Application for Internship Program with
the Arc of Appalachia:
Interested applicants fill out
the answers to the questions below. If an internship is available, a phone
interview is scheduled. Prior to filling the position, a personal interview and
tour is usually recommended. At any time in the
process, you are more than welcome to call with any questions you might have.
Please contact Tim Pohlar at 937-402-8317 or send
an email to the address below.
Please
send answers to the following questions to
internships@arcofappalachia.org
For your ease, you can copy these questions to any a word document and send it
back to us. We appreciate you copying the
questions directly in the main body of the email..
Dear
Friends,
We
appreciate your answers to these questions. We will honor your sharing in
whatever depth feels right for you.
What is
your name, address, phone number, birth date, and e-mail address? {Please supply
both your temporary contact information if you are in school or another
internship program, as well as a permanent address that mail can be forwarded
from.
Which
position interests you the most? Visitor Services or Field Steward?
What are
your availability dates?
What are
your long-term goals and dreams in life? (practicality not necessary for this
question)
What
attracts you the most about this internship?
What is
your academic background? Are you currently in school? If so, where? What are
your current academic goals?
How would
you describe your current relationship with nature?
Please
describe the extent of your interest and experience in gardening and healthy
cooking.
What has
been the most transformational experience in your life to date?
What are
some of the favorite books you have been reading?
What do
you consider your special talents and gifts? This questions is not limited to
academics. Please tell us about yourself. Include non-tangible virtues as well
as practical ones
What
practical skills do you already call your own? In addition, please let us know
if you have any of the following skills -- these are often helpful to us but are
certainly not required: carpentry, writing, grant-writing, in-depth computer
skills, landscaping and small engine maintenance.
We
realize you are coming here to learn, but do you have any background or special
interests already developed in any earth stewardship and sustainability realms?
Cooperative communities?
Would
this internship be ideally associated with school credit? If so, what are your
school requirements? (you can be brief here, we can discuss this in detail
later)
Are you
available for a personal interview at the Sanctuary? If so, are you flexible
with dates?
Would you
have access to a car during the internship?
How did
you find our website? We appreciate finding out which "sister" websites are most
effective in linking you to us.
TES Farm, where most of the
Arc's interns are housed, has a retreat stmosphere with no alcohol,
drugs, smoking or TV permitted. We want people to come here who
naturally look forward to this serenity as an personal expansive
opportunity--as opposed to looking at the philosophy as restrictions that
are irrelevant to their life path. Life is too short not to be exactly where
you want to be in life--both geographically and philosophically. Is this
lifestyle in resonance with your personal life goals?
Please supply us with relevant
work references.
If you accept another
summer job prior to hearing from us, please notify us so that we can give
our attention to the remaining applicants. Thank you so much!!
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