Mission:

To engage, expose, and challenge LAUSD high school youth to explore architecture, engineering and construction as career opportunities by capitalizing on the District's ownership of the nation's largest School Construction and Renovation Program.

Goals:

• Provide an engaging learning environment that introduces students to architecture, engineering and construction.
• Increase the diversity of students entering the design and building industries.
• Develop sustainable mentorship relationships with students.
• Facilitate student access to college architecture, engineering and construction management academic programs, and to available scholarship opportunities.
• Provide hands-on experience that make students capable and marketable prior to attending college.
• Connect eligible graduates of the high school internship program to the LAUSD College Student Construction Management Intern Program.

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Program Overview and Timeline

Phase I: Introduction to Design Software - January - March 2008

The iSEE Program begins with a Computer Aided Design course offered through a partnership with the Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC). This curriculum will introduce students to computer design software, as well as provide opportunities for hands-on projects. These classes will take place on various Saturdays from January to March 2008. Students will receive college credit for completing this course.

Five class seminars will be held once a month on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Each seminar will provide students an introduction to architecture, engineering, construction and construction management. The seminars will prepare students to better understand these disciplines and to fully take advantage of their role as summer interns with Los Angeles' leading architecture, engineering, and construction management firms. Interested students will also have an opportunity to work with highly recognized construction companies and Labor Trade Unions to ensure maximum exposure to the construction industry.

In addition to the seminar lectures, students will be engaged in a studio project that will enable them to apply the principles of what they learn in class seminars to their group projects.

Architecture, Engineering & Construction Seminar Outline

Class Seminar #1 - Industry Introduction

• Internship Program Overview
• Course Outline and Schedule
• Rules of Conduct
• Design Process through Construction Introduction
• Structural Engineering Introduction
• Electrical Engineering Introduction
• Mechanical Engineering Introduction

Class Seminar #2 - Architecture and Engineering

• History of Architecture
• The Los Angeles Metropolis
• Historical Preservation and Sustainable Design
• Structural Engineering Lab Tour

Class Seminar #3 - Construction

• Measurement Fundamentals
• Reading Blueprint Drawings
• Hands-on Construction Training

Class Seminar #4 - Architecture II and Studio Project

• Architectural Tour -The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
• Studio Project - Final

Class Seminar #5 - Construction Management

• Construction Management Introduction
• Introduction to Labor Trade Unions
• School Construction Site Visit

Locations & Transportation:

Participating students must provide their own transportation to the designated school site each Saturday from which LAUSD will provide transportation to locations listed below. The tour visits will provide students an opportunity to view and experience a cross-section of the architecture, engineering and construction industries.

• Construction Site Visits/Tour
• University Site
• Construction Training Site (Union)
• Architecture Tour

Phase II: SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM July-August 2008

LAUSD will match student interns with Los Angeles architecture, engineering, and construction management firms, in addition to construction companies and Labor Trade Unions to ensure maximum exposure to the construction industry. Internships will be both part-time and full-time depending on the needs of the firm and availability of the student. The salary will range from $8.00 to $10.00 per hour.

Students must complete Phase I in order to be eligible for the Summer Internship Program.

STUDENT ELIGIBILITY

• LAUSD High School Juniors & Seniors
• Recent LAUSD High School Dropout
• Students must submit a completed iSEE Application Form and Parent Permission Slip (pdf)
• Students must submit a completed LATTC Application Form

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Click on the following link to download the form: 2008 iSEE Architecture & Engineering Internship Program Application

ENROLLMENT DEADLINE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2007 at 5:00 PM