YouthForce NOLA Internship
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About the YouthForce NOLA Internship

YFI Internship Overview

A guide on what YouthForce Internship (YFI) is all about.

Curriculum Overview

A guide to the topics that our interns learn during their training and the skills they develop during their internship.

Ideal Supervisor Profile

When selecting a supervisor for this partnership, we recommend looking for candidates with some of these attributes.

Internship Supervisor Resources

Internship Supervisor Toolkit

This Toolkit is meant to serve as a comprehensive guide for internship supervisors. The Toolkit contains lots of helpful information about program logistics, best practices, expectations, and more!

Internship Playbook Summaries

Overview of available YouthForce Internship playbooks.

First Day Checklist

The goal of this checklist is to support you as you create a meaningful and intentional internship experience for your YouthForce NOLA Interns. More details about each item on the checklist are included in the Internship Supervisor Toolkit. All items on this checklist should be completed during the first day of the internship.

YFI Supervisor & Intern Weekly Check-In Guide

Utilize this guide to ensure productive weekly check in’s with your intern.

YouthForce Internship Project Bank

Utilize this project bank for assistance in compiling age and ability appropriate projects for your interns.

Cooperative Learning & Group Dynamic Resources

Utilize these suggestions for how to make the best use of groups during the YouthForce Internship program.

Soft Skills and Feedback Resources

Hireability Assessment Overview

An assessment to gauge hireability of your intern (intern performance review).

MHA Internship Skills Core

MHA Labs developed the 12 Hireability Skills as a collection of very specific core set of non-negotiable skills employers expect from interns. Use it to help guide your intern’s soft skills development over the summer.

MHA Feedback Framework

MHA Labs developed a framework to deliver constructive feedback; this is a copy of that framework.

MHA Check-in Starters for Work

MHA labs developed a framework to assist supervisors in checking in and getting deeper in conversations with those that they manage.

Our Videos

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