Interning at the DC Collaborative
I am Njoud, the Winter 2020-2021 Community Partnerships Intern at the DC Collaborative. I assisted with community memberships and the data work of the Collective Impact project. My experience with interning at the Collaborative has been wonderful because of the staff, my expansion of knowledge in the Arts Education data field, and having the opportunity to speak with the organization’s career coach Simone Blanchard, whose guidance helped me set up new goals.
While working under the Community Partnerships Manager, my tasks were mainly focused on the Any Given Child DC Collective Impact work, a data mapping project focused on illustrating arts and humanities organizations’ programming in the DC public education system, ensuring that our community is operating with equity. I was responsible for data collection, member tracking, focus group administration, and focus group meeting notes. In addition to my contribution towards the Collective Impact project, I helped with updating the Collaborative’s Distance Learning Resource Database, facilitating virtual field trips, and assisting with membership tracking.
As an intern at the Collaborative, I learned that managing data can be time consuming, but the end result can be very rewarding because of the organization’s mission. In my opinion, this experience was one of the best because it is important to me that the staff works collectively as a group and supports each other along the way. I also appreciate the coaching session as it helped me shape my current and future goals working in the Arts.
