Pam - it sounds like our interns might be in the same program! In our case, these individuals are hired as "interns". They are in the final stage of their degree program and need/desire real world experience in their field. They are working under experienced social workers, gaining valuable experience (similar to a student teaching experience). It is a win-win situation - they get valuable experience and we get additional help for our students for far less than a regular full-time social worker would cost. Some have ended up coming to work for us full-time after they completed their program.
-TS -----Original Message----- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Pam Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 5:15 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] college class needs Facebook I think I can explain why the social work intern wants to "do her schoolwork" in the buildings. I currently have a social work intern and they have 2 internet classes on Friday mornings. We don't require the interns to work on Fridays because of the classes. I am hoping that mine will choose to even if that means having her chat for 2 hours in my building. If she chats for 2 hours she can still perform 4 hours of direct contact. Allowing her to "chat" means that she has a strong work ethic and doing her college assignments during the evenings and weekends instead of on Fridays after her classes. My observation.... Pam On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Chris McMahon <cmcma...@belleville118.org> wrote: > Tom, > I guess my question initially is, if she's taking the class, why is she > doing her schoolwork at your buildings? IMHO, unless the district is > requiring her to take the class, I wouldn't open up the site. > > Chris > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Steele, Thomas C <tste...@manteno5.org> > wrote: >> >> We have a similar situation. We have a social worker intern who needs an >> on-line chat site opened up for a class she is taking. This is going to >> become much more prevalent and will force districts to re-evaluate their >> filtering policies. >> >> >> >> Thomas C. Steele >> Technology Director >> Manteno CUSD #5 >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
