Mandatory Qualifications
Interns must be 16 years old by June 10th, 2024. River City High School students must have completed at least one course in one of WUSD’s Career Technical Education Pathways. View qualifying courses here. Yolo High School and Washington Middle College students must have a recommendation form filled out by a teacher or counselor. All participants must have also viewed an online informational session about the internships offered by the Home Run team. If you were unable to attend a scheduled session, you may listen to the full recording here (audio starts at 2:25).
Responsibilities
The Home Run intern will play a versatile role with various responsibilities, which include but are not limited to:
Assisting Home Run staff with administrative tasks
Helping organize internship lessons
Engaging in community outreach events and interacting with families.
Developing and sharing social media and digital outreach content, consisting of graphics, photos, and videos.
Creating and distributing email campaigns
Perform various job duties to ensure the smooth operation of the West Sacramento Home Run internship program and support other Home Run programs.
Communicate effectively via phone, email, or other means with peers and supervisors.
Accompany Home Run staff on site visits.
About the Business
The West Sacramento Home Run is a cradle to career initiative that aims to make West Sacramento the best place to grow up, raise a family and find talent. Our initiative has six different programs; Quality Early Learning, College Savings Accounts, Internships, Digital Micro-credentials, College Promise, and Ready, Set, Save!
Preferred Abilities
The Home Run is seeking an intern that is organized, takes initiative, has a positive-attitude and a willingness to learn.
Learning outcomes
Administrative duties
Organization and prioritization
Leading projects
Experience making graphics and flyers
Special Project
The intern will have the opportunity to create and execute a social media campaign, and help local schools implement the program Raising a Reader.
Additional Information
We are thrilled to welcome our very own West Sacramento Home Run intern this summer! As a West Sacramento Home Run intern, you will have a unique opportunity to observe and be a part of the inner workings of our internship program. This means you will have the potential to make a program-wide impact through your contributions in this internship.