My name is John Compton and I am the President/CEO of One City Project, a Seattle-based nonprofit that seeks to honor and elevate languages and cultures that live in our Puget Sound community.
I am writing today to share information about a paid internship opportunity for bilingual undergraduates. Our internship program allows undergraduate students to explore teaching by placing them in a school setting where their linguistic and cultural skills are highly impactful, including working with students who share the intern’s language and their cultural background.. This year’s internship is available for undergraduates who have conversational proficiency in either Somali or Vietnamese language. The opportunity is not limited to students studying education: students from any academic field are encouraged to apply.
The internship amounts to 105 hours supporting bilingual education classrooms in Highline Public Schools, and pays a stipend of $1,800. Our application deadline is September 4, and interns are expected to start their in-class experience in January 2021.
Note: We know that there is a good deal of uncertainty in the plans to reopen public schools, and we are going to be flexible based on the re-opening plans at Highline. In our ideal scenario interns will support bilingual classes in-person, but we are prepared to have interns support online education if that is the situation in January. The health and safety of our interns and school partners is top-priority, and we’re going to be flexible to have the most enriching learning experience for all.
For full details on the internship, please visit the internship page on our website: https://www.onecityproject.org/bilingual-education-careers/explore-teaching/teaching-internships-undergraduates/