COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM TRAINING AGREEMENT
between
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
and
The Cooperating Employer Indicated
Objective: The objective of the Cooperative
Education Program is to provide for the career development of
students and, simultaneously, to render needed services to employers.
The Cooperative Education Program proposes to accomplish this
objective by helping students obtain work assignments related
to and integrated with their academic majors and/or their career
areas of interest.
Scheduling and Coordination: Work periods
are scheduled to meet students' academic needs and employers'
personnel requirements. Commensurate with employers' needs, students
will be given work assignments that relate to their educational
field, interests and abilities. Employers will provide for ascending
levels of responsibility and training throughout the students'
Co-op experiences.
Length of Employment: The Co-op Program
is designed to provide students with work experience in the field
of study. Co-op assignments can be alternating or parallel. Parallel
co-op is generally defined as up to 30 hours per week for 16 weeks.
Alternating co-op is defined as 30+ hours per week, sometimes
located away from campus, in another city or state. The Co-op
office recognizes that business needs fluctuate and/or students
sometimes prove to be unsatisfactory so that continued employment
beyond a work period may not be possible. However, except in cases
of extreme unsuitability, employers are expected to keep students
for the full term of a given work period. Once students undertake
a Co-op work assignment, there is no chance for them to adjust
their class schedules.
Quality of Work and Study: The quality of
work performed by Co-op students must meet the standards set by
employers. Similarly students must continue to meet the academic
standards set by the Cooperative Education Program. By mutual
agreement, students who do not perform satisfactorily either in
their work or their studies will be dropped from the program.
Remuneration: Employers determine the rates
of pay, keeping in mind the work assignments, the background and
educational levels of students, the work quality, and their own
established policies.
Please note that a separate Training
Agreement must be filled out for each semester that a student
works