PBS Reno Curiosity Classroom Intern (PBS Reno, Pack Intern, Spring 2026)
**This internship is hosted by PBS Reno and sponsored by the Nevada Career Studio and ASUN.
Students are highly encouraged to visit the Nevada Career Studio in-person Fridays from 12:00 to 4:00 or use our Virtual Resume + Cover Letter Tune Up service BEFORE applying for these positions. Students are welcome to by any time during our drop-in hours, but we’ll have dedicated staff on Fridays! Resumes and cover letters that do not meet NCS expectations will not be included in applicant packages to employers.
About PBS Reno:
PBS Reno, founded in 1983, is a 501(c)3 community-licensed public television station that broadcasts national PBS programs and award-earning locally-produced content to residents in central and northern Nevada and northeastern California. PBS Reno provides three digital channels of educational programming: PBS Reno (flagship), Reno Create (lifestyle and how-to programming), and PBS Kids Reno. Our website, PBSReno.org, enables viewers to access local programming on-demand across devices. In addition to our broadcast offerings, through pbsreno.org, YouTube, and various social media platforms, our viewers are enabled to access PBS programming and digital-first content on-demand across devices.
PBS Reno’s mission is to “Entertain Your Curiosity”. It is the vision of PBS Reno to provide trustworthy and accessible quality content and educational services that benefit our community. With one of the largest coverage areas in the country, we have developed a broadcast infrastructure of 27 translators. On each of the highest mountain ranges in Nevada, there is a PBS Reno antenna broadcasting America’s most trusted content and PBS Reno originals to underserved rural and tribal communities. PBS Reno broadcasts to households across a 75,000 square mile service area each week and provides coverage to 15 out of the 17 counties in Nevada. PBS Reno reaches over 290,000 viewers each month across our various media platforms.
Beyond broadcasting, PBS Reno provides robust education services, including Curiosity Classroom and our annual PBS KIDS Writers Contest. The Curiosity Classroom program offers free children’s STEM-literacy workshops for PreK-4th grade students. This is the only program in the state that offers hands-on robotics learning for young children. Each workshop provides classrooms with all materials and a trained facilitator.
Internship Description:
PBS Reno’s Education Department provides hands-on education workshops in classrooms and community organizations across northern Nevada. This department operates the robust and far-reaching Curiosity Classroom education program, which holds educational workshops in classrooms throughout the year and coordinates an annual PBS Reno Writers Contest. In the 2024-2025 school year, PBS Reno conducted 6,794 Curiosity Classroom workshops, serving 128,087 PreK-4th grade children across nine counties.
The PBS Reno Curiosity Classroom intern will primarily assist the education team with duties related to the PBS Reno Curiosity Classroom program. Some responsibilities will include assisting with packaging and preparing materials for student activity participation; replenishing used materials; supporting the Education team with creating facilitator supplies and returns; helping charge and refresh robots for robotics workshops; using professional communication skills when interacting with others while representing PBS Reno; and other tasks as assigned by supervisor; communicating information to the Vice President and Director of Education. When the intern is not working on tasks related to Curiosity Classroom, they will professionally and respectfully represent PBS Reno at community events, learn about other PBS Reno departments, and complete other duties as assigned by the Intern Supervisor.
Duties/Responsibilities:
The Curiosity Classroom Intern will assist primarily with duties related to the PBS Reno Curiosity Classroom workshops. Some responsibilities may include:
- Putting together workshop materials
- Packing up materials for workshops
- Preparing student and teacher materials for workshops
- Replacing batteries and prepping robots for classroom use
- Communicating information to the Vice President and Director of Education.
Other duties as assigned may include:
- Re-stocking Reading Buddies supplies.
- Support outreach efforts to community partners and families to increase awareness and participation in PBS Reno's Family Engagement resources.
- Professionally and respectfully represent PBS Reno at Community events.
- Opportunity to learn about other PBS Reno departments.
Goals and Expectations of the Intern:
- Complete 120 hours of work as an intern (8-15 hours per week, 15 weeks total)
- Help keep our Curiosity Classroom workshop supplies in stock and ready for classroom use.
- Grow as a professional and as part of a dynamic team.
- Communicate effectively with coworkers as well as teachers and community members.
Required Qualifications:
- Must be a degree-seeking undergraduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno during the Spring ‘26 semester
- Strong organizational skills.
- Shows initiative and can be self-directed when supervisors are not available.
- Attention to detail.
- Able to multitask and handle multiple responsibilities.
- Good attitude and willing to help with whatever is needed.
- Comfortable engaging with children and families during workshops and community events.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Available to work during Spring Break (March 3/21 - 3/29)
Desired Schedule for Intern:
Applicants must be available to work 8-10 hours each week during normal business hours, 9:00am-5:00pm. Applicants are strongly encouraged to be available during Spring Break (3/21/2026 – 3/29/2026)
PIGP internships require interns to complete 120 hours during their internship. It is the intern’s responsibility to ensure this requirement is met.