HCPSS Seeks Employers to Support Summer 2024 Teacher Externship Initiative

February 15th, 2024

The Howard County Public School System, in partnership with Bright Minds Foundation, is looking for businesses and organizations willing to be involved in the HCPSS Teacher Externship Initiative by hosting and sponsoring an extern.

Teacher externships offer a unique professional development opportunity connecting the classroom to the workplace. They provide an experience in which teachers spend time in a workplace to learn through direct experience about trends, skill requirements and opportunities in industries related to their subject in order to enrich and strengthen their teaching and bring relevance to student learning. The selection and placement of all externs will take place annually in May for a 4–6 week externship during the summer months.

HCPSS is currently seeking employers in these fields:

• Arts, Media and Communication
• Business Management and Finance
• Construction and Development
• Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism
• Environmental, Agricultural and Natural Resources
• Health and Biosciences
• Human Resource Services
• Information Technology
• Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology
• Transportation Technologies

Interested organizations and businesses should email Bright Minds Foundation Executive Director Jennifer Van Kirk at jennifer@brightmindsfoundation.org by March 1, 2024.