The OUSD Explore College, Career, & Community Options (ECCCO) program helps students explore careers to gain real world work experience and build their professional networks in fields of interest to them. There are a broad range of In-Person, Hybrid, and Virtual internships at local businesses and organizations and a wide variety of Career Technical Education (CTE) courses at Peralta colleges. The ECCCO Program prepares students for summer internships and courses that will help them learn and develop critical work-based skills needed for success.
Internships and Career Technical Education College Courses are critically important for young people as they prepare for life during and after high school. A summer internship or CTE class that provides a rich learning environment sends an important message to students: learning and earning are intrinsically related.
The ECCCO summer internship program runs June 14th through July 22nd, and students generally attend their internships Tuesdays – Fridays, with Monday mornings devoted to a seminar with their ECCCO SVPA Pathway teacher. Students are free to attend their internships on Monday afternoons as well. Students intern anywhere from 12 – 40 hours a week. Participating students receive a $1000 stipend and high school and/or college academic credit.
The OUSD ECCCO Summer Internship Program helps Skyline students to:
- Learn social emotional strategies to navigate challenging real world situations;
- Perform well at their summer college class, internship, or job;
- Articulate their learning effectively in terms of:
- Personal Growth;
- Content knowledge related to class/internship;
- Use their experience to inform and support career/life choices;
- Navigate a variety of digital platforms to build professional or career readiness and 21st century skills.
Some of the available opportunities this summer include:
- AYPAL: Youth Intern
- Harbor House Ministries, Inc.: Youth Intern
- Oakland Unified School: SCIENCE MATERIALS CLERK
- Michael Holmes Garden and Tree: Landscaping Assistant
- Aspire Education Project: Community Reading Buddy / Youth Mentor
- Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment: Summer ClimateJustice Leadership Academy Intern
- Ratcliff Architecture: Internship
- AB&I Foundry: High School Intern(s)
- Children’s Fairyland: Summer Camp Interns
- Sprouts Cooking Club: Chef-In-Training Intern
- BAY – Peace: Summer Intern
- Chabot Space & Science center: Galaxy Explorer
- Cypress Mandela Training Center: Skilled Trades Intern
- Alameda County Health Pathway Partnership: HCSA Intern
- Paramount Export Company: Global Fruit & Vegetable Sales and Accounting Support
- Highland Hospital: Intern
- Genesys Works Bay Area: IT intern/marketing intern/business intern
- Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation: Community Ambassador
- Superior Quality Home Health: Home Services Intern_ Life Skills
- Rising Sun Center for Opportunity: Energy Assistant
- Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA): Youth Intern
- Youth Beat: Future Filmmaker Intern
- Tech Exchange: Warehouse & Tech Hub Interns
- City Slicker Farms: Garden Assistant
- Oakland Unified School District: Recruitment & Retention Intern
- Merritt College: Urban Agroecology Certificate Courses
- CARES for Learning: Tutor
- Youth Together: Program Consultant Intern
- Laney College: Cooking, Baking & Hospitality
- Laney College: Engineering, Automobiles, & Digital Design
- Laney College: Cosmetology
- Berkeley City College: Career Exploration in Business, Computer Science, Biotech, and Human Services
- Merritt College: iServe – Public Safety Career Pathway Exploration
- Laney College: Construction Trades
- Laney College: “Journalism: Information Careers in the Digital Age
- Berkeley City College: Creators: Video Production & Game Design
- Merritt College: iCare – Healthcare Careers and Pathway Exploration
- Merritt College: iDeal – Business, Real Estate, and Digital Marketing
- Merritt College: iGrow – Food Systems and Urban Agroecology
- Merritt College: iResearch – Biotech and Cancer @ Merritt College
- Merritt College: Exploring STEM Careers and Pathways
- Center for Youth Development through Law: Intern
- Oakland Unified School District: Oakland IncrEDIBLE Intern
