percentage:      Letter Grade:    Percentage       Letter Grade:    Percentage

A                      96-100             B-                     80-82          C-                     70-72

A-                     90-95               C+                     76-79               D+                    65-69

B+                     86-89               C                      73-75               D                      60-64

B                      83-85  

           

                                                                      

Completed internship documents                        40%

Appointments (max 4)                                        20%

Attendance and Participation                            20%

Assessments                                                      20%    No late assignments or make-ups  


Course Objectives

The focus of this course is for you to get an unpaid observational internship of at least 220 hours that you will complete during summer quarter.  Class time will be spent improving necessary skills, hearing reminders and updates, clarifying your questions about the internship search, and reviewing and expanding on topics related to the internship search.   You will be meeting with your internship advisor for personal assistance in refining your search and quality checking your documents during approximately four 20-minute appointments.  You must find your internship.  Your advisor does not place you into an internship. You are required to find an internship and complete the internship documentation by the last day of the quarter, June 8thDocuments can be downloaded from your MyBC Observation Placement course site.

 

Appointments & Internship Information

20 minute appointments will be scheduled in advance with your internship advisor. Your advisor is available to meet with each student for four 20-minute appointments during the quarter.  You should come to each appointment on time and prepared with specific questions and objectives for what you need help with.  If you are not able to attend or fully participate in a scheduled appointment, you should notify your internship advisor 24 hours in advance by voicemail or e-mail. The purpose of the first appointment is to have your perfect resume and cover letter approved before you can begin contacting companies.  Internship company files are located on the MyBC Observation Placement course site where you can find a document that contains contact information about companies where previous IBP students have completed internships.  Additionally, in this document, there are links to PowerPoint presentations (created by previous IBP students) about their internships and companies. 
 

Attendance & Lateness – IBP Program Policy

Daily attendance is expected. 3 tardies of 5 minutes or more (per hour) = 1 absence

Missing 10 minutes or more of any hour of class = 1 absence.  If you are absent more than 10 percent of the total hours (more than one class), you will receive a warning letter. If you are absent more than 15 percent of the total hours, you may be dismissed from the program.  If you cannot attend class, you should contact your instructor before the class, either by telephone or email.  Simply say “I cannot attend class today because I am sick/missed the bus/etc.” This is good practice for your internship: you cannot just skip the class/work without informing the boss before.  Learning to get to class/work on time is an important skill for your internship!

 
Participation

If you are not in class, you are not participating (F).  If you sit in the class and speak only when the teacher calls on you, you are not participating well (D).  If you sometimes volunteer an answer or ask a question, you are doing the minimum participation (C).  If you often volunteer an answer or ask a question, you are participating well (B).  If you volunteer an answer or ask a question every day, you are participating very well (A).

 

Special Needs & Academic Honesty

Plagiarism and Cheating:

Students are in IBP classes to learn English and IBP teachers are here to help them. Cheating makes that harder for both the students and the teachers. There are different kinds of cheating: plagiarism, “borrowing” a classmate’s homework (partially or wholly), using an essay or a presentation from a previous quarter, using “cheat notes”, and copying answers from classmates’ papers during tests.

 

Plagiarism is using someone else’s words or ideas as your own in both writing and oral presentations.  It is cheating and is not acceptable in American classes.

 

Examples of plagiarism are:

 

o       Copying from a Web page, book or article

o       Buying papers

o       Copying from another student

o       Using a friend’s paper from a previous quarter

 

If you plagiarize:

 

o       First time:  your teacher will work with you so that you understand what not to do

o       Second time:  Fail the assignment

o       Third time:  Fail the class and be reported to the Associate

Dean of Student Services.  Possibly be asked to leave the school

 

Special Needs:

If you require accommodation based on a documented disability, have emergency medical information to share, or need special arrangements in case of emergency evacuation, please make an appointment with DRC (Disability Resource Center.)   If you would like to inquire about becoming a DRC student, you may call 564-2498 or go in person to the DRC program office in B132.

 

Other:

Please refer to the Arts and Humanities Student Procedures and Expectations   www.bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/studentinfo.asp   for all other information.

 

Important Dates to Remember

May 28th                     No class – Memorial Day Holiday

June 8th                     Last day to turn in signed Learning Agreement, Learning Experience Plan, and contact excel sheet

 

 


 

 

 

 

Course Syllabus Comprehension Questions:

 

  1. What should you do if you are sick or cannot attend class for whatever reason?

 

  1. What should you do if you are unable to come to a scheduled appointment with your internship advisor?

 

  1. What is special about November 11?

 

  1. What grade will you get if you earn 81% of the total possible points?

 

  1. What happens if you arrive to class 10 minutes late?

 

  1. What can happen if you miss 15% of your course time?

 

  1. What IBP documents must be turned in to Shannon by November 30th?

 

  1. How do you get a good participation grade?

 

  1. If you have a question about a class assignment, what can you do?

 

  1. What time is this class finished?

 

  1. Which day is our last class during this quarter?

 

  1. How can you find more information about a company where a previous IBP student has completed his/her internship?

 

  1. Where can you download the documents you will need to complete after you have accepted your internship with a company?