Summer Internship Program: Fairfax County

Primary Program Area Focus: 4-H

1. Describe your plans for this internship.  (i.e. What specifically will the intern be doing?)

The 4-H Fairfax County 4-H Summer Internship will showcase the beauty of Extension. It will include special projects like planning and implementing programming, coordinating a county fair, evaluating programs, and finding effective ways to increase interdisciplinary programs. The Intern will work under the direction of the 4-H Extension agent and in partnership with Family Consumer Science Agent, Horticulture Agent/Unit Coordinator, and Volunteer Management Program Coordinator.

• The intern will assist with planning and attend 4-H Summer activities such as 4-H Camp, Congress, workshops, Fair.

• Assist with Summer programming.

• Work on an interdisciplinary program between ANR & FCS agents to help with Community visibility.

• Assist 4-H Agent with any Fair preparation projects.

• Prepare newsletter, Social Media promotions, and other promotional materials.

• Planning/implementing a special project that would involve an underserved community in the county.

• Other responsibilities as assigned.

 2. Describe the knowledge / skills you expect the intern to gain from this experience.

• Core values of working with clientele

  • Office management skills

  • Phone and email etiquette

  • Handling an upset client

• Job responsibilities of an extension agent in all disciplines

• Program development, Program Execution, & Program Evaluation

• Professionalism

• Marketing

• Relationship building between co-workers & stakeholders.

• Time management

• Volunteer Development

3. How will the intern learn about the breadth of VCE and our various program areas?

Intern will work closely with 4-H Agent in various areas of programming and planning. The Intern will work on a project that will be interdisciplinary to include ANR or FCS areas that will hopefully be targeted towards an underserved community.