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The DreamYard team reimagined their
paid summer Work-Based Learning
(WBL) internship program for a
digital space so it could be delivered
virtually to connect young creatives
to employer and post-secondary
partners during the COVID-19
pandemic. Two cohorts of young
creatives connected virtually for four
weeks to complete their internships
and create digital media portfolios in
their respective creative fields.
Utilizing a project-based learning
curriculum structure, young creatives
of the WBL program virtually
connected for four hours over four
days per week for direct online
instructions from teaching artists and
their employers. The participants
were also provided the opportunity
to connect with mentors who are
currently studying in the same creative
field, in addition to independent work
and meetings with their digital media
portfolio coach.
As part of this internship, both young
creatives and their employers had to
partake in a six hour career readiness
training that focused on topics such
as time management, asset based
language and respect.
DreamYard (Bronx, New York, USA)
