media lab

The high school donates a space and assigns an educator to run the Media Lab Program.
The school may assign their teacher(s) to the Media lab or may have the support of professional volunteers.
Interns management.

School benefits:

Increase attractability leading to the increase of student enrollment.
Utilizes tech companies' state-of-the-art donated equipment and tools.
Strengthens relationship with the local tech industry.
Creates strategic partnerships with local industry.
Connects extended learning opportunities to student's career cluster of choice.
Keeps education current by addressing employer needs.
Provides STEM learning opportunities for teachers
Complements and reinforces values, culture and the learning opportunities that schools can provide for their students
Partnerships can serve to strengthen, support, and even transform individual partners, resulting in improved program quality, more efficient use of resources, and better alignment of goals and curricula

Student benefits:

Fosters an understanding about in-demand careers in which students might be passionate about.
Provides real-world knowledge and experience of the expectations and workplace demands that employers have.
Develops technical job skills as well as soft skills (i.e., collaboration, creativity/innovation, communication, critical thinking and problem solving).
Demonstrates relevance between academic courses and workplace requirements.
Provides professional references for future college and/or job applications.
Provides a platform for relationships, advice, direction and guidance from experienced professionals, and role models that many would not have otherwise had.
Builds leadership skills, a positive self-image and self-confidence.
May provide elective credits.
Enhances career portfolio and highlights for resumes. This will strengthen their ability to obtain future jobs, obtain future scholarships, and help with acceptance into college.
Develop a strong sense of self-efficacy and are better prepared for a wide variety of workplaces.
Students will also learn valuable life skills including:
Teamwork and Collaboration
Project Planning.
Conflict Resolution

Corporate benefits:

Strengthens partnership with schools and builds a positive community image.
New market opportunities: the students may become regular clients due to the positive brand image association. And friends and family may become new clients through word-of-mouth.
Assists young people in finding a career in which she/he might be passionate about.
Assists young people in understanding what employers expect of employees.
Contributes to academic growth of students and prepares a highly skilled future workforce. Roughly 65% of paid internships turn into full-time job offers.
Provides an opportunity to share experiences, insights, and knowledge with students and, subsequently, improves supervisory and motivational skills of employees.
Energizes current employees who serve as a mentor. Fresh ideas often spark inspiration and motivation.
Facilitates recruitment of qualified employees and/or interns with lower training and recruitment costs and increased employee retention.
Increased company presence is created among students, parents, school staff, and the community. This creates a positive image that increases company profits and competitive advantage

Equal Opportunity for all Children