Establishing and Managing Successful Sustainability Internship Programs

1. Establishing and Managing Successful Sustainability Internship Programs Emilie Rex – Indiana University Josh Stoffel – Connecticut College AASHE 2013

2. Purpose of Session • Present guide structure • Guide format • Toolkit • Collect toolkit feedback • What you need • What you can contribute • Toolkit format

3. Our Process

4. Life Cycle of an Internship

5. Creating a New Program

6. Best Management Practices Don’t overdo it! Stick to your program goals.

7. Developing Internship Projects Consider:

8. Hiring and Recruitment Define the process: Provide BM strategies: Building an application Utilizing your resources Streamlining the process Increasing recruitment • Scope • Timeline • Level of community support needed

9. Supporting Students During the Internships Preparing students: BM strategies:

10. Evaluation, Documentation, and Network Building Documentation and Evaluation Celebrating Success and Alumni Development Recognizing student/mentor contributions Drawing attention to the sustainability initiative Using alumni to tell the story of your program • Institutional memory • Program evaluation and reporting

11. Toolkit Feedback What you NEED: What you HAVE: What resources can you offer in each of the areas? Case studies Handouts Documentation • What would help your program succeed? Format?

12. Questions? Emilie Rex – Indiana University ekrex@indiana.edu Josh Stoffel – Connecticut College jstoffel@conncoll.edu AASHE 2013