• 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

• Provides in-kind donations (technology equipment), training and installation.

• Provides externship opportunities.

​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