Office of Instruction

Work Experience

Due in part to recent changes in the Faculty Contract, the Instruction Office began coordinating and processing Work Experience (WE) documentation beginning Fall 2012. The new contract language can be found in Article 10.0 of the faculty agreement.

The primary changes in Work Experience are as follows:

WE is now subject to load limitations (maximum allowable assignment beyond Basic Assignment or as adjunct load is 10 LHE).
Students participating in WE must be enrolled in an existing CTE program offered at the college and must have completed at least 1/3 of the units required of their academic program, or be enrolled in a class concurrently with the same TOPS code as the program.
The professor of the WE course must verify that the student is eligible for WE as outlined in the bullet above.
Full-time classified staff can direct or supervise WE students.
The professor of the WE course cannot be the supervisor for students enrolled in the course.
Work must be performed during the scheduled term (unless authorized in advance with the Instruction Office, under extenuating circumstances).
Each 54 hours of work is equal to one semester unit of credit.

The following are the required student forms and deadlines for submission:

Form	Deadline to submit to Career Specialist: 16-week terms (fall/spring)	Deadline to submit to Career Specialist: 6-week terms (summer/winter)
General Information Form	Before enrollment/beginning work at work site	Before enrollment/beginning work at work site
Learning Contract	Before enrollment/beginning work at work site	Before enrollment/beginning work at work site
WE Program Waiver Form	Before enrollment/beginning work at work site	Before enrollment/beginning work at work site
Mid-Term Assessment Report	Instructors to conduct assessments Week 8 of the term Requested for Instructors to send to CS week 10 of the term Final Deadline: No later than one week prior to the beginning of finals week	Instructors to conduct assessments week 3 of the term Requested for Instructors to send to CS week 4 of the term Final Deadline: No later than one week before end of term
Final Evaluation	One week prior to the beginning of finals week	One week before end of term
Monthly Time Sheets	Requested for Instructors to send to CS the first week of each following month Final Deadline: One week prior to the beginning of finals week	Requested for Instructors to send to CS the first week of each following month Final Deadline: One week before end of term

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We look forward to working with you this semester! Please let us know if you have any questions.