Academic Internships

Sam Broderick pruns trees during his internship with TreeTown Nurseries in Miramar, CA.

Academic Internship Information for Faculty

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

CPP students may participate in on-site in-person internship activities in the State of California provided the student and the organization follow current Federal, State, and County public health guidelines effective May 19, 2020. Students and organizations will be required to submit evidence they are in compliance with public health guidelines in BroncoSERV.

OUR GOAL

• Provide robust administrative and operational support for the faculty and students engaged in the high-impact practice of for-credit, academic internships; and
• Assist with sustaining existing and developing new university-community partnerships related to for-credit internships.

Academic Internship In-Person Placement Guidelines

Watch the recorded video of the Internship Workshop on April 30, 2021, highlighting COVID-19 guidelines for in-person placements.

Academic Internship Faculty/Advisor Handbook

The handbook includes the recent COVID-19 in-person placement guidelines.

 

Click Here To View Faculty Handbook

Faculty/Advisor Process

Faculty/Advisor Process (Flowchart) provides steps that will help guide CPP students to a successful placement of their academic internship.

Click Here for Faculty/Advisor Process

New Community Partner

A partnership is necessary to ensure students are provided with a safe learning site and learning-based internship opportunities. A Request to Initiate Partnership Form must be completed for all NEW organizations wishing to host an intern or promote their internship opportunities.

Request To Initiate Partnership - Academic Internship

ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP POLICIES

• COVID-19 Experiental Learning Summer 2021/Fall2021 Guidlines in Accordance with EO #88315133
• Executive Order: Student Internships (EO 1064)
• S. Department of Labor - Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act 
• Cal Poly Pomona Academic Internship Policy

FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Develop syllabus, educate/guide students during internship.

• Assign a grade for the academic internship course.

• Collect the following Academic Internship forms from students:
  • Request to Initiate Partnership (New community partner ONLY)
  • Academic Internship Partner Agreement
  • Academic Internship Learning Plan
  • Emergency form
  • Release of liability form

• Submit the following form to CCE for review and approval:
  • Request to Initiate Partnership (New community partner ONLY)
  • Academic Internship Partner Agreement
  • Academic Internship Learning Plan

• Ensure students complete ALL required COVID-19 training materials for the Summer 2021/Fall 2021 for in-person placement. View the

Student COVID-19 In-Person Placement Checklist.

• If you required timesheet for your student, please view downloadable timesheet.

For more information, see the frequently asked questions for faculty.

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For additional information and/or questions about the Academic Internship Program, please contact the Engaged Learning Coordinator at 909.869.4269.