Innovation Creativity & Entrepreneurship

The ECOAudit intern will mentor the students as they develop a business plan for optimizing cost savings and sustainability by conducting a comprehensive water, waste and energy audit of their high school.

***NOTE – this internship pays a flat stipend of $2,500 for the semester. Students applying for this internship will have a short phone interview***

The ECOAudit Program Facilitator Intern will collaborate with the STEM Director and other program coordinators to assure team development, student performance, and project delivery.  In turn, the Facilitator Intern will gain valuable experience working directly with industry professionals, serving as project manager for a large group, and preparing a project summary report.

This internship supports the Velocity Capstone program (http://www.skillpointalliance.org/node/116) sponsored by Skillpoint Alliance. Skillpoint Alliance works to connect community, education, and business.

Responsibilities include:
• Project Development – Collaborating with Skillpoint staff and Velocity Capstone industry professional(s) to define the project, set up a timeline for project completion, determine how to measure the effectiveness of the project implementation, as well as ways to evaluate the final product.

• Project Implementation – Serving as “sounding board” for student brainstorming and ideas, coordinating student engagement with industry/subject matter experts (e.g. site tours, guest lectures), modeling productive work habits, positive attitude and effective professional relationships, helping students to students to set up and maintain a project schedule, developing ways to hold students accountable for their progress, and addressing student motivation and performance issues as necessary;

• Project Documentation – Managing documentation for all Velocity Capstone program operations; preparing a summary report describing project goals, accomplishments, student outcomes, expenditures, and suggestions for improvement; overseeing the development of written and presentation deliverables including, but not limited to: memos, business plans, and PowerPoint presentations;

• Connections to the Classroom – Developing a 5E lesson or unit plan for use in the secondary classroom based on the experiences/resources generated by the project.

Required Skills
• Project management skills (effective and efficient communication is critical)
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Some experience working with youth
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• A or B in undergraduate Science and Math courses

Education Experience

*Must have completed Step 2
• Currently pursuing or completed higher education in a relevant subject area such as, but not limited to: Civil or Electrical Engineering, Energy & Water Planning, Architecture, Science, Public Policy, Mathematics or STEM Education

Preferred / Additional Skills
• Knowledge of/interest in project topics including renewable energy, solar technology, water planning, and/or civil engineering
• Interest in youth/education, nonprofits
• Familiarity with business planning, accounting, and consulting services
• Previous project management experience (e.g., student organization leadership)
• Familiarity using a computer assisted drawing (CAD) program, (e.g., Autodesk, Google SketchUp, Adobe)
• Possess basic level Photo, Audio, and Video editing skills.

Varies – 10-15 hours per week

January 14 – May 30, 2013 | 4:00 – 6:30 PM rotating 3 – 4 days per week (M-F)

Skillpoint Alliance – 201 East 2nd Street – Suite B; Austin, TX 78702