Internship Placement Process

1. Preliminary Interviews with CLI Staff

Luther students: All prospective interns who have returned an application should have completed a preliminary interview during fall semester with their assigned CLI staff person. If you have not, please notify your assigned CLI staff person.

PLTS students: All prospective interns must turn in a hard copy of an Intention to Apply for Internship form in the fall semester. Early in the spring semester, students will sign up for a preliminary interview with the director of contextual education.

2. Read about the Sites
    February 1

Beginning February 1, prospective interns who have completed and submitted an internship application for the next academic year can view the site information on-line. Students are encouraged to check back throughout February, as more sites may be added to this list as we receive their information.

3. Interviews with Potential Supervisors
    February 9- February 20

Some internship site supervisors come to either the PLTS and Luther Seminary campuses (or both!) to interview potential interns between February 9 and 20. If you wish to interview with any of the listed potential supervisors, coming to either campus, you must sign up for an interview time via the online Sessions RSVP tool. An e-mail will be sent to all prospective interns giving a link to the RSVP tool when the interview time slots are posted.

• Do not contact the supervisor directly.  Sign up for an interview using the online Sessions RSVP tool.
• Twin Cities Interviews: Students who have restricted their internships to the Twin City Metro area can interview with the Twin Cities area pastors.
• If you have any concerns after interviewing with a potential supervisor, please be in touch with your placement contact person.
• It is recommended that your interviews do not conflict with courses.

4. Submit Preferences
    March 1 - March 19

By March 1, all site information will be made available for review online.

Please do not contact the supervisor of the site you are interested in. All communication regarding placement goes through the Contextual Leadership Initiative office.

From March 1 to March 19, we recommend that you carefully read through those sites that interest you, then, using the online form, submit your placement preferences, giving your four top choices with accompanying reasons. Your site selection form needs to be submitted on-line by March 19.

5. Placements Completed
    April 6-10

The CLI staff will respond to your comments and work with you to arrive at a mutually agreeable placement. Recommended placement communication will be sent out to students the week of April 6-10. Congregations will be notified the week following.

The timeline for those seeking a restricted placement may need to be extended.