Gig: Enrichment Development: K–8 STEAM Activity Catalog
UNC Charlotte Gig Training Program
Campus Internship
Closes on Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Job Description
Freedom School Partners (FSP) is a nonprofit organization serving children in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community through the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program. FSP works to prevent summer learning loss by providing enriching summer learning experiences that build children’s reading abilities, social-emotional skills, and love of learning. Through literacy, enrichment, and community partnerships, FSP supports scholars in grades K–8 and engages families as partners in scholar success.
The Project
The Enrichment Development project will support Freedom School Partners in developing and strengthening enrichment resources for scholars in grades K–8. The student will research engaging, contemporary STEAM and other enrichment activities appropriate for scholars’ developmental needs and interests. The student will organize identified activities into a catalog by scholar level and develop clear facilitator guides outlining each activity’s objectives, materials, instructions, estimated timing, and scholar engagement strategies.
The project will begin with an orientation to FSP’s mission, summer program model, existing enrichment activities, facilitator guides, site calendars, and available supplies. The student will then focus on researching and curating enrichment opportunities, identifying needed materials based on current inventory, and developing facilitator guides for selected activities.
Learning Experience
The student will gain hands-on experience researching, evaluating, and developing age-appropriate STEAM and enrichment activities for children in grades K–8. Through this project, the student will strengthen skills in research, resource development, written communication, organization, and project management while learning how a nonprofit organization plans and supports summer learning experiences. The student will also gain experience translating research and creative ideas into practical facilitator resources that can be used by program staff and enrichment facilitators.
Outcomes
By the end of the 40-hour project, the student will have contributed to a curated enrichment activity catalog organized by scholar level and developed facilitator guides for selected activities. The guides will include clear objectives, required materials, instructions, estimated timing, and scholar engagement strategies. The student will also identify needed materials using FSP’s existing supply inventory and organize the completed resources for use by FSP staff and program sites. Success will be measured by the completion, organization, clarity, and practical usability of the activity catalog and facilitator guides.
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