Internship Scenarios: Case Study

Scenario A mixed group of recent college graduates are currently in their internship phase of their career and education. The students must complete a predetermined number of hours (125 average) in order to receive their degrees. Three students, two from a bachelors program in Bloomsburg Pa, and one from an Associates degree program in New Jersey have been recruited to preform a play. They will be doing the play at no finical cost to the theater, in return for internship credit for the hours they commit. They will benefit not only from gaining credit but in addition overall form the experience of doing work with the assistance and support of professionals. The play will have a few mentors, one lead mentor, and a Deaf advisor. Students involved live across the state, some over 3 hours apart. In addition, an ASL Agency is in involved in the project to monitor and tabulate hours for the …show more content…
Students will work together to translate the shows songs and scrips in a text discourse process that can take weeks of blended group and independent work. Students will also learn about how to work in a theater setting, working with professionals (directors, children), cultural mediation and appropriate business skills. Interpreting mentors will guide them through the process and discussion, and the Deaf advisor will monitor and provided cultural and language interpretation support. Some interns are already working one on one with different mentors, and they are invited to join the process to reiterate any outside learnings that overlap with this assignment and setting. Students will not only increase their knowledge of working in the theater setting, they are transferable skills that will help them as the move along on their career journey, such as vocabulary, increasingly gaining comfort standing in front of people, and discourse