Internship Update Feb 2023
Hi everyone! I hope you have been doing well. As you know we periodically review our academy programs to make changes with the aim of better support our interns/trainees or to better educating them on the skills they wish to improve upon.
Once such update is upon us. As the Internship can range from anywhere between 6 to 24 weeks, there are drastic differences in what an intern can accomplish based on the duration they chose. We notice this making a difference particularly in the student track as the duration of the program can be anywhere from 13 to 24 weeks.
Additionally, we noticed that some interns struggle with the weekly hours so we have reduced those and the number of electives overall. Some of the electives have also been made easier to complete.
In light of the above concerns, we are introducing the following updates to the 7 Cups Internship program:
Listening hours reduced to 3 per week for both tracks
Electives were reduced to 5 for the community and 8 for students. For student track, we add 1 elective for every two weeks after the 13 weeks. So if you apply for 15 weeks, you will have to complete 9 electives.
In community track and student track, Interns can avail up to 2 weeks of extension if they have a valid reason such as sickness, personal issues, etc. After two weeks, you can get further extension approval but it will come with 1 added elective for every two weeks extended and 3 hours of listening per week after the initial two weeks of extension. This is so people make an effort to graduate within the timeframe they had committed.
Updated Major Requirements for Student Track
Training guides reduced from 20 to 10
Listening hours reduced from 5 to 3 per week
Peer Trainings requirement changed to completing the time management course. Peer trainings added as an elective option.
New Elective List for Student Track
Earned 'Tiny Chat' badge (by sending 500+ messages in listener chatrooms)
Earned 'Sparkler' badge (by sending 500+ messages in member group support chatrooms)
Earned ‘Ray of Hope’ (by sending 1000+ messages in member group chat rooms)
Earned ‘Small Chat’ (by sending 1000+ messages in in listener chatrooms)
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 10)
Referred at least 20 people to 7 Cups (earned 20+ referral clicks)
Completed at least 2 offline outreach. Please note the outreach needs to be of 7 Cups Academy.
Complete the community building course (have the community builder badge for the course)
Growth path level 100 or above. If you have yet to reach step 100, we recommend the following growth paths to you
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. To help get forum posts, you can apply to be a content creator for 7 Cups Academy sub-communities, find more here.
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)
Have an academy based leadership role (Project agent for academy, academy mentor etc)
Graduated from another academy program
Complete additional 1 hour of active listening each week
100+ Listener Reviews (Do not choose unelss you already are close to 100 or have 100)
Hosting OR participating in at least 4 academy group sessions (Academy Check-in or Orientation, both happen in the Academy Hub Room). You will be given the driven badge for meeting this elective.
Complete Peer Trainings 1-6
Complete Peer Trainings 7-12
Elective 7 reduced from 40 referral clicks to 20 clicks. E 16, hours changed from an additional 2 per week to 1 per week. E8 outreach changed from 5 to 2. E19 and E20 were added.
The community track requirements will remain the same with the exception of a reduction of hours from 5 to 3 per week and electives from 7 to 5.
📢Please note this system will apply to interns starting from the week of March 6, 2023. You can apply to be a part of the program here.
