Students will have opportunities to “give back” to the internship organization (or another community partner) by completing a solutions-based project. This project is an opportunity for ECL students to gain expertise in a subject matter, and to collaborate with their mentors.

This is an educational experience whereby the student contributes to the organization, however is in the role of learner. The student will be expected to spend 165 hours on-site from September through December. The organization and student are to collaboratively determine a schedule to accommodate these hours.

Outcomes:

• Conduct contextual inquiries relating to policy, practices, pedagogy and environment for their agency.
• Evaluate possible solutions to distinguish the solution that best fits the strengths, and areas requiring strengthening within the organization, in an ethical, timely, cost effective and innovative fashion.
• Design and facilitate a professional development event or develop an artifact in the solutions site that fosters learning/growth in conjunction to program strengths, and the specific solutions pedagogical focus.
• Examine personal and professional limitations within the scope of professional practice. 
• Demonstrate professional conduct, preparedness to enter the field, and leadership competencies in all facets of the solutions experiential project.