An internship or practicum at Kentucky Wesleyan College provides you with a supervised learning experience for course credit. The internship/practicum allows you to apply theoretical knowledge in a real-world setting. The experience may be paid or unpaid, sometimes completed on campus and at other times with approved employers off campus. Depending on your major, internships/practicums may be required or optional. For each credit hour earned, you will complete 40 work/shadowing hours, i.e., 40 hours for one credit hour, 80 hours for two credit hours, or 120 hours for three credit hours. These experiences provide insight into the actual day-to-day work involved for a career of interest, allow you to learn new skills, and can create valuable contacts for the future.
Below you will find complete instructions and helpful guides on how to sign up for Internship/Practicum Experience. The actual Experience application must be completed on Handshake, but these documents provide information or instruct you on collecting information you will need for your application. You will need to submit two things: 1) the Travel and Liability forms, and 2) the Internship/Practicum Experience Contract that is on the Handshake platform. However, completing the Contract Worksheet before you begin filling out the Handshake contract/application is VERY helpful. If you have any questions or need help finding an internship/practicum, please contact laura.rudolph@KWC.edu
COMPLETE BEFORE YOUR INTERNSHIP/PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE BEGINS
Check list Start here!
- This checklist is designed to help you chart your progress toward completion and approval of your Internship/Practicum Experience.
Expectations for Students, Employers, and Faculty Sponsors Next!
- The expectations for you, as a student, as well as for your employer and for your faculty sponsors are vital to understand. You must review these expectations carefully before your internship/practicum experience will be approved.
Contract Worksheet **This is NOT the actual Handshake application. Do this before you get into Handshake! See #2 below for instructions entering actual internship application in Handshake.**
- This worksheet will help you collect all the information you will need to complete your contract. Remember, this is just a worksheet. All experiences MUST BE completed electronically in Handshake.
1) REQUIRED Travel and Liability Forms
Complete the following forms and email a copy to laura.rudolph@kwc.edu
- Insurance-Release-Form-Liability-Minors
- Insurance-Release-Form-Liability
- Personal-Travel-Release-Form
2) REQUIRED Instructions for Completing your Handshake Internship/Practicum Experience Contract (application) Finally, you’re ready to enter into Handshake!
IMPORTANT NOTE – wait until the registration open date for the upcoming semester before completing the form on Handshake.
- Please follow these instructions in order to complete your contract in Handshake. Remember ALL fields are required and your application will not be accepted until it is complete.
COMPLETE DURING AND AFTER YOUR INTERNSHIP/PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE
- Your reflection paper connects your hands on experience to the academic requirements for the internship/practicum. The instructions for completing your reflection paper are general guidelines on what to expect. Your professors’ preferences may differ so be sure to discuss the academic component of your internship/practicum/externship with your faculty member at the beginning of the term.
- You may use this rubric as a general guide for completing written assignments.
- The Experiential Rubric provides guidance on how you will be evaluated for your final grade in your Internship/Practicum.