Internship Qualifications

To participate as an intern, students must:

• Be a current student in the Shoreline School District in grades 8 thru 11 (for Summer sessions) or 9 thru 12 (for Winter session).
• Have transportation to and from the district central office (The Shoreline Center).
• Have available time to participate and keep up with the schedule of the program (minimum 20 hours per month).

To qualify a new intern, students must:

All students need to have strong aptitude in math, science and computing and be comfortable with very technical concepts. New students will start on an initial learning path and will graduate to a specialized learning track. The required qualifications you need will depend on the track you are interested in. The tracks are computer science, information technology and engineering.

• Information Technology students must have completed one of the following:
  • AP Computer Science Principles
  • Any Running Start CS course

(Personal experience with computer system administration or demonstrated participation in STEM classes and activities can substitute for entry requirements.)

• Computer Science students need to be currently enrolled in or have completed one of the following:
  • AP Computer Science A
  • Running Start CS courses
  • Other technical computer/programming courses

(This requirement may be waived if the student can demonstrate sufficient aptitude and/or enthusiasm towards computing/programming during the interview process. Personal experience with computer programming and computer science concepts or participation in STEM classes and activities such as Robotics/TSA could serve as substitute qualifications.)

• Engineering students need to be currently enrolled in or have completed the following:
  • AP Physics and AP Calculus
  • Running Start Physics and Calculus courses

(This requirement may be waived if the student can demonstrate sufficient aptitude and/or enthusiasm towards electronics and robotics during the interview process. Personal experience with microcontroller programming, electronics or participation in STEM classes and activities such as Robotics/TSA could serve as substitute qualifications.)

To apply, students must:

• Complete the application and interview process:
  • Initial contact e-mail with letter of interest to the coordinator. (The letter of interest should state why you are interested in becoming an intern and how you meet the stated qualifications. E-mail to david.watson@ssd412.org by the application deadline.)
  • Interview with internship coordination team
  • Complete the entrance examination at the time of the interview (example questions can be found here.)

To stay in the program

• Maintain academic performance in school.

(Students do not need to have straight A's but their grades must not drop overall.)

• Maintain clean disciplinary record in school.
• Maintain an excellent attendance record within the program (minimum of 20 hours per month in attendance).

(All students must participate in occasional maintenance day sessions where we do extensive cleaning and inventory management. These occur on Saturdays or during breaks. Each student must participate in at least one per year.)

• Participate in activities and perform well in learning projects.
• Act within the guidelines required by the Internship Code of Conduct, Safety Guidelines and School District/Departmental policies, all of which will be explained during orientation.

Note: The learning program includes activities that require students to be comfortable with programming. Here are some online tutorials.

- Navin Reddy's Java video tutorial series (up to lesson #20) 
- W3 Schools Java tutorial
- W3 Schools Python tutorial