City Summer Internship
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We’re Hiring: City Summer Internship for Girls
Seeking a talented educator to lead our five-week, paid career internship for rising ninth grade girls. City Summer Internship (CSI) is a paid summer internship program for girls entering ninth grade. This five-week program introduces young women to opportunities in Boston’s economic engine neighborhoods using a blend of classroom-based career education activities and real-world...
Thank you, Cummings Foundation!
City Summer Interns at NorthStar Asset Management We are so thrilled to receive a second year of generous funding from The Cummings Foundation. Thank you, Bill and Joyce Cummings, Joel Swets and Joyce Vyriotes and all of the Cummings employees and volunteers who donate time to support the great work of social service and...
What is My Learning Zone?
Model for Comfort, Learning and Panic Zones Before an apprenticeship, we build students’ self-awareness with a variety of learning activities to help them understand their strengths, learning styles, interests and skills and how they can utilize their traits during their apprenticeships. This helps students overcome their nervousness and fear of “messing up.” The “Comfort...
Skills for Success
Students practice self-presentation and communication skills in professional workplace setting.
Career Knowledge
Worksite partners ignite a sense of purpose with authentic learning.
Dreams and Plans
Students meet professionals who share and inspire their career pathways.
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For as little as $85, you can provide a weekly stipend for a rising ninth grade City Summer Intern.
Host Students at Your Workplace
Ignite purpose with career discovery at your workplace.
We partner with local business to create seminal experiences that give purpose to the present, but more importantly, to a young person’s future. That purpose—the thing that motivates students and moves lives forward can be found in workplaces across our city.
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Program Manager
Helen Russell is the Founder and Executive Director of Apprentice Learning. Over the past 30 years, Russell has advocated for connecting students and schools to their communities using hands-on learning experiences. She spent over a decade in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) in external affairs, program development and fundraising at Boston Arts Academy and the Mission Hill School. Prior to working with BPS she was an instructor and program director for Thompson Island Outward Bound and is a senior trainer at Project Adventure. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Boston College and a Master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. | 
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