Youth Development Intern

Division: Puente del Pueblo (PdP)

Puente is a ministry of Wheaton Bible Church and Iglesia del Pueblo. Outreach serves at Puente on behalf of Wheaton Bible Church, providing consultation, management and community services. Puente offers after-school and summer youth programming in West Chicago at Main Park and Timber Lake Apartments.

Program: Summer Youth Program

Summer programs at Puente del Pueblo provide students entering grades 2nd-8th with opportunities for further academic enrichment, development of social skills, positive relationship building, structured recreational activities and optional Christian Education.

Responsibilities/Opportunities:

The intern will help children develop in both academic and life skill areas and will model and teach Christian values and faith. Responsibilities include encouraging, challenging and evaluating students, guided classroom teaching, facilitating team-building activities, assisting with curriculum development, organizing and leading activities and special events, and the planning and execution of program logistics, in collaboration with staff. Optional opportunities include planning and teaching a Christian education class and leading devotions. The intern will consistently work alongside lead program staff. For applicants with moderate or better Spanish skills, an intern may have the opportunity to manage Puente’s summer application process which includes extensive direct contact with Puente’s immigrant parent population and a significant opportunity to practice Spanish.

The intern will receive experience in the over-all working of a Christian, community-based social service ministry and gain valuable knowledge working with a culturally and ethnically diverse population of youth and staff. All interns in the summer cohort participate in weekly training with the Puente Director and other guest faculty designed to teach core principals from cross-culutral community development practice.