The LTI senior component has been a partnership of school, parent, business community, and the University of Maryland. All have contributed to provide the diverse opportunities for the LTI students. The LTI is funded by Montgomery County Public Schools with a special grant of thirty thousand dollars that is renewable each year. The Senior Component of the LTI will benefit fifty students each year. The benefit received by the first group this year has been beyond expectation.
Most students never get an opportunity to intern until the junior or senior year of college.
Our students have the experiential opportunities to put what they have learned into practice and to see how the real world works. The need to provide for individual differences and needs of the LTI students demands that the internships have a variety of locations, occupations, and times. D.C. The direct benefit for our students is their acceptance rate to college, as well as the numbers of scholarships being offered these students because of their experiences. Many of the students have been offered paid internships for the summer based on their fine work this semester. The senior year of the Leadership Training Institute required considerable research and networking to connect the students with the rest of the world.