Faculty Role in Cooperative Education

1. Create/update syllabus for Co-op course and seminar (if offered). Consult with your department. or Subject Area Committee.

2. Provide information on Co-op to students and employers {Optional, may be a Career Specialist} 

3. Approve student eligibility for enrolling in Co-op course 

4. Help student develop work search {Optional, may be a Career Specialist} 

5. Approve work site for learning 

6. Assist student in developing Learning Objectives

7. Review and Approve Training Agreement and Learning Objectives – required before Enrollment.

8. Specify reflection method in syllabus (e.g. classroom, meetings, journals, logs, etc.) 

9. Site visit/monitoring (one or more per term) In person by Faculty, unless good cause for faculty designee (cannot be a specialist) or alternative monitoring. 

10.  Prior to the end of the term, send or hand deliver Employee Evaluation form to Employer

11.  Be available at scheduled office hours to provide individual student assistance

• Instructions on how to review and approve a Student Cooperative Education Training Agreement in GivePulse

• Cooperative Education 101

  • Roles & Responsibilities

  • Workers Compensation

  • Syllabus & CCOG's

  • Site Visit

  • Sample Letters & Assignments

If you have any questions please contact experientiallearning@pcc.edu