COURT EMPLOYMENT PROJECT - Education Unit Internship


Internship Opportunity: CASES, New York City's oldest and largest alternative-to-incarceration organization, has an internship opportunity in the Education Unit of our Court Employment Project (CEP). CEP is an award-winning non-residential alternative-to-incarceration program for young felony offenders. CEP combines a strengths-based, youth development focus with accountability to the courts. The youth development model emphasizes youths' skills and abilities - rather than focusing on their deficiencies - and helps them set high expectations for their own educational, vocational and social development. CEP works closely with judges, probation officers, defense attorneys and prosecutors to serve more than 600 participants annually.

CEP's Education Unit provides education advocacy and placement assistance; job readiness training; job referrals; and on-site academic enrichment classes for a range of skill levels. Outdoor, adventure-based learning activities are offered throughout the year, including an overnight summer camp. Special programs include Career Exploration, a twelve-week job training and internship program, and Youth Enterprise, a six-month entrepreneurship program that trains participants to operate their own graphics-based business.

The education intern would be housed in the CEP Education Unit where s/he would assist teachers with in-house classroom activities. This internship will provide someone with hands-on experience in working with court-involved youth who have significant educational needs. The internship is unpaid. The education intern will determine the number of hours to work with Cep's Director of Programs and External Affairs, however most educational activities take place at CASES during the hours of 2 and 6 p.m, Monday- Friday.

Responsibilities include:
· Tutoring participants (ages 13-17) in reading, writing and math in our After School Homework Help classes,

· Assisting teachers with computer graphics and basic Internet skills class,

· Assisting teachers with administrative duties including data entry, assembling reading lists, organizing our in-house library, and purchasing new books, and

· Researching new tools to bolster our current curriculum.

Qualifications:
· College graduate or student currently enrolled in college
· Ability to make a minimum 6 months commitment
· Strong interest in youth and education
· Ability and willingness to work with teenagers who struggle with multiple barriers to educational achievement and who are typically far below grade level.

To apply:
Please email resume and cover letter to Sonja Okun, Court Employment Project Director of Programs and External Affairs at sokun@cases.org No phone calls.