Internships

The internship that I am currently participating in is Teens for Racial and Ethnic Awakening (TREA). It is located at The Renaissance Charter School. We hold all of our planning meetings on Mondays from 5-6pm. All workshops are held from 6-8 pm. The staff is comprised of three adults, and five teens including myself. As an intern, my job is to help provide ideas for workshops that we would carry out. Along side this; I help develop questions that would be integrated into conversations that we hold. I also go out to shop for the snacks that TREA provides to guests with another coworker. We as a whole share the same tasks so no one somebody would be burdened with more work than the other. TREA is a group run by youth such as myself, who holds workshops that addresses topics that either concerns or interests other youth. Such topics are homophobia, racism, immigration, and improvisation. It’s a safe space where all participants can express their feelings and opinions openly. One of our biggest events s the Open Mic, an event where anybody can come in and perform, sing, read something, anything that they feel is important to them. The primary goal of TREA is to unite teens and to enlighten them on events in the world and provide them with a sense that they have a voice in the world. As a TREA intern, I am required to execute certain tasks. One is to arrive on time to the meetings in order to plan more efficiently for upcoming workshops. In these meetings it is best to contribute to the process in developing questions that would be asked during the conversations in the workshops. On the day of the actual discussion, I go out with another intern to buy snacks that would be provided to the attendees. During the discussion, it is vital that we interns pick up the conversation if it comes to a slow down and to attempt to allow everybody a chance to speak.
 * The Renaissance Charter School**
 * Community Involvement and Internship Program**
 * __Initial Reflection__**
 * 1) Describe your workplace in 3 or more paragraph
 * 1) Describe your responsibilities in 2 or more paragraphs

What I truly want to learn in this internship is the ability to communicate more efficiently and to become more sociable and out going. With TREA, I’m able to express myself without fear and TREA provides an opportunity to socialize.
 * 1) What do want to learn from this internship?

The career that I wish to get into is game design/production. As a gamer, I highly admire the amount of artistic ability and dedication put into a single game. In my opinion, video games are one of the best ways to express art. In them a story can be told that can issue current events that are happening as well as telling through a different lens of creativity. As an artist, I enjoy creating art and putting my imagination onto paper. I wish to go beyond that and be able to bring my art to life and allow others to interact with it. So becoming a game designer is an ideal career for me to pursue.
 * 1) Which career(s) interests you and why?

One of the most important aspects to becoming a game designer is the ability to communicate with your co-workers efficiently and to be able to speak up. Game designing however is in itself branches out into a large number of different fields. But to become an art manager, one would need to be able to excel in oral and writing abilities, be knowledgeable in the entertainment software industry, able to multi-task and be organized, independent, mastery in the arts of computer graphics, and a positive professional attitude.
 * 1) What preparation does your career of interest requires?

The average salary for an art manager is $65, 313 per year.
 * 1) What is the average salary for entry level workers in this career?