Jun 252016
RE: DRAFT: Internship Collaborative System Development
From: Kathy Jacobson, Broadwell Hill
To: Constantine, Athens’ Own, Halley, Intern and others interested in the internship program collaborative venture
Date: 6/24/16
Process Description:
Internship Project Collaboration:
- Athens’ Own Internship Program
- IC/Liaison: Constantine Faller, Athens’ Own
Collaborative Unified Command System: Broadwell Hill – Athens’ Own
- Broadwell Hill Stewardship
- IC/Liaison: Kathy Jacobson, RN Transition Midwife & Forest Farmer
SMART invitation:
- S – specific
- collaborative co-learning process experience via Athens’ Own Internship program
- review Intern Log and provide feedback
- M – measurable
- feedback will be posted within the on-line Internship Communication Hub
- collaborative web site architecture – draft submission
- review of guidance documents, development of synopsis and system check-list for all team members – draft submission
- feedback will be posted within the on-line Internship Communication Hub
- A – attainable
- personal passion, skill and available resources: weak link – time availability
- wearing too many hats within the BWH ICS system; need to expand ICS – team member delegation
- need to improve writing efficiency and skill; scale back writing time to increase efficiency with time management, maximized effort
- personal passion, skill and available resources: weak link – time availability
- R – relates (personal, business, collaborative goals; is it a win-win, mutually beneficial opportunity?)
- personal practice, continual improvement processes, life-long learning, co-learning community
- professional RN assessment and life coach services, health & well-being basic need sector group
- shared visions, goals, ventures toward sustainable systems of preparedness, mitigation, response and resilience
- Internships: shared interests in collaboration, systems development/precautionary principle, communication, Holistic Management decision-making/seven generation stewardship, ICS/UCS team management system, focus educational co-learning outreach to help address needs, develop skills, enhance the collaborative conduits for the local town-gown flow while also conveying information about our autonomous businesses and inter-independent systems of collaboration.
- fulfills both of our desired quality of life goals, heart of service: assisting our younger collaborative partners, future generations and maximizing our adaptive abilities to numerous high risk, high likelihood risks.
- T- time
- 24 hour turn around upon receipt of documents
- but documents not received via email
- self motivated direction: access on-line documents, participate in conversation
- self motivated direction:expand assignment to include homework and systems building:
- review of all the Internship guidance materials
- synopsis
- checklist
- collaboration hub
- feeling stressed but also finding the effort to be very invigorating and meaningful
- co-creative process; I hope to have my collaborative contribution in the conduit at the end of the day.
- Time accounting:
- 6/24/16 10 hrs
- 6/25/16 10 hrs
- 24 hour turn around upon receipt of documents
Draft Guidance Document: Intern Log checklist (in-development to be winnowed down, possibly with on-line form and check boxes)
- initial author: kj
- subsequent revision dates – author
- Target Audience:
- Athens’ Own decision-making and project development team, including interns and collaborative partners
- Specifically to help future collaborative mentors
- Log Checklist, SWOT analysis for review of logs are in process
- Resilience Worker Readiness program criteria checklist is also in process
- Printable and On-line forms are in the realm of vision
Remember:
- Interns may be pushing the boundaries of comfort as this is a Resilience Recruit boot camp experience
- situational co-learning within a new paradigm, new territory for most
- Fun collaborative learning adventure
- Mentors should:
- input to help meet the needs of the intern
- fun, positive, goal-oriented, self-improvement processes, win-win
- learn to learn within a continuous improvement feedback loop
- Provide objective feedback related to key concepts inclusion – checklist, criteria
- Provide subjective feedback related to personal interpretations of concepts and suggested improvements
- SWOT analysis format in process
- Mentors should:
A log entry does not have to include all of the following, just note which ones jump out at you from the document.
- Does the log entry address any of the following:
- Title
- Date, author
- improvement? hot link to personal info page – bio, cover, resume, holistic goal?
- link with incident command management system
- clear assignment (SMART format)
- target audience
- Supervisor, Mentors, Cohorts/peers, collaborative partners, interested individuals?
- big picture of activities and linkages
- connectedness:
- how it relates to personal life, academic, career goals?
- how it relates to learning objectives?
- how it relates to win-win, mutually beneficial collaboration with Athens’ Own?
- how it helps answer “what does Athens’ Own do?”
- does it include information that should go into FAQ?
- does it offer helpful info for collaborative partners around the globe?
- writing skills
- spelling & grammar
- thought development
- organization
- motivation
- timeliness
- misc. concepts as touched upon in the Guidance documents:
- Here is what I know, here is what I can do, and I want to learn more. How can I help?
- Learning Journey – be present every day, every task
- life-long learning
- desire to learn
- openness
- questions
- active participation
- enthusiasm
- Teamwork
- Collaborative Culture
- Community Building & Networking
- Sustainability
- Resilience
- Skill development
- overlap with holistic goal, academic, career goals, etc.
- processes & systems
- Holistic Management
- Incident Command System
- Resilience Recruit
- positive adaptation to perceived adversity
- adaptation strategies & tactics
- initiative (self-motivated, self-directed)
- take notes
- ask questions
- Historical and Reference documents
- Athens’ Own Motto: Vision, Act on Your Vision, Network Your Actions
- Athens’ Own Vision re: educational internship program
- collaborative, win-win, mutually beneficial
- address gaps / weak links
- increase understanding of sustainability / resilience
- situational learning
- Athens’ Own Resilience Worker Readiness Certificate
- affirmation and reference: employee is the best of the best; can keep up with a modern business’s innovation, ideas, and creativity