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INTERNSHIP OPTIONS: The Industrial Internship program is available to qualifying students who wish to enhance their technical skills through a supervised, on-the-job work experience.

• Option 1: Beginning second semester of their senior year, students may be released from the home high school portion of the school day to work part time and receive up to one unit of credit based on hours worked.
• Option 2: Students may be released from both the home school and Herndon Career Center (HCC) portion of the school day to work full time. This generally occurs during the last nine weeks of the senior year and no additional high school credit will be awarded for this option.
  
  In order to participate in the internship program, the following conditions must be met:
  
  ATTENDANCE: Students must meet attendance requirements of HCC.
  
  GRADES: Students must have earned at least a "C" average in their career & technical program.
  
  COMPETENCY ATTAINMENT: To qualify for Option 2 (release from HCC for full-time internship), students must have mastered 100% of the program essential skill tasks, as verified by the HCC instructor.
  
  HOME SCHOOL APPROVAL: Student must have completed required courses for graduation and be approved for release to work during the half day normally spent in the home school.
  
  PARENT APPROVAL: If the student is under 18 years of age, a parent must approve the student's release from the home school and/or HCC to work in a related job.
  
  INSTRUCTOR: The instructor will:
  

  1. verify that employment is related to the career & technical program.
  2. recommend student to participate in the internship program based on the student's past performance in class.
  3. supervise the student during the internship by visiting the job site at least once per month.
  4. submit completed competency Scantron form along with signed internship application.

  DIRECTOR: The school director reviews the internship request and determines final approval.