Chabot College Fall, 2002 Replaced Fall 2006 Course Outline for Work Experience 95 OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION Catalog Description: 95 - Occupational Work Experience Education (May be repeated 3 times) 1-3 units College supervised on-the-job training. Paid or volunteer work experience, including an internship, in an occupation related to student's major or classes at Chabot. Cooperative effort between student, supervisor, and instructor to accomplish new work objective and broaden experiences for each semester enrolled. Corequisite: Work Experience 96. 5-15 hours or more of paid employment per week or 4-12 hours of volunteer work per week. Prerequisite Skills: None Expected Outcomes for Students: Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. resolve learning objectives established with the instructor, supervisor, and student at the beginning of the school term; apply and refine skills learned in the classroom to a job in his or her career field where those skills may be demonstrated; apply educational ability, level of maturity, personality, behavior, attitudes toward a job, interpersonal relationships, and identify areas where changes may be required; relate work experience education to courses being taken and other courses offered at the college; discuss importance of continuing education as it relates to current employment, advancement, retraining needs, as they apply to future career satisfaction; develop understanding of career opportunities, job requirements, employer expectations, and promotional requirements in an occupational setting; assess personal goals, needs, and making a concerted effort towards self-improvement; demonstrate enhanced management skills through the establishment and achievement of learning and performance goals. Course Content: 1. 2. 3. Management by Objectives a. Goal setting b. What is to be done? c. How it will be done? d. How well it will be accomplished? e. Who will evaluate the objective? f. How will it be evaluated? Work with instructor and work with supervisor to: a. Determine activities b. Determine learning opportunities c. Determine experiences to broaden knowledge of the job d. In some cases, students may be given a plan of training: 1) outlining learning activities 2) completed by end of semester Each learning objective will be approved by college instructor a. During semester, college instructor: 1) visits the student's work site 2) discusses with supervisor/quality/important of each objective 3) identifies level of accomplishment 4) determines personal development of student Chabot College Course Outline for Work Experience 95, Page 2 Occupational Work Experience Education Fall 2002 Methods of Presentation: 1. 2. Individual consultation with student Individual consultation with employer Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress: 1. 2. Typical Assignments: a. Student journal/report b. Draft of objectives c. Final list of objectives Methods of Evaluating Student Progress: a. Supervisor's performance evaluation b. Instructor's appraisal of student's journal and final report c. Supervisor's and instructor's evaluation of objectives Textbook(s): None Special Student Materials: None mc 12/06/01 COWE95