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Internship Updates!

Hope July 26th, 2021

Hi everyone! I am here with some exciting updates! As you know we update our academy programs every once in a while to better meet the needs of our trainees/interns. We have been listening to the feedback from our interns in regards to the internship program. We have decided to update some of the requirements to make the internship more well-rounded and easier to complete. You can submit feedback about the academy and its programs here.

Community Track Internship changes:
○ You can enroll for 6-12 weeks (recently the minimum was 8 weeks, now 6).
○ Weekly hours of listening changed to 4 a week.
○ Community track electives changed to any 7 from the existing 5.
○ Referral click requirements replaced with the community building course (community builder badge)

Student track requirements change as the following:
We are adopting an elective system. Referral clicks removed.

Mandatory requirements
○ Complete 5 listening hours per week
○ Completed 20 training guides
○ Peer Pro badge (complete all 12 peer trainings to receive it)
○ Earned the ‘Verified Listener’ badge

Must complete 10 electives
Electives
○ Earned 'Tiny Chat' badge (by sending 500+ messages in listener chatrooms)
○ Earned 'Sparkler' badge (by sending 500+ messages in group support chatrooms)
○ Earned ‘Shining Light’ (be sending 5000+ messages in member group chat rooms)
○ Earned the ‘Talker Badge’ (for making 100+ forum posts, can be a reply to forum posts too)
○ +10 Training Guides (In addition to the compulsory 20)
○ Referred at least 40 people to 7 Cups (earned 40+ referral clicks)
○ Completed at least 5 offline outreach initiatives (available only if your place is not under lockdown for your own safety)
○ Complete the community building course (have the community builder badge for the course)
○ Growth path level 100 or above
○ 25 forum posts (can be a reply to a forum post or an individual post). This needs to be done after being accepted to the internship
○ Have a group-based leadership role (sharing circle host, discussion leader, support session leader, support room mentor, etc)
○ Have a forum based leadership role (forum supporter, forum mentor, community mentor, Sub-com Project Agent, etc)
○ Graduated from another academy program
○ Added two hours of listening each week (on top of the minimum 5)
○ 100+ Listener Reviews


Highlights
○ Removed referral clicks as a mandatory requirement. They are available as electives which you can opt-out of by choosing something else.
○ Reduced listening hours and replaced that with more electives (you can choose from a wide range and most of these can be done before even joining the program)
○ Internship community track minimum reduced to 6 weeks.


These changes will be implemented from Aug 2, 2021. They do not apply to current interns.

Attention Existing Interns!
The current Interns have expressed difficulty in getting referral clicks. To make things easier for them. The student track interns can do any 3 electives (From the mentioned above) to replace referral click requirements, while the community track interns can pick 2 electives from the same list above in addition to the 5 electives they are currently doing.

Please Note:
If you choose elective to make up for the referral clicks. You can not choose the same for your track electives. In short, you can't get double credit for a single elective. If you are using one for the referral click replacement then you must choose a different one for the elective program requirements.

mailApply to be an intern here!

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Sunisshiningandsoareyou July 26th, 2021

Sounds like a good update @Hope , thankyou for making internship requirements easier to complete ! Hoping this encourages more people to apply for the internship program! 😊❤

cookiemonster1410 July 26th, 2021

Thank you so much! Referral clicks are extremely hard to reach

Tamy4210 July 26th, 2021

@Hope
hi im in the student track, trial period right now and i have already achieved my refferal clicks requiremtent, will i still have to do the replacement of 3 electives?

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Hope OP July 26th, 2021

@Tamy4210
No you don't! It is only for those who wish not to do referral clicks.

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Tamy4210 July 26th, 2021

@Hope
alright, thank you for clearing that up!

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July 26th, 2021

Hi @Hope! Thank you for this update, but this leaves me with a few questions as a current intern.

  1. With this new update coming out, does that mean I'm able to reduce the number of hours of listening per week to the new minimum if I wish to do so, after the update is out?
  2. So Community Building Course would it be alright if I did community building course as mandatory requirements despite me joining internship when referral clicks are mandatory?
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Hope OP July 26th, 2021

@richuyulin
Please read the post fully. I am quoting from the post to answer your questions.
1) These changes will be implemented from Aug 2, 2021. They do not apply to current interns.
2) The current Interns have expressed difficulty in getting referral clicks. To make things easier for them. The student track interns can do any 3 electives (From the mentioned above) to replace referral click requirements, while the community track interns can pick 2 electives from the same list above in addition to the 5 electives they are currently doing.

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KitKats00 July 27th, 2021

So my intern end date is August 7th and I've managed to complete the requirements before this new message. Will my internship still be okay or do I need to now do this in a week?

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KitKats00 July 27th, 2021

I've read the info I'm just confused by what current interns are considered for and how long

FrenchToast July 27th, 2021

@KitKatsPog This new info is only applicable to those onboarded into the program from August 2nd. Whatever you have until now is fine. The only thing that is applicable to current interns is that you can replace your referral clicks with electives if you want to. If you already have the clicks, you are good to go.

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bigbrainyve July 27th, 2021

@Hope

If I've already met the referral click requirement, do I still have to complete the new ones? Thanks ^^

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KitKats00 July 27th, 2021

Just knowing what was said in previous statements, you don't need to :)
Hope that helps

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bigbrainyve July 27th, 2021

@KitKatsPog
okay, thank you!

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lyricalAngel70 July 27th, 2021

@Hope
This is amazing!
I hope that interns find it easier now ❤

Jjstarlight July 28th, 2021

@Hope As a current intern who was struggling to get referrals, I appreciate everything you all are doing for us. It takes some stress off and the elective idea sounds really cool and doable!

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Iamanotheru July 29th, 2021

Yes that is so true! ^^

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Iamanotheru July 29th, 2021

Thankyou for sharing this Hope!

thatfriendlyframe July 29th, 2021

@Hope

I was yet to complete 80+ Referral clicks when I found out about this update. Now instead of those 80+ Referral clicks, I'm thinking of completing 25 Forum Posts, 40+ Referral Clicks and the Community Builder Course. Would that be fine? Also since the community builder course is also an honors project, would I receive the internship certificate along with with honors program as well?