COOPERATIVE EDUCATION experience

PREPARATION for the

Students Gains from Cooperative Education

Preparing for the Cooperative Education

Getting the Most from a Cooperative Education Assignment

Synthesizing the Cooperative Education Experience

Preparing Teaching Faculty as Coordinator

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What Students Can Gain

FromCooperative Education

What Can Students Gain From Cooperative Education

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It makes them more mature.It motivates them to study harder and they are likely to

graduate.It gives them greater self-confidence.It helps them to better know where they are going.It makes them more responsible.It makes them more realistic.It makes them more aware of the expectations of the

workplace.It helps them develop important interpersonal skills.It helps them find greater relevancy in their studies.It helps them to become effective members of the society.

What Students Can Gain From Cooperative Education

Nowadays, most of the universities around the globe offer Cooperative Education. Let’s check the following video:

Co-op in Concodia University

Preparing For theCooperative Education

Orientation to Cooperative Education: Its Purpose

Career Planning Prior to the Cooperative Education

Pre-Placement Seminars

Preparing for the Cooperative Education

The first activity essential to all cooperative education programs is an orientation session. Students receive a thorough introduction to the philosophy and procedures of the programs to which they are applying.

A good preparatory session will increase students commitment to the cooperative education concept and reduce the potential for problems and confusion as they progress through the program.

Orientation to Cooperative Education: Its Purpose

Skill AssessmentResource ReviewNetworkingInformation InterviewCareer Planning CoursesGetting a Cooperative Education AssignmentJob SearchResume Writing and Cover LettersJob Interview

Career Planning Prior to the Cooperative Education

Once students have obtained their cooperative education assignments, it is important to prepare them for the work experience prior to their first day on the job.

Group sessions are effective and should tackle both the “obvious” and the “not-so obvious” realities in the workplace.

Pre-Placement Seminars

This is a FACT:

In the Philippines, Rizal Technological University (formerly Rizal Technological Colleges), pioneered Cooperative Education. It is a well-structured program which aims to expose soon-to-graduate students to the “real world” of their chosen field.

Let us go back to Concordia University, know more about their Cooperative Education and try to compare theirs with RTU’s.

Concordia University: Institute of Continuing Education

Getting the MostFromCooperative Education

Academic supervision should always focus on the goal of enhancing the students’ experience, which can be measured by different perspective:

Self developmentCareer developmentRelevance to classroom learning

Learning Objectives and Academic Requirements

To effectively supervise cooperative education assignments, some of the most typical and popular academic supervision tools are as follow:

1. Manuals2. Syllabi3. Learning Agreement/ Contract4. Academic Requirements5. Monitoring the Experience6. Seminars7. Site Visits8. Assessing the Learning and Job Performance9. Employer Evaluation10. Student Evaluation

Learning Objectives and Academic Requirements

Synthesizing the Cooperative Education Experience

Seminars on this are most successful when conducted in small groups with a facilitator who can ask thought-provoking questions to stimulate discussions.

The discussion should prompt student to share insights regarding their experiences and to offer verbal evaluations of their assignments.

Post-Placement Seminars

Preparing Teaching Faculty

as Coordinators

Services provided to the faculty, making them more effective and helpful supervisors to students:

1. Development Activities2. Orientations3. Publications4. Cooperative Education Assignments5. A Better Understanding of the Nuances

Preparing Teaching Facultyas Coordinators

Nowadays, when competition in job hunting is stiff, exposure and skills gained from a Cooperative Education Program is definitely a great help and can be used as a job searcher’s edge in getting the position he is applying for. Therefore, we can say that Cooperative Education Program may be used by an institution, like the Rizal Technological University, to attract students who are about to take their college degree.

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