| Due Date | Course Activities | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1: Embarking on your Internship (before the internship hours) | ||
| GO TO MOODLE COURSE SITE FOR DATES | Assignment 1: Internship Contract and Timeframe (Individual)
Note: The assignment timeframes below provide a general framework. You will be asked to identify and commit to specific due dates in Assignment 1. Please advise your academic supervisor in advance should you need to change an assignment deadline. |
Pass/Fail |
| Set up meeting with academic supervisor. Talk about schedule, regular meetings, deliverables, and communication channels | ||
| Unit 1 – Activity 1: Presenting… a climate action forward thinking organisation. | ||
| Confirm specifics regarding your internship supervisor, working hours, schedule, work space, requirements | ||
| Readings | ||
| Unit 2: Setting up your Climate Action Project (start – mid-point) | ||
| There are no set dates for these activities. You should start these activities as soon as you can with your host supervisor. | Set up meetings with your host supervisor to talk about the project, materials and knowledge required for setting it up, talking about the outline | |
| Share drafts with your academic supervisor to check in regarding direction of the project and project outline, as well as the REB application | ||
| Readings | ||
| Begin data collection AFTER REB approval in consultation with academic and host supervisor | ||
| After completion of 80-120 contact hours) | Assignment 2: Climate Action Project Outline (Individual) | 40% |
| After completion of 80-120 contact hours) | Assignment 3: REB application (Individual) | Pass / Fail |
| At the midpoint of your internship hours (200 contact hours) | Assignments 4a and 4b: Submit student and host mid-term self-reflection and evaluation | Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory |
| Unit 3: Compiling and presenting your project (mid-point to end point) | ||
| varies based on individual schedule | Compile your climate action project and complete internship contact hours | |
| Readings | ||
| Unit 3 – Activity 1: Who is… your climate action hero? | ||
| Consider dissemination options for your climate action presentation, consider consulting the RRU library resources | ||
| Plan with host supervisor (and academic supervisor, as applicable) the format and audience for the climate action presentation | ||
| End phase of 300 –400 contact hours | Assignment 5: Climate Action Project Presentation (Individual) | 40% |
| Unit 3 – Activity 2: What… did I bring? …do I take? …do I leave behind? | ||
| Set up ‘exit interviews’ with your host supervisor and other key counterparts during your internship | ||
| Review project presentation with academic supervisor | ||
| 400 – 420 contact hours | Assignment 6: Host Final Evaluation (Individual) | Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory |
| Unit 4: Connecting Program and Internship learning | ||
| Readings | ||
| Unit 4 – Activity 1: Now what… Beyond the internship, completing MACAL studies | ||
| Due after completion of 420+ contact hours at internship (varies based on individual schedule) | Assignment 7: Climate Action Project Reflective Practice Report (Individual) | 20% |