The Best Internship Books of All Time

School Leader Internship, 5th Edition, challenges aspiring educational leaders and interns to better assess, prepare, plan, implement, and evaluate their internship experience in preparation for certification, licensure, and advancement into school building-level leadership positions.

In this updated edition, the content is organized around the latest National Education Leadership Preparation (NELP) Standards and includes intern activities that develop skills in essential areas including ethics, equity and cultural responsiveness, curriculum development, community of care, support of teachers and staff, school partnerships, and continuous school improvement. This unique book provides step-by-step guidance for interns, their supervisors, and faculty on how to initiate an internship and evaluate interns' work and is a critical resource for leadership preparation programs nationwide and the thousands of school districts that support leadership candidates. Special Features:. The National Education Leadership Preparation (NELP) Standards Assessment provides an understanding of the wide breadth of experience and demonstration of skills necessary for school leaders. Self and Superior Assessment helps students to plan according to individual need, experience, goals, and performance expectations. Internship Plans allow students to assess, analyze, and prepare draft individualized internship plans. Professional Report or Portfolio encourages students to evaluate and reflect on their experiences and plan for the future.

These days if you’re interested in a corporate career, interning is probably how you're expected to spend your college or grad school summers. But – Is interning actually for you? And if so, how can you optimize the experience? How To Intern Successfully aims to help you be informed and confident as you explore and then successfully complete your internship. Beginning with self-reflection to boost your clarity of intent and gain the peace of mind necessary for an extraordinary internship, each chapter’s theme aims toward helping you wake up to your deeper sense of career intent.

The author, who’s the CEO of a corporate advisory and consulting firm, shares his personal experiences as a seasoned intern mentor, adding valuable hands-on guidance and insights. Several chapters assist you in focusing on specific elements of a winning internship, including job hunting, preparing for internship interviews, and collaborating with mentors and fellow interns. Former interns share their perspectives – and throughout the book you consider often-overlooked aspects of preparing for and successfully winning the intern game. The intern experience from start to finish can be either an anxious stressful unsatisfying bore or a most wonderfully stimulating and rewarding opportunity. This book serves as a career guide to make sure you are empowered in each step of the intern process, as you move with grace, ease and dignity through a summer or semester of rapid learning and stimulating discoveries. Interning in the right spirit can provide a unique opportunity for you to wake up to your true emerging self. Your college and grad school years are all about beginning to discover who you actually are and what gives you true satisfaction. Interning can strongly nurture this self-discovery and open your eyes to your higher professional potential. To sum, reading this book will provide you with a first taste of what an intern experience might offer you. And you’ll learn more about how you as an intern can be of high value to your corporate host. How To Intern Successfully will be your trusted guide as you venture out into the business world, finesse your intern experience, and advance step by step in your growth and development. You deserve it!

This authoritative, hands‑on book provides doctoral‑level psychology students with all the resources they need to successfully navigate the internship application process. Topics include the most common reasons why people don’t secure a position; how many sites to apply to; rank ordering your list of programs; writing essays, cover letters, and your curriculum vitae; securing strong letters of recommendation; preparing for interviews; sending thank you notes; receiving Match results; and more.

Since the third edition of this book was released, the online application process and the internship marketplace have undergone significant changes, such as the growing importance of accreditation. This fourth edition provides updated information that will help your applications stand out to your internship programs of choice. Advice is also offered to directors of clinical training so they can guide and support students during this challenging process. This resource is provided to students by the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students—the premier group committed to representing, leading, advocating, and developing resources for graduate psychology students.