Our marquee program is called the Internship Seeding Initiative (ISI), which develops work-based learning opportunities using a consistent model of best practices to standardize internship program quality, student training and skills development. ISI’s core aim is to ready students for gainful employment and to fulfill ever-increasing industry demands for capable workers.
ISI’s proof of concept was implemented in 2009 in Northeastern Pennsylvania with support from a $375,000 grant under the Workforce Investment in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiative, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Training Administration.
Our Learning Experience Access Program (L.E.A.P) boldly calls for systemic change by establishing a network of internship centers on all college campuses to unify internship administration and modernize student job placement. The L.E.A.P. plan features ApprentiCorps, a program involving internships for non-profit organizations and service learning opportunities for students.
What We Do
- Internship Development (Seeding Initiative)
- Program Quality Assurance (Assessments/Certification)
- Supervisor Training and Productivity Guidance
- Intern Mentoring Tutorial and Activity Curriculum
- Student Placement and Performance Readiness
- Internship Education, Collaboration and Innovation
- Internship Advocacy and Awareness Campaigns
- Benchmark Research and Cost/Benefit Validation
- To provide vital work experience that facilitates career success
- To ready emerging professionals to meet industry demands
- To expose students to skill-reliant occupations (S.T.E.M.)
- To address regional “Brain Drain” and economic recovery
- To enlist employers to prepare tomorrow’s workforce
- To help students affirm and align career pathways
- To achieve mass systemic change (L.E.A.P. placement centers)
- To inspire Service Learning (ApprentiCorps: “Green Internships”)
- To revitalize America’s global competitiveness
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Learning Experience Access Program (L.E.A.P.) is an internship-centric remedy to close today’s workforce gaps.  |
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Internship Seeding Initiative is a national pilot program to standardize internship programs by training managers about best practices, providing program management materials and ongoing helpdesk support. |
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ApprentiCorps matches the need for helping hands with hands on experience with internships for non-profits. TII donates the program management and training resources to create service-learning internships. |
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TII Training Corps produces high-impact multimedia learning sessions for managers to supervise interns most productively and achieve the full potential of internships. |
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Z University (ZU) is the product brand and education affiliate of The Internship Institute. ZU owns all intellectual property and commercial assets. These include eSubscriptions to the Internship eToolkit (see and hear testimonials), licenses for the Internship Supervisor Guidebook, co-Mentoring Tutorial and the Blueprint for Internship Success training video. |
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InternGuru is the education forum of The Internship Institute, hosted by founder Matthew Zinman. The forum aims to stimulate lively dialogue about today’s most pressing issues concerning experiential training. Visit www.InternGuru.com. |
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Internship Education Outreach: We’re passionate enough to take the right kind of risks and push our creative edge. See BETI's sample campaigns here. See our "Got Interns?" campaign here. Visit the organization homepage at www.BETI.org. |
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A GRANT-SPONSORED SEMINAR SERIES FOR DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The goal is to train today’s managers how to prepare tomorrow’s employees. Participants will be given internship best practice materials, advanced tools and guidance to make their internship matter. The result will be increased efficiency, productivity and competency that saves time, money and mistakes.