Dear Superintendents and District Leaders,

DESE is going to offer the High School Senior Internship in Education Project again beginning in January of 2022. HSSIEP is an educator internship project that is open to high school seniors in good academic standing in all districts. Districts will be able to place high school seniors in paid education internships within their district. To learn more, see below, and consider attending one of two listening and information sessions.

They will be offered at 11 AM on Wednesday November 17th and 11AM on Friday November 19th. The zoom details are below. There is also a survey for interested participants. If your district is interested in the program, please fill out the survey below by December 1, 2021.

FY22 District Questionnaire: High School Education Internship Project (google.com)

Sincerely,

Kerry Akashian

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Topic: HSSEIP Listening Session

Time: 11 AM on Wednesday November 17th and 11AM on Friday November 19th

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What is HSSIEP?

HSSIEP will provide work-based learning experiences in the field of education to highly motivated high school seniors in good academic standing, while supporting their school and community-based partners.

What are the goals of HSSIEP?

• To offer high school seniors the opportunity to complete a paid work-based learning education internship.
• To accelerate the growth of the teacher pipeline in MA with a particular focus on increasing racial/ethnic diversity.
• To improve educational outcomes for underserved students, particular younger learners, due to the pandemic.

Why HSSIEP?

• Several high schools in MA have built senior projects and internships into their programs of study and the project will provide an increase in opportunities for students to participate in an authentic learning experience in the education field.
• HSSIEP aligns with Commissioner Riley`s goal of increasing the number of deeper learning experiences that students will have by offering a hands-on learning opportunity beyond the classroom. Further, HSSIEP aligns with Commissioner Riley`s priority of working to diversify the educator workforce so that our educator population reflects the population of students in MA.
• One of the most effective ways to improve outcomes for students is individual tutoring from cross-aged peers. Research confirms that it can improve academic and socioemotional outcomes because of the timely feedback that students receive. Further, cross-aged peer tutoring can strengthen attachment to school for students which is necessary right now considering the decline in student participation as a result of the pandemic. Also, cross-aged peer tutoring improves outcomes in math fluency and across other disciplines.