STEM Enrichment Intern
Organization Overview: The Be Org (Be.) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit youth development organization dedicated to serving the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. The organization’s mission is to encourage and nurture youth to live above their socially-imposed limitations; to develop their character, talents, and leadership skills, allowing them to go beyond a dream and achieve remarkable excellence. By increasing exposure to various career opportunities, promoting secondary education at earlier ages, and engaging in leadership skills development, youth will set and aspire to achieve their dream career goals, focus on long-term planning, and be better equipped to withstand negative societal influences that would otherwise inhibit their progress.
Position Overview:
The STEM Enrichment Intern will support programmatic operations of our Be. Virtual program. Be. Virtual is a STEM and workforce development program that teaches high school students to code and create virtual reality educational tools for social emotional learning. Participants of the program use new acquired coding skills to sit for an industry-recognized credential, to support employability. Intern will support student learning objectives and work to create and strengthen career pathways for our students to STEM careers, by identifying barriers to employment, identifying critical supports and resources to navigate barriers, identifying work based learning opportunities, outlining opportunities for collaboration and support, and creating partnerships with companies in the related field as well as support organizations that will provide resources for our students. Intern will also work with local tech companies to establish partnerships that will further support students throughout the career pathway that lead to employment opportunities. Lastly, the intern will collaborate with the program team to plan Be. Virtual Tech Day, the culminating program to celebrate students completing the program, demo their work, and network with industry professionals and supporters.
Location: Hybrid
Onsite Program Location: Renaissance Academy - 1301 Madison Ave. Baltimore, MD 21217
Position Type: Internship
Hours: 20-25 hours per week
Day to Day responsibilities:
- Develop content for Be. Virtual programing including: career pathway project, social media, web content, fundraising information, grant writing, and newsletters
- Lead the design and development of Tech Day, student capstone project presentation event and VR demo day
- Provide small group instruction to high school students and/or back end development support.
- Support student preparations for academic testing and credentialing exam to include: researching, designing or compiling test prep materials and content
- Analyze and record data for assessing program's success, opportunities, and threats
- Communicate with students, partners, and stakeholders to gather information and create a process for pathways implementation
- Collaborate with Be. Virtual staff and The Be. Org's program team to successfully execute tasks
- Other duties as assigned
Skills/qualifications:
- Active college student, junior or higher; graduate students encouraged to apply
- Basic knowledge of computer science, C# coding language, and game development
- Excellent oral & written communication skills
- Strong time and organizational management
- Admirable communication and public speaking involvement
- Consistent, active, reliable, ethical, and accountable engagement and support
- Ability to research a topic and provide analysis and recommendations for program implications
- Collaborative attitude and ability to contribute in a team environment, providing creative ideas and thoughtful feedback
- Ideal candidate will have an interest in workforce development and cutting edge technologies like virtual reality or event planning and youth development