Academic Internships

Sam Broderick pruns trees during his internship with TreeTown Nurseries in Miramar, CA.
Academic Internship Information for Faculty
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
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.
Faculty/Advisor Process
Faculty/Advisor Process (Flowchart) provides steps that will help guide CPP students to a successful placement of their academic internship.
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.
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.
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Assign a grade for the academic internship course.
- Collect the following Academic Internship forms from students:
- 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
- If you required timesheet for your student, please view downloadable timesheet.
For additional information and/or questions about the Academic Internship Program, please contact the Engaged Learning Coordinator at 909.869.4269.