Employers - What is Practicum
What is Practicum?
Students are required to complete a four week practicum course (PRCT 365) as part of the AIM Diploma Program. 50% of the students final mark in PRCT 365 will come from the employer and 50% will come from the AIM Practicum Coordinator.
Practicum offers the opportunity to integrate and apply theory and skills, and demonstrate administrative competencies in a supervised business setting. The practicum experience takes place immediately after the end of the fourth semester.
The practicum experience is a partnership between SAIT, the AIM Program, the Practicum Student, and the Practicum Employer. The Practicum Employer plays a key role in the training and learning process of the Practicum Student. It is a guiding role that bridges the gap between theory and practice and provides mentorship to the student. Each Practicum Student will be assigned to a Practicum Employer once the selection procedures have been completed.
What can AIM Students do for Your Organization?
Students from SAIT's (AIM) Administrative Information Management diploma program can help in the growth and development of your business by creating, implementing and maintaining business processes.
AIM students are ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS well versed in all the latest technology tools including: MS Office Suite (Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, Project, etc.), as well as Google Workspace. AIM students also have extensive training in business communications, office procedures, meetings and events and professionalism.
Students can complete projects for a range of business functions, including office management, human resources, and any area of a company's operations. Project examples may include, but are not limited to:
Creating and or updating effective and efficient document filing systems
Creating and delivering software training
Creating new employee on-boarding materials
Migrating and updating company files from old to new systems
Market research and preparing findings and recommendations reports
Planning and executing meetings and events
Managing multiple calendars and schedules
Creating marketing materials for upcoming campaigns
Creating and maintaining websites and social media sites
Creating and maintaining company intranet
Creating and/or updating company internal and external forms