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This is a one-quarter internship course that offers students the opportunity to work with disability related organizations on or off campus. 

 

The course operates in multiple formats, depending on the internship site, but will include:

 

This course provides students the opportunity to connect disability studies to social, political, economic, and educational issues that confront people with disabilities, and to make students more aware of organizations that serve people with disabilities.

 

Upon successful completion of this course students will:

 

Upon successful completion of this course the community partner will:

 

There will be a few representative readings on the politics of people/persons with disabilities (PWDs) in relation to service providers: tensions and contradictions; the need for PWDs to be represented within service organizations themselves, etc. All articles will be posted to the Carmen site for the student to download.

 

Potential readings:

            Albrecht, Gary and Michael Bury. “The Political Economy of the Disability

Marketplace.” Handbook of Disability Studies. Sage, 2003: 585-609.

 

Barnartt, Sharon, Kay Schriner, and Richard Scotch. “Advocacy and Political Action.” Handbook of Disability Studies. Sage, 2003: 430-449.

 

Fleischer, Doris Zames and Frieda Zames. “Deinstitutionalization and Independent Living.” The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001: 33-48.

 

Shapiro, Joseph P. “From Charity to Independent Living.” No Pity. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1994: 41-73.

 

There will also be some reading specific to the student’s specific internship experience: organization handbooks, websites, history, etc.

 

 

A. Internship experience:

Students will work 3 hours per week for each credit hour the student has signed up for. Job activities vary by site, but are detailed in the internship contract that the student, the instructor, and the site supervisor complete prior to the beginning of the internship quarter. See attached sample internship contracts.

 

B. Face-to-face class meetings:

The student and instructor will meet three (3) times during the quarter. 

 

C. Written Weekly Journal/Carmen/Blogpost Entries:

Students are required to submit one reflective journal entry per week. The instructor will provide a prompt for the writing each week. The student will post the entry to the Carmen site. If there are other students enrolled in the internship course, students are expected to read other students’ posts and participate in online discussions about the internship experiences.

            Guidelines for Journal Entries:

·         Journal entries are intended to serve as a vehicle through which you can reflect on your internship experience with regards to your professional, personal, and academic development.

·         Journal entries are also intended to inform the instructor about your internship work experience and will be used as a component of your internship evaluation.

·         Journal entries will be treated with full confidentiality and will only be read by your instructor and the other students enrolled in the course.

·         Instructor will provide a weekly journal prompt; however, your journal entry should also include a brief description of your weekly activities, what you have learned from this work and how it relates to readings and class discussions, and highlights/comments/concerns you may want to share.

·         Each entry should be about 500-1000 words and posted to the Carmen space by the end of your work week, but no later than on Saturdays by 5:00 p.m.

 

D. Final Report:

By the final exam date assigned for the course meeting times, each student will complete a 1000-1500 word critical research paper that combines reflection of the internship experience with a larger contextual discussion of disability experience in the specific internship site.

 

 

Internship evaluation                                      50%    

 

Journal Entries & Participation                       25%

 

Final Report                                                    25%

 

For all the assignments for this course, the Code of Student Conduct of The Ohio State University is in effect. Academic misconduct is defined as: Any activity that tends to compromise the academic integrity of the university, or subvert the educational process. Examples of academic misconduct include, but are not limited to:

1.                   Violation of course rules as contained in the course syllabus or other information provided to the student; violation of program regulations as established by departmental committees and made available to students;

2.                   Submitting plagiarized work for an academic requirement. Plagiarism is the representation of another's work or ideas as one's own; it includes the unacknowledged word-for-word use and/or paraphrasing of another person's work, and/or the inappropriate unacknowledged use of another person's ideas;

3.                   Submitting substantially the same work to satisfy requirements for one course that has been submitted in satisfaction of requirements for another course, without permission of the instructor of the course for which the work is being submitted;

4.                   For an extended version of these examples please refer to http://studentaffairs.osu.edu/resource_csc.asp

To avoid plagiarism, students must make sure that they:

 

 

Student Name: _____________________________________

 

General description of work completed:

______________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

This course provides students the opportunity to connect disability studies to social, political, economic, and educational issues that confront people with disabilities, and to make students more aware of organizations that serve people with disabilities.

 

Upon successful completion of this course students will:

 

Please use this form to provide us with feedback on the performance of the student you supervised for this internship relative to these learning goals.

 

 

Unsatisfactory                  Satisfactory            Exceptional                 DK/NA

 

Examples from intern’s work/comments:

 

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Unsatisfactory                  Satisfactory            Exceptional                 DK/NA

 

Examples from intern’s work/comments:

 

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Unsatisfactory                  Satisfactory            Exceptional                 DK/NA

 

Examples from intern’s work/comments:

 

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Please use the following questions to provide us with feedback on the performance of the student you supervised for the internship.

 

1 Unsatisfactory                      Never demonstrates this ability/does not meet expectations

2 Uncomplimentary                Seldom demonstrates this ability/rarely meets expectations

3 Fair                                       Sometimes demonstrates this ability/meets expectations

4 Commendable                      Usually demonstrates this ability/sometimes exceeds expectations

5 Exceptional                          Always demonstrates this ability/consistently exceeds expectations

NA                                          Not Applicable

 

A. Ability to Learn

            1. Asks pertinent and purposeful questions                                        1    2    3    4    5    NA   

            2. Seeks out and utilizes appropriate resources                                   1    2    3    4    5    NA

            3. Accepts responsibility for mistakes and learns from experiences   1    2    3    4    5    NA

 

B. Reading/Writing/Computation Skills

            1. Reads/comprehends/follows written materials                               1    2    3    4    5    NA

            2. Communicates ideas and concepts clearly in writing                     1    2    3    4    5    NA

3. Works with appropriate mathematical procedures                          1    2    3    4    5    NA

 

C. Listening & Oral Communication Skills

            1. Listens to others in an active and attentive manner                        1    2    3    4    5    NA

            2. Effectively participates in meetings or group settings                    1    2    3    4    5    NA

            3. Demonstrates effective verbal communication skills                      1    2    3    4    5    NA

 

D. Creative Thinking & Problem Solving Skills

            1. Breaks down complex tasks/problems into manageable pieces      1    2    3    4    5    NA

            2. Brainstorms/develops opinions and ideas                                       1    2    3    4    5    NA

3. Demonstrates an analytical capacity                                               1    2    3    4    5    NA

 

E. Professional & Career Development Skills

            1. Exhibits self-motivation                                                                  1    2    3    4    5    NA

            2. Demonstrates ability to set appropriate priorities/goals                  1    2    3    4    5    NA

            3. Exhibits professional behavior and attitudes                                  1    2    3    4    5    NA

 

F. Interpersonal & Teamwork Skills

            1. Manages and resolves conflict in an effective manner                   1    2    3    4    5    NA

            2. Supports and contributes to a team atmosphere                             1    2    3    4    5    NA

            3. Demonstrates assertive but appropriate behavior                           1    2    3    4    5    NA

 

H. Basic Work Habits

            1. Reports to internship site as scheduled and on-time                      1    2    3    4    5    NA

            2. Exhibits a positive and constructive attitude                                  1    2    3    4    5    NA

            3. Dress and appearance are appropriate for this organization           1    2    3    4    5    NA

 

I. Character Attributes

            1. Brings a sense of values and integrity to the internship                 1    2    3    4    5    NA

            2. Behaves in an ethical manner                                                          1    2    3    4    5    NA

            3. Respects the diversity (religious/cultural/ethnic) of others 1    2    3    4    5    NA

 

J. Comments:

 

 

 

 

 

Unsatisfactory                  Satisfactory            Exceptional                 DK/NA

 

 

 

Completed By (Print):                        ____________________________________________________

 

Signature:                                ____________________________________________________

 

Role                                         ____________________________________________________

(i.e. student, supervisor, instructor)

 

Date:                                      ____________________________________________________

 

 

 

Adapted from Starting and Maintaining a Quality Internship Program, Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania, Michael True (Editor).

 

Organization: Web Accessibility Center, The Ohio State University

Site Supervisor: Ken Petri

 

Site Supervisor Contact Information:

Email: ______________________                             Fax: ________________________

Phone: ______________________                            Mail:________________________

                                                                                            ________________________

 

Student: __________________

 

Student Contact Information:

Email: ______________________                             Fax: ________________________

Phone: ______________________                            Mail:________________________

                                                                                            ________________________

 

Instructor: _________________

 

Instructor Contact Information:

Email: ______________________                             Fax: ________________________

Phone: ______________________                            Mail:________________________

                                                                                            ________________________

 

Quarter: ____________                      Credit Hours: _____________

 

Hours per week that student will work at internship: _____________

 

Requirements/Pre-requisites:

 

It is essential that prospective interns have good technical skills, but it is not necessary that they have any knowledge of web accessibility--they'll get that "on the job."

 

Here are some requirements:

* Strong inclination to learn about web accessibility at a deep technical level and at the level of policy and implementation.

* Good writing and communication skills.

* Working knowledge of HTML and CSS.

* Ability to use a non-WYSIWYG editor (that is, a text editor) for analysis and creation of web resources.

* Ease with both Mac and PC environments.

 

Desired but not required: Knowledge of:

   * JavaScript

   * PHP

   * SQL

   * Flash

   * Experience using some sort of video editing software. They all work pretty much same. (We have licenses for Adobe Premiere on both Mac and Windows.)

 

 

Description of Duties:

 

This depends entirely on what sort of skills and aptitudes the intern has. It could be anything from web site analysis, to writing of tutorials or other sorts of documentation, to web programming, to usability testing, to creation of captioned video.

Signatures:

 

Student:              ___________________________________          Date: _____________

 

Site Supervisor: ____________________________________         Date: _____________

 

Instructor:           ____________________________________        Date: _____________