Internships are available at the Sesame Street Workshop. Education and Research serve as two of the three important divisions of what is known as the Sesame Workshop model -- research, production and content. The roles of Education and Research are: to assess comprehension and appeal and to understand how to effectively position, market and measure the performance of our products and programs in a competitive environment, as well as develop, clarify and provide information about a production's particular curriculum area(s), for example, mathematics, history, literacy, or science. Below is an outline of the different internship opportunities available in Education and Research at Sesame Workshop:

International Research: International Research carries out the development of curricula and research for all Sesame Workshop international co-productions. This group seeks candidates studying psychology, education, communications, and/or other social sciences. Interests in research or international education are a plus. Flexibility and initiative are required; candidates should also be comfortable working independently. International Research conducts fieldwork for the Creative Development department (responsible for new show ideas). Interns work two full days per week for a full semester.

Sesame Street Research: Sesame Street Research carries out development of curricula and conducts formative research with children to support concept development, planning and production for Sesame Street shows. This department seeks students majoring in psychology, education, and/or communications with a special interest in research and children. Duties include: library research, stimuli development, interviewing children, collecting, coding and verification of data, and screening show segments. Interns work Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and preferably Thursdays as well. Internships last for the duration of the semester.

Program Research: Program Research carries out development of curricula and conducts formative research with children to support concept development, planning and production for Sesame Workshop's domestic television (other than Sesame Street), online, magazine publishing, and outreach efforts. This group seeks candidates studying psychology, education, and/or communications who have prior experience in research and in working with young children. Interns work two full days a week for a full semester.
This group also seeks candidates who would like to gain exposure specifically to development and supervision of the educational content of Sesame Workshop's projects, and for whom fieldwork is not an essential aspect of their internship experience. Interested candidates should be studying education and focusing on a specific curriculum area among the current production roster, such as mathematics, history, literacy, or science. Schedule is flexible.

Marketing and Media Research: Marketing and Media Research conducts and analyzes research on audiences of television as well as other media to better understand their attitudes and perceptions of Sesame Workshop and Sesame Street brands, programs and products. This department seeks candidates with a strong interest in research, children's media and/or major in communications, marketing or business. Some understanding of marketing research and basic knowledge of ratings (such as that which is learned in a mass communications class) is helpful. Duties include: helping to coordinate both qualitative (e.g., focus groups) and quantitative (e.g., surveys) research and working with outside research suppliers, accessing and analyzing magazine readership characteristics, tabulating ratings data and simple data analysis as well as some general administrative tasks. Schedule is flexible.

Global Outreach research: The Global Outreach Team develops programs and initiatives around public service needs, such as HIV, Lead-poisoning, Asthma, and Mutual Respect, Understanding & Diversity issues between nationalities and cultures. Skills required : proficient use of MS Office Suite, confidence and competence to collect, synthesize, and accurately report findings from literature searches and a variety of information sources (including online research), able to clearly communicate in writing and verbally (bilingual English/Spanish, English/Hindi, etc. welcome), capable and comfortable working independently as well as with a team, displays the ability to be flexible with responsibilities and project assistance. Duties include: conducting web-based research, developing resource information packets and materials and preparing written responses to requests for information.

Publishing digital archive intern: The intern will gains hands-on, real-world experience in the field of Publishing, specifically in the area of digital graphic management. Additionally, the intern will solidify their skills with QuarkXpress. Responsibilities include: Updating pictures in QuarkXpress, uploading digital files to the server and website, and burnning images onto CDs.Skills include: Knowledge/Proficiency using QuarkXpress on Mac OSX, as well as burning CDs.