We are pleased to announce a new OCES Internship Program for twelve students during the summer of 2008. The program is being funded to provide quality educational experiences for students, to strengthen county programs by providing added resources in the form of a staff member for part of the summer, and as a recruitment program for Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.
The following documents include the program description, application to be an internship host site and application for student interns. Please share the application with students who might have an interest in learning more about OCES and especially those who may wish to seek employment with OCES after graduation.
- OCES Internship Announcement
- OCES Internship Application
- OCES Internship Site Application
- OCES Internship FAQ
- OCES Behavioral Guidelines
While we acknowledge interns will be exposed to the 4-H program as a result of the many summer 4-H activities, these internships should not be limited to a “4-H only” experience. We want students to experience the wide variety of services, programs and events that comprise the Extension Service in Oklahoma. Applicants for intern host sites are encouraged to involve the entire staff and all program areas in planning the internship experience.
If your county is currently funding an internship we would like for you to continue to do so, but we would like to handle your applicants for consistency. You can complete the site for and make notation that you have your own funding.
If you are not sure if you can host an intern for the entire summer and wish to submit an application cooperatively with another county; that is possible. Simply submit one application, outlining events/projects in both counties, and signatures by CED from both counties, along with a supervising educator from EACH county, when different from the CED.
If your county cannot host an intern this summer but would be willing to have a group of interns visit for a day or more, please also notify me regarding this possibility, including what event, project area, etc. you’d like interns to visit and tentative date(s) if known.
All District Program Specialists and District Extension Directors have worked with the Assistant Directors in developing this Internship Program, so if you have questions that we have not covered in the Frequently Asked Questions document, please give any of us a call. We know that questions will come up that we have not thought of, so don’t hesitate to ask!
Once host sites have been selected, a Centra session will be offered, which will be recorded and can be viewed by others who can’t attend, to help coordinate the programming among hosting counties. If additional interaction is needed as a statewide workgroup, this will be done via Centra or conference call, so travel and added meetings are not expected.
On behalf of the committee who has worked on implementing this program, I would like to express appreciation to Dr. Trapp for his willingness to financially support this new program as a pilot project during the summer of 2007.
Charles B. Cox
Professor, Interim Assistant Director
& State 4-H Program Leader, OCES
(405) 744-5390
charles.cox@okstate.edu
