Cooperative Work Experience Education

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LOOKING AHEAD

The Road To Your Future Success

• Cooperative Work Experience Education
• Fall 2002 to Spring 2006
• Program Review 2007
• Prepared and Presented by Mrs. Reva Gilmore

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Cooperative Work Experience ?is for? Everyone
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The Cooperative Work Experience Education Program
(CWEE) is a planned program of academic
instruction to correlate on-the-job training with
transfer or occupational curricula with volunteer
or paid work experience.
Career Success Seminar
Career Awareness Seminar
Occupational Work Experience is provided for
students who are paid employees or non-paid
volunteers in positions that either develop or
add to marketable skills directly related to the
student's major program of study. This course is
also designed for students who are cross training
at their current worksite, for upward mobility,
or possible career changes as well as those
looking for entry-level occupational training
through work based learning experiences.
General Work Experience is provided for students
who are paid employees or non-paid volunteers in
positions which develop desirable work habits,
attitudes and career awareness or assists them in
learning about the world of work, but are not
related to their major program of study or have
no declared major.
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The Benefits of Workplace Experience, The
report was provided by the California Community
Colleges Chancellors Office. The benefits
include the following
Students find employment more quickly after
college than students without Work
Experience. Students have higher annual
earnings than students without work-based
learning experience.
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Final Report to the California Community College
Chancellors Advisory Committee on Work-Based
Learning and Employment Services, May 10, 2006.
Summary of Results of the Report Cooperative
Work Experience referred to as Coop
Coop graduates are 22 more likely to maintain
stable earnings over three years compared to
non-Coop/non-Occupational graduates, and 6 more
likely to maintain stable earnings when compared
to Occupational graduates.
Coop graduates demonstrate consistently higher
earnings compared to other graduates
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Final Report to the California Community College
Chancellors Advisory Committee on Work-Based
Learning and Employment Services, May 10, 2006.
Summary of Results of the Report Cooperative
Work Experience referred to as Coop
Coop graduates earn 50-71 more annually than
non-Coop/ non-Occupational graduates
Coop participants exit community colleges with a
strong 15-22 lead in workforce participation
compared to other graduates. By the second year
after graduation this gap decreases to a 5 lead,
and by year three there remains a 3 difference
in the employment rate of Coop graduates
compared to that of other community college
graduates.
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CWEE provides the following for currently
employed students
Professional development Salary increases Upward
mobility Improved human relations Increased self
awareness Career change possibilities Improved
customer service Increased productivity Personal
growth Career enhancement Promotions
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CWEE provides the following for the volunteer
on-the-job training student
Real world experience Full time job opportunities
often result Excellent resume material and
source of references Learn expectations in
non-technical areas (work ethic, attendance,
etc.) Student learning and retention
increases Development of critical
thinking Employability skills are
improved Awareness of ones values, attitudes,
motivations, emotions Improved human
relations Reality test a possible career
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Student Majors and Pie Charts
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18 Students Completion Rate 71 completed with
A, B, or C grades
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21 Students Completion Rate 82 completed with
A, B, or C grades
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20 Students Completion Rate 100 completed
with A, B, or C grades
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20 Students Completion Rate 81 completed with
A, B, or C grades
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9 Students Completion Rate 70 completed with
A, B, or C grades
The 4 unit F was reported and found to be an
error. The completion rate will be higher when
corrected by the Registrar
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16 Students Completion Rate 70 completed with
A, B, or C grades
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13 Students Completion Rate 67 completed with
A, B, or C grades
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5 Students Completion Rate 56 completed with
A, B, or C grades
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General Observations of Palo Verde Colleges
CWEE Program

• Criminal Justice and Instructional Aides are
  largest segment of CWEE students who also
  complete 4 credits of occupational units
• Excellent community support
• Majority of students have jobs, use CWEE for
  professional development
• Majority of our students who volunteer are hired
  within 6 months of completion of work experience

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For comparison and demonstration of the
value-added (money-saving) effect work experience
has on apportionment, the following information
was provided by the Registrar.
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LOOKING AHEAD

• Work with Palo Verde Colleges Outreach Task
  Force to develop new ways of marketing the CWEE
  Program.
• Develop CWEE materials to be placed on our
  college Web Site.
• Add CWEE to each major course section of the
  catalog and class schedule to increase visibility
  and awareness of the Program.
• The addition of CWEE as an approved elective, if
  not a requirement, will be discussed with each
  Division.
• New and creative ways will be developed to
  present the merits of CWEE each semester.

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LOOKING AHEAD

• Discuss the merits of CWEE with EOPS and Student
  Services for requiring or at least recommending
  PVC student employees to enroll in work
  experience.

• Advertisements will be placed on the Cable
  Channel before each semester.

• Presentations will be given to various groups
  including the students.

• An animated ad will be placed on the Reader
  Screen Board in the Administration Building.

• CWEE classes will be offered at the Needles
  campus next semester.

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LOOKING AHEAD

• Update the PVC catalog description with new
  statistics from the Chancellors Web site.
• Update the CWEE information in the PVC Student
  Handbook with new information and statistics from
  the Chancellors Web site.
• Develop a survey to give to students during the
  first three weeks of the semester to find out how
  they learned of the CWEE Program. This will
  identify successful marketing strategies
  initiated.
• Develop a survey to be given to students during
  the last two weeks of the semester to access
  student satisfaction of the CWEE Program.
• Presentations will be developed and presented to
  PVC faculty courses, the local Prison staff, and
  the Palo Verde Unified School District staff.

By Reva Gilmore 5/07