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Spark Teamship Statewide

A Reimagined Internship for High School Students

Empower your students through this reimagined virtual internship experience that’s FREE for all public high school students in North Carolina.

Get your students involved today!

What is it?

Spark Teamship is a reimagined internship where teams of students from across the state work virtually to solve real problems for real businesses.

Who this is for?

Spark Teamship is a FREE opportunity available to any public high school student in North Carolina. 

Recruit your students!

Share this opportunity with students and families in your district. You can send students directly to the registration page, or use our recruitment toolkit to get the word out more broadly. 
 
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Students from 18 NC districts have completed over 3,000 Spark Teamship internship hours

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Teamship is especially unique because you work with new people and work with actual businesses which I think is a really great and new experience that everyone should try.
Spark Teamship Student - Fall 2024
It helped develop my teamwork, leadership, organisational and presenting skills, not to mention it was also super fun!!!
Spark Teamship Student - Fall 2024
This experience provided me with the opportunity to fine tune the skills I will use in the future, from college to my career, which isn’t something readily available in a classroom setting.
Spark Teamship Student - Fall 2024

FAQ

How is Spark Teamship Statewide free for students?

Through partnership with Spark NC and grant funding from American Student Assistance (ASA), this program comes at no cost to public high school students in North Carolina!

Visit the Spark Teamship page, find the program dates that work best, and register.

District C’s Teamship program was established in 2017. Thousands of students nationwide have gone through the program. In 2023, SparkNC and District C launched Spark Teamship Statewide – a completely virtual Teamship experience connecting students from across the state to solve real problems for real businesses.

Spark Teamship Statewide is held several times throughout the year. In all, it is a total of 24 hours, typically meeting over the course of 4 weeks. Different times of year may have different schedules, all of which are updated here. 

Every high school student! This program helps students gain critical skills necessary to succeed in the workplace. Students who are interested in CTE, college, trade school, or entering the workforce right after high school will benefit from this experience.

Ideal students will be excited to try something new, energized by the idea of doing real work, motivated by the opportunity to have their voices heard, and inspired by the chance to make real contributions to real organizations.

The program takes place on Zoom, so students need a computer with internet access, a camera, and a microphone. 

Spark Labs and other District C member schools often run on-site Teamship programs as a part of their course offerings, embedded in classes, or as extra-curricular options. 

Spark Teamship Statewide is always online to allow students from across the state to work together from their homes. 

District C is a North Carolina-based nonprofit 501(c)(3). In its flagship program, called Teamship, diverse teams of students solve real problems for real businesses in the community, all while developing the critical durable skills needed for modern work. Since its founding in 2017, District C has reached over 8,000 students, trained and certified over 350 educators to be Teamship coaches, and partnered with almost 600 businesses that have offered real problems for Teamship work.
 
SparkNC is a North Carolina nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, launched with the generous support of the North Carolina General Assembly and in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The strategic vision of SparkNC, and our emphasis on development of students’ durable skills and engagement with real-world challenges, aligns closely with the goals of other statewide initiatives, including Operation Polaris 2.0, unveiled by State Superintendent Catherine Truitt in January 2023; the State Board of Education’s 2025 Statewide Strategic Plan; and myFutureNC’s educational attainment goal of 2 million degrees or industry-valued credentials by 2030 among North Carolinians ages 25-44.

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