Internships Help Students

1
Cooperative Work Experience Education
College of the Canyons
An Award-Winning Program

• Internships Help Students Employers Achieve
  Their Goals

2
How Long Has Cooperative Work Experience
Education Existed?

• In 2006 the Cooperative Work Experience Education
  movement in the United States reached its 100th
  anniversary
• Founded by Herman Schneider, Dean of Engineering,
  at the University of Cincinnati
• Goals
• Bridge the gap between college industry to
  prepare young engineers for practical work after
  graduation
• Gain formally recognized practical training as
  part of their education

3
What Does The Research Show?

• NACE 2004 Experiential Education Survey
• Nearly 58 of students who served internships
  were offered full-time employment with their
  internship employers
• Nearly half of the employers said they offer
  higher starting salaries to graduates with
  internship/co-op experience
• 53 of college hires listed internship
  experience on their resumes

4
Additional Research

• The Benefits of Workplace Experiences 4/05
• Interns CWEE students
• Find jobs faster earn more money than their
  classmates because they have experience
• Chancellor
• Recommends the integration of work-based
  learning throughout the
  curriculum
• College of the Canyons
• Integrating internship throughout CTE curriculum
• CWEE internships are required or recommended in
  25 programs

5
Why Integrate WBL/Internships Throughout The
Curriculum?

• CCTE Model Curriculum Standards (AB1412)
  Education must prepare all students for
  careers
• Economic Development is a mission of Ca. CCs
  (AB1497) Strengthen the relationship between
  school work by reducing the gap between
  academics vocation
• 2001 BOG implemented Ladders of Opportunity
• Goal is to combine classroom instruction, career
  development workplace training
• New Perkins IV (VTEA) performance standard
• Placement or retention in employment

6
Statewide Assessment of CTEFebruary 07 by West
Ed

• College, Student Employer Needs
• Difficulty in staying informed about workplace
  needs
• Difficulty in recruiting industry partners
• Lack of paid workplace opportunities
• Students lack of appropriate workplace attitudes
  habits
• Students need to learn in the context of doing
  something real
• Internship development placement can help
  address those needs

7
Our Internship Website Brings Students
Employers Together

• Employers can easily submit internships online _at_
  www.canyons.edu/offices/cwee
• 857 employers posted internships since April 2002
• 850 students completed internships
• Internships available in 59 majors/disciplines
• Many paid internships are currently available
• Students can search for internships apply
  online
• Company names are not usually viewable by
  students
• Screened applications are sent to the employer
• Employer schedules interviews notifies CWEE of
  selection to ensure student enrolls receives
  college credit

8
CWEE Websitewww.canyons.edu/offices/cwee

• Employer information including FLSA guidelines
• Register submit an internship
• Student internship information
• Search function, online application, Perfect
  Interview
• Website Downloads
• Student Handbook
• How to Write Workplace Objectives
• Tips for Internship Success
• Interview Dos Donts
• Institutional R D conducts electronic Employer
  SLO Surveys publishes an annual report

9
Why Do Employers Want Interns?(2,902 Internships
Posted Since 4/02)

• Highly Motivated College Interns
• Provide outstanding assistance to overloaded
  employees
• Contribute to business success by increasing
  productivity
• Introduce innovative, fresh ideas and talent
• Effective recruitment screening method
• An opportunity to help educate and train our
  future workforce

10
Is Work Experience RelevantTo Student Goals?

• Student Goals - AACC National Survey of 200,000
• To be self-reliant
• To have a steady and secure job
• To make a lot of money
• To meet new and interesting people
• CWEE Internships help students achieve their
  goals!

11
How Do Students Benefit Through The Integration
Of Internships?

• Internships provide students with
• Relevance (connection between school jobs)
• A seamless transition from school to career
• On-the-job applied education
• Training using current technologies
• Linkages to career pathways
• Opportunities to acquire job skills create an
  employment history

12
Internships May Also Improve Educational
Completion Rates

• College of the Canyons Graduate Exit Survey
  Barriers to Completing Education in a Timely
  Fashion
• Deciding Educational Goals (23)
• Choosing a Career (16)
• It is difficult for young people to make sound
  career-life choices without testing them in the
  real world of practical experience Daniel
  Yankelovich
• sequencing education first work later forces
  young people to make fateful choices before they
  are equipped to do so, or worse, to postpone them
  until it is too late Daniel Yankelovich
• Internships help students make educational
  career choices

13
What Do Students Want?

• According to The Silent Epidemic
  Perspectives of High School Dropouts, March 2006
  
• Make school more relevant engaging
• Enhance connection between school work
• 81 said they want more opportunities for
  real-world learning (internships, service
  learning, etc.)
• Students need to see the connection
• between school getting a good job

14
How Did COC Create 2,881 Internships Since April
2002?

• Grow Your Business w/College Interns brochure
• Launched internship website with a press release
• Increase Productivity w/College Interns
  brochure
• Help Wanted? flyer
• Targeted employers using
• Industry Guide
• Valley Industrial Association
• Chamber of Commerce
• HR Managers
• Adjunct faculty

15
Marketing Internships/CWEE to Students

• Emails to students, faculty entire campus
• Emails provide internship descriptions links
• Student email addresses sorted by major
• Online application to COC
• Interested in internships?
• 8,089 from May 05 July 08
• Hours I expect to work

16
Marketing To Students

• Where Will You Find a Job? brochure
• Flyers Posters
• Research Shows flyers
• Learn More Earn More flyers posters
• Banner in A R/Counseling building
• 10 minute testimonial video
• Presentations
• Board of Trustees, Divisions, Departments,
  Counseling, MAC, Classes etc.
• Internship bullets URL on faculty syllabi
  dept. websites

17
How Can You Help Students Employers Achieve
Their Goals?

• Advocate for new Perkins IV SB70 funding to
  develop internship programs
• Integrate WBL throughout the curriculum
• Promote internship development / placement
• Publicize your internship success stories
• Share your internship marketing materials
• Replicate improve model programs

18
Questions, Comments, Suggestions?

• Thank You!
• Contacts
• Stan Wright, College of the Canyons
• 661-362-3889, stan.wright_at_canyons.edu
• www.canyons.edu/cwee
• Antonio Diaz, Artificestudios
• 661-607-3007
• www.artificestudios.com