LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGES
PERSONNEL GUIDE B 359
POINTS – Work Experience Policy
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PG B359 (7-19-72)
General (See PG: B339 for decoding)
Point Credit for Work Experience
(See also PG B360, POINTS--Work Experience, Procedures)
1.
2.
Policy. Point credit shall be granted for educational work
experience while on certain approved leaves of absence or during the
summer vacation period in accordance with standards established by
the Personnel Services Division. Such employment must be (a)
approved in advance, (b) with an established organization or
business enterprise, and (c) must provide a substantial increase in
the employee’s skill, knowledge, and understanding of his regular
assignment. (Admin. Guide 3241)
Work Experience Projects
a. Description: Work experience projects shall include three parts:
(1) Pre-employment preparation based upon instructions and
suggestions contained in printed materials.
(2) Approved employment.
(3) Post-employment report (900-1000 words) including evaluation,
interpretation, and summarization of education values
resulting from the employment.
b. Time: Except in the case of an employee who is on leave of
absence, the employer required as part of a work experience
project must be undertaken and completed during the summer
vacation period. The employment portion of an educational work
experience project shall not include any time during which
other study for point credit is undertaken.
c.
3.
Final Report: This report required as a part of the project
of an employee not on leave of absence must be undertaken and
completed before point credit can be granted.
Employment Standards
a.
Approved Types of Employment
(1) General Group: A group of instructors employed for the
summer period by, an organization or business in which the
group is given. a minimum of group training, and each
individual is employed in a different classification.
(2) Special Group: A group of instructors employed for a
specific period of time during the summer vacation by an
organization or business in which the entire group is
given specific training in either certain job
classification and general training, or both.
(3) Individual: Employment of an individual instructor for the
summer or approved leave period by an organization or
business in which the job performed is directly and
specifically related to the teaching field of the
applicant and includes substantially significant new
skills or knowledge of the field. (Approval will not be
granted for jobs of a repetitive, "brush-up", or related
information nature.)
(4) Special Experience: An employment opportunity of an
individual instructor during the summer or approved leave
period of such outstanding significance to better
understanding of our economic system, governmental
operation, or of business and iftdustry, that special
consideration may be given for an evaluation of point
value. (Only employment of such nature as to provide broad
information of value to an instructor may be considered.
Routine employment opportunities are not considered to be
qualified for approval).
b.
Minimum Requirements
The employment must be(1) Of such nature as to substantially increase the
applicant's skill, knowledge, and understanding of his
teaching field and/or business and industry and
governmental operations.
(2) Other than unskilled labor, repetitive assembly, or
piece work nature.
(3) Significantly different from a skilled trade in which
the employee is rendering service to the Los Angeles
Community Colleges as an instructor.
4.
c.
Established Enterprise. The employment must be with a bona
fide and established organization or business enterprise.
Self-owned, family-owned, or self-operated business
enterprises do not come within the definition of an approved
business organization. Employment as a teacher or instructor
shall not be counted for point credit. Employment in any
capacity with the Los Angeles Community College District shall
not be counted.
d.
Length of Employment. A minimum of two consecutive weeks of
approved employment du-ring one summer vacation or leave of
absence period shall be required. Weeks in excess of two may
be non-consecutive with committee approval.
Procedures. See Personnel Guide B360, POINTS--Work Experience,
Procedures, for information regarding application and allowance of
points.
*Admin. Guide, Los Angeles City School District -2-