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Education 
In addition to student teaching, there are many opportunities for education majors to get great experience working as an intern.  Working at a museum, camp, working to improve education policy, coaching - the opportunities are waiting for you.

General Education:

Missouri 

Missouri National Education Association(Great general seasonal and permanent job listings): http://www.mnea.org/general/jobs.htm

Big Brothers and Little Sisters of Eastern Missouri (St. Louis): www.bbbsemo.org/internships.aspx

Boys Hope Girls Hope (St. Louis): www.boyshopegirlshope.org/m-employment.html

O'Fallon IL Parks and Recreation Dept: www.ofallon.org/Public_Documents/OFallonIL_ParksRec/internships

St. Louis County Parks: www.co.st-louis.mo.us/parks/volunteer/intern-4.html

St. Louis Variety (Children's Charity): http://63.134.222.194/volunteer.aspx 

St. Louis Children's Hospital: www.stlouischildrens.org/giving/volunteer/tabid/65/Default.aspx 

Mad Science (Kansas City): www.madscience.org/locations/kansascity/careers.aspx 

Judevine Center for Autism (St. Louis): http://www.judevine.org/employment/internships.html


Elsewhere


French Valley Festival of Arts (New York): http://www.frenchwoods.com/staff_french_woods.htm

Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center and the Women's Lodge: www.nativeshop.org/internships.html

Rose Theater (Educational Theater)(Omaha NE): http://www.rosetheater.org/about-jobs.asp 

Family and Children's Services (Tulsa, OK): http://www.fcsok.org/who_we_are/employment.asp?job_id=222#internships 

www.Idealist.org is a great resource to find internships and job in the non-profit sector - including education. 

Rose Theater (Education Theater in Omaha): http://www.rosetheater.org/about-jobs.asp

Wolf Trap Arts (Virginia): wolftrap.org/interns/interns.html  

Presidential Classroom (Washington DC): http://www.presidentialclassroom.org/content/instructos_interns/internships.asp

Pre-Service Teacher Research Internships.  Run through the Dept. of Energy, these are paid research experiences specificially for students aiming to teach Science, Math, and Technology.  http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/PST/about.htm  


Camps:


The following search sites contain listings for 100's of camp jobs in the United States - covering camps of all types.  These are great places to start:
 
Amercian Camp Association Job Site: jobs.acacamps.org/home/index.cfm?site_id=178 

Camp Channel:  www.campchannel.com/jobboard 

My Summer Camps: http://www.mysummercamps.com/cgi-bin/jobs/db.cgi?do=search_profile_results&db=Profiles&A

Very Special Camps (Camps for kids with special needs): http://www.veryspecialcamps.com/campjobs/ 

Summer Jobs: http://www.summerjobs.com/index.html   

Jolt Camps - http://www.joltcamps.com/  (general camp listings)

Camp Staff - http://www.campstaff.com/

Backdoorjobs.comwww.backdoorjobs.com/camp-ranch-jobs.html

Specific Camps (a listing of camps that are local or have advertised at our school):


Missouri

Camp Finbrooke (near Springfield, MO): http://www.campfinbrooke.org/Employment.htm 

Camp Lakewood/Trout Lodge (YMCA of the Lake of the Ozarks): http://www.ymcaoftheozarks.org/jobs 

Camp Shawnee (near KC):  http://www.campshawnee.net/workatcamp 

Cub Creek Science Camp (Rolla, MO): http://www.bearriverranch.com/  

Camp Wonderland (Rocky Mount, MO): http://www.wonderlandcamp.org/staff-registration.htm 

Girl Scounts of Eastern Missouri: http://www.girlscoutsem.org/camp/summer.asp

Girl Scouts of Kansas City and NW Missouri: http://www.flamingmarshmallow.org/

Mickey Owen Baseball School (Summer Coaching Opportunities, Springfield, MO): http://www.mickeyowen.com/coachingOpportunities.cfm  

Sherwood Camp (Lesterville, MO): http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/sherwood/internships.html

St. Louis 4-H Camp (residential): http://www.4hcampmn.com/employment/index.html


Elsewhere 

Sports International - Runs football camps throughout the country - you get to meet current and former NFL stars.  http://www.footballcamps.com/default.asp?page=21b  

Seaworld (Orlando) Adventure Camp - http://www.seaworld.org/career-resources/internship/index.htm   

ID Tech Camps (all throughout US): http://www.internaldrive.com/summer_employment.htm   

Eagles Nest Camp (North Carolina): http://www.enf.org/camp/employment/index.html  

Wisconsin Lions Camp (Rosholt, WI): http://wisconsinlionscamp.com/Employment.htm

Presdential Classroom (Washington DC): http://www.presidentialclassroom.org/content/instructors_interns/internships.asp  

Interlochan Arts Camp (Interlochan, MI): http://www.interlochen.org/   

International Sports Camp (Pennslyvania - 21 or over only): http://www.international-sports.com/work_istc.php 

Youth Villages: http://www.youthvillages.org/internship.aspx   

Glacier Camp (Kalispell, Montana - near Glacier National Park): www.glaciercamp.org (connected with the Presbyterian Church)

Sanborn Western Camp (Florissant, CO): http://sanbornwesterncamps.com/bscounsel.htm

Windsor Mountain International Camps: http://www.windsormountain.org/general/jobs.html 


Arts, Nature, and Museums


St. Louis Area:

Magic House (Children's Museum): http://www.magichouse.org/a_job.htm

The Butterfly House: http://butterflyhouse.org/about/internships/Internships.aspx 

Cahokia Mounds: http://www.cahokiamounds.com/cahokia.html 

City Museum: http://citymuseum.org/employment.html   

Missouri Historical Society: www.mohistory.org/content/LibraryAndResearch/internships.aspx 

St. Louis Science Center: www.slsc.org/content.aspx?id=442   

St. Louis Art Museum: saintlouis.art.museum/index.aspx?id=17   

St. Louis Zoo: www.stlzoo.org/supportthezoo/volunteer/  


Kansas City Area:

Kansas City Zoo: www.kansascityzoo.org/About/Index.asp?IdS=0011DA-22BBCD0&Reference=Employment &~= 

Harry S. Truman Library and Museum (Independence, MO): www.trumanlibrary.org/voluntee/index.html#inte  

Nelson-Atkins Museum: http://www.nelson-atkins.org/support/JobInternOpps.cfm 

City of Kansas City Internships (large variety - scroll through for education internships): http://www.kcmo.org/manager.nsf/web/internopenings   

World War I Memorial: http://www.libertymemorialmuseum.org/display.aspx?pgID=903


Museum Job Search Sites: 

American Association of Museums: museumcareers.aam-us.org/search.cfm

American Zoo and Aquarium Association: http://www.aza.org/JobListings/

www.idealist.org lists out education and museum opportunities 

Living History Farms: http://www.lhf.org/intern.html

Council on Public History Internship Listings: http://www.ncph.org/Education/Internships/tabid/335/Default.aspx


Other Museum Sites

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum(Springfield, IL):
http://www.alplm.org/education/interns.html

Children's Museum of Indianapolis: http://www.childrensmuseum.org/generalinfo/interns.htm

Colonial Williamsburg (Virginia): www.history.org/foundation/human_resources/OtherOps.cfm

Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC): http://www.si.edu/ofg/intern.htm 

Ft. Worth Museum of Art: http://www.themodern.org/internships.html

Museum of Science (Boston, MA): http://www.mos.org/visitor_info/about_the_museum/internships

National Baseball Hall of Fame (Cooperstown, NY): http://education.baseballhalloffame.org/intern/index.html 

National World War II Museum (New Orleans, LA): http://www.ddaymuseum.org/about/internship.html

Philbrook Museum of Art (Tulsa, OK): http://www.philbrook.org/experience/supporting/volunteering.cfm   

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland, OH): http://www.rockhall.com/internships/  

Natural Areas/Outdoor Education

Bradford Woods Nature Center (Martinsville, IN): http://www.bradwoods.org/empfield.html  

Fossil Rim Wildlife Area (near Dallas, TX): http://www.fossilrim.org/learning/internships.php 

Glen Helen Nature Center (Yellow Springs, OH): http://www.antioch-college.edu/glenhelen/SummerJobs/index.html  

Nantahala Outdoor Center (Bryson City, NC): http://www.noc.com/jobs_seasonal.html

Outdoor Education Internships: http://www.ncstaff.net/oed/OutdoorEducationInternshipOpportunitiesPage.htm

The Outdoor School (Marble Falls, TX): http://www.outdoorschool.com/index.cfm?menuitemid=138&menusubid=69

Noteabert Nature Center (Chicago, IL):
www.naturemuseum.org/index.php?id=69

Second Nature Wilderness Programs (UT, GA, elsewhere): http://www.snwp.com/

Shaw Nature Reserve (Gray Summit, MO): http://www.shawnature.org/volunteer/default.aspx  

Zoo resources: www.aza.org/JobListings/