Above: Program Facilitator Laurel teaches a Positive Action lesson at Wheatland Middle School, Lancaster

Compass Mark welcomes students interested in internships who are pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in education, sociology, social work, public health, psychology, or a closely-related field. We’re currently accepting internships for all or part of the 2025/2026 school year.

Internship positions are currently available in the Lancaster office:

  • Open year-round
  • Unpaid
  • Part-time (minimum 10 hours per week)
  • OR full-time
  • Full semesters

We provide both shadowing and hands-on experience as much as possible, granting interns the opportunity to help with organizational operations.

Interns may work in the following programs:

Interested students should email the following items to apply:

  1. Brief letter of introduction and interest
  2. Resume
  3. Copy of most recent college transcript
  4. A copy of the syllabus, summary of course, or internship requirements, if applicable
  5. Intern application

Application packets should be emailed to Staci Strauss, administrative coordinator.

We look forward to sharing our passion for public health and knowledge of addiction prevention with you!

A teacher sits in front of a classroom of little children, who are sitting on the floor.
We see the backs of about a dozen middle-school students, who all have t-shirts that say, The Positive Planters. They are facing their adult teacher, who has the same shirt. They are outside.
L: Prevention Specialist Mrs. K facilitates the PATHS program for Pre-K.
R: Prevention Specialist Ashley leads a middle-school cohort of the Leaders of Future Generations during their service-learning project.