Career Exploration Internship

Enrollment Message

Students must have an Internship placement arranged with their school prior to starting the course.

Course Description

The Career Exploration Internship (CEI) course consists of a paid or unpaid work experience that provides for workplace learning aligned to a student’s career interests. Unlike the Work-Based Learning Capstone course in which students participate in a WBL experience aligned to a specific occupation, CEI is intended to expose students to broad aspects of a particular industry or career cluster area. This can include rotating through a variety of work sites or departments. In addition to their workplace learning activities, students participate in (1) regularly scheduled meetings with their classroom teacher, or (2) a regularly scheduled seminar with the teacher for the purpose of helping students make the connection between academic learning and their work-related experiences.  A clear partnership agreement and training plan is developed by the student, parent or guardian, school, and employer partner to guide the student’s work-based experiences and assist in evaluating achievement and performance. 

A minimum of 75 hours of On-the-Job Training (OJT) is required for the successful completion of this course. There is also a requirement of 18 hours of seminar coursework which connects the student’s academic coursework to the Work-Based Learning experience. These coursework hours are in addition to the 75 hours of OJT. The student should complete academic coursework connected to the WBL experience and aligned to the student’s career interests prior to utilizing this course code.

• Indiana Core40 Diploma Applicable through class of 2028
• Qualifies as the employability skills requirement for all diplomas
• Indiana NEW Diploma Applicable for students entering school in 2025-26 (Class of 2029) 
• Fulfills and Elective Credit

Course Goals

Upon completion of the course, students will…

• identify workplace expectations and responsibilities.
• demonstrate effective communication skills in a work setting.
• apply problem-solving strategies to real workplace situations.
• complete assigned tasks accurately and on time.
• practice professional behavior and work ethic daily.
• reflect on work experiences to identify strengths and areas for growth.

Indiana Academic Standards

• Specific instructional standards tied to the career cluster or pathway and learning objectives for the internship must be written to clarify the expectations of all parties.

Units of Instruction

• This course is currently under development

Grading/Evaluation

Indiana Online does not assign letter grades, grant credit for courses, nor issue transcripts or diplomas. A final score reported as a percentage of total points earned will be sent to students upon completion of a course. Your school of record can also access this score within the Student Information System, Genius. The final score will be shown as a percentage in Canvas and Genius. The student’s school of record will determine the letter grade based on their specific grading scale.

A minimum of 75 hours of work-based learning is required for the successful completion of this course. 

Assessments

Online assessments consist of formative and summative assessments represented by computer-graded multiple choice, teacher-graded writing assignments including hands-on projects, model building and other forms of authentic assessments. The course includes the minimum number of assessments

•  Discussion
•  Assignments
•  Quizzes

The assessments for this asynchronous course are weighted as follows

Teacher Contact Response Time

Students can use email or the private message system within Genius or Canvas to access highly qualified teachers when they need teacher assistance. Students will also receive feedback on their work inside Canvas. The Teacher Information page of their course may describe additional communication options.

The teacher will respond to student inquiries (email, text, call) within one business day. Assignments will be graded and posted within two business days.

Expectations for Academic Conduct 

Student Handbook 

It is your responsibility to read the student handbook to understand all aspects of taking an online course including expectations for academic conduct. Contact your teacher if you have any questions. 

Assistance for Students with Accommodations

Indiana Online supports an inclusive learning environment for all students. If there are aspects of the instruction or design of this course that hinder your full participation, such as inaccessible web content, or the use of non-captioned videos and podcasts, reasonable accommodations can be arranged.

Technology

Technology Requirements 

Students are required to have a computer device with headphones, a microphone, webcam, up-to-date Chrome Web Browser, and access to YouTube. Please review Indiana Online’s Technology Requirements.

Technical Skills Needed 

Basic technology skills necessary to locate and share information and files as well as interact with others in a Learning Management System (LMS), include the ability to

• download, edit, save, convert, and upload files
• access software needed for the course
• use a messaging service similar to email
• communicate with others in online discussion or message boards, following basic rules of netiquette
• open attachments shared in messages
• create, save, and submit files in commonly used word processing program formats and as a PDF
• save a file as a .pdf
• copy and paste and format text using your mouse, keyboard, or an html editor’s toolbar menu
• insert images or links into a file
• search for information within a document using Ctrl+F or Command+F keyboard shortcuts
• work in multiple browser windows and tabs simultaneously
• activate a microphone or webcam on your device, and record and upload or link audio and/or video files
• use presentation and graphics programs
• follow an online pacing guide or calendar of due dates
• use spell-check, citation editors, and tools commonly provided in word processing tool menus
• create and maintain usernames and passwords

Technical Questions?  Please contact the Indiana Online Helpdesk.