The A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning serves as a training ground for students across The Ohio State University, providing internships and paid positions for undergraduate students and clinical field experiences for graduate and medical students.
Paid Student Internships
Expand your skills with young children while gaining classroom experience and help pay for college.
The Schoenbaum Internship Program provides undergraduate students from the College of Education and Human Ecology with an award of up to $3,100 per semester while interning at the A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning. The school is located at 175 E. 7th Ave., near campus.
Selected interns will:
- work in shifts between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.;
- help educate children from culturally and economically diverse backgrounds;
- work up to 15 hours per week with young children in infant/toddler classrooms (ages 6 weeks to 3 years) and preschool classrooms (ages 3, 4, and 5 years); and
- expand skills with young children in classroom management, early childhood screenings and assessments, family relationships, and curriculum development and implementation.
Click here to apply online or email A. Sophie School Principal Anneliese Johnson (johnson.2745@osu.edu) with questions.
Conduct Research
There are also rich opportunities to engage in research within the A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning. The school supports research focused on early learning, families and the community, and child health and development including physical activity and nutrition.
Research projects span an array of disciplines, epistemologies, and methodologies. Projects range from studying how teachers support children’s alphabet learning to the importance of parents’ aspirations for their children to the role of nutrition and physical activity in healthy development.
Our partners at the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy have details about active and archival research opportunities and eligibility requirements to apply. Or learn other ways to partner with the Crane Center as a volunteer or faculty member.
