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SUMMER

2022

SUMMER

INTERNS

AFTER A TWO-YEAR HIATUS, WE WERE DELIGHTED TO
ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO mentor 21 SDPBC
high school students through our award-winning Summer
Intern program. This six-week program is the first exposure to
work in a chosen field for many of the interns. The experience
of applying, interviewing, and working with industry
professionals was intended to help them prepare for careers
or college after graduation. In addition to work experience,
this program will also help students when applying to Bright
Futures Scholarships thanks to a new bill signed by Governor
Ron Desantis in June 2022. Hours that interns work at the
District can be applied towards the 100 service hours required
for Bright Futures.

During the six weeks, interns were assigned to the IT PMO,
Records Management, Infrastructure, End User Support, and
Desktop Management teams. In addition to their assigned
duties, weekly IT related activities were planned to expose
them to different types of jobs in today’s IT field. One of their
favorite events was the Intern-Mentor-In-A-Minute session.
Based on feedback from past years, interns wanted to know
more about the various departments within the IT Division,
not just the one they were assigned. Seventeen members of
our IT staff took time out of their busy schedules to meet with
the interns. Each mentoring session lasted 10 minutes and at
the end of the session, the intern moved on to speak with a
different IT staff member. Other activities included lunch-and-
learns with some of our business partners where they learned
more about other career options in IT. The final activity was
an end-of-the program celebration with lunch at Drive Shack.

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