Educator Externship Program

The Educator Externship program allows teachers and counselors to gain real world experience in the construction and energy industries. Participants spend 40 hours at work with a host company during the summer, and then develop a lesson plan or project based on their experience that they teach to their students during the Fall. 

Counselors who participate are given tours of local post-secondary options for their students. The "externs" teach a wide range of subjects, from Agriculture to Geometry. In December, all participants, students, and host companies gather for a Show and Tell Reception. All educators receive a $2,000 stipend for their efforts.

Video Overview

Program Flyer
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Teacher Testimony

• "The New Home Company provided me the opportunity to work with everyone in the company, enabling me to experience every facet of homebuilding, from planning, to handing the keys to the buyer.” - Alex Hess, Agriculture teacher, Davis HS
   
• Tyler, an Engineering and Architecture teacher at Folsom High School shares that he gained “actual field experience with engineers, examples and stories for my students, internship opportunities, and books and materials.”
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• Peter, a Project Lead the Way teacher at W.E. Mitchell Middle School, shares that he gained knowledge of the “basics of electricity, and the educational process for apprentice to journeyman electricians.”
  
  

Employer Testimony

• "I liked that we could share some practical information with a talented teacher who will in turn bring it to live and excite her students. I think I learned as much from the teachers as they learned from me" - Laura Fisher, SMUD
  
  
• Timothy Denham, Principal with Wood Rodgers, Inc. shares, “It was a positive experience and actually easier than I thought it would be to have him visit.  He was very interested in learning about each discipline, the different skill sets people have, and how everyone’s expertise is utilized in the process of getting a project done.  I think this will be helpful to him in guiding his students toward their own interests should they chose to pursue a college degree related to our industry.”
  
  
• David Daniewicz, the Orion Jettison Motor Chief Engineer at Aerojet Rocketdyne, says, “I certainly enjoyed the time spent with Dale Waldo during his recent externship here at Aerojet Rocketdyne. Promoting STEM education efforts is vital to our company and our nation, and knowing our efforts with Dale will help improve lesson plans for local students is very rewarding.”