Accepted students must attend a mandatory 1.5 hour intern orientation and expectations meeting.
Students must attend all intern training sessions and career focused project sessions on either Tuesdays or Thursdays from 4:30pm – 6:00pm from January – June.
After competing the required professional development courses, each intern will be considered for a summer internship at their mentor’s place of employment. Internships take place in the summer and generally run for 80 hours from June through August, on a flexible schedule to be determined by interns and their mentors.
Interns are unpaid, however they gain invaluable career readiness experience through unique access to a dedicated mentor in their field of interest.Â
Interns are expected to wear appropriate clothing to all CEO Program classes and events. The Department on Disability Services is a professional environment and should be treated as such. Interns are required to wear business casual clothing to their internships over the summer. If you are interested in learning about organizations that provide business casual clothing to youth in DC, free of cost, email Monique.vaughn@k12.dc.gov and we will help you explore some options.
The career focused project is a project that demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary for success in an interns career field of interest. The focus of each project is determined by the intern and mentor during the first two career focused project sessions. CEO Program staff are available to assist with project ideas if necessary.
Of course. Below are five examples of excellent projects from previous years.