Cooperative Work Experience Education

COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION

Willits, SPRING 2016

Cooperative Work Experience Education (CWEE) courses allow you to earn college credit for learning or improving knowledge and skills in the workplace. You can earn up to 8 units in one semester. Students can be paid employees, volunteers/interns, or self-employed, doing most any kind of work. Each unit you wish to earn requires that you work 75 hours (60 if unpaid) per semester (about 5 or 4 hours per week), and complete one Learning Objective. At the end of the semester you will also complete one self-assessment per Learning Objective. You will not have to come to classes (other than an initial orientation); all learning occurs on the job. CWEE units are CSU transferable and count towards financial aid.

GETTING STARTED:

• Go to the Cooperative Work Experience Education website (
• Click on “New and Prospective Students”and then “Step-by-Step Instructions” at the bottom of the page. Read this information, including all the links. This should take about an hour.
• You will need to complete certain forms as part of the course. All forms will be completed online. For your reference, you can view the forms by going to the main Student Instruction page and clicking on “Forms”.
• Attend an orientation! All students are required to attend an orientation*.Orientation meetings start ON TIME. If you are late you will not be admitted to the meeting.

Willits Orientation Schedule – Spring 2016

Day / Date / Time / Location
Tuesday / January 26th / 5:30-7 / 8002 * via teleconference from Ukiah
Wednesday / January 27th / 12-1:30 / 8002 * via teleconference from Ukiah
Friday / January 29th / 12-1:30 / 8002 * via teleconference from Ukiah
Tuesday / February 2nd / 12-1:30 / 8002 * via teleconference from Ukiah
Tuesday / February 2nd / 5:30-7 / 8002 * via teleconference from Ukiah

MAKING CONTACT:

• You can contact your CWEE instructor, Dan Jenkins at his office: 707-468-3047 or 707-468-3020. It is best to email him at

*A student may be excused from an orientation if the following conditions are met:

1. The student completed CWEE the previous semester with a grade of "A".
2. By the date and time of the final scheduled orientation, the student is enrolled in CWEE, has submitted a signed application, job description and draft objectives that meet course requirements
3. After submitting the documents the student received permission from the CWEE instructor to skip the orientation.
4. The student agrees to meet with the instructor during the semester when the instructor visits with the employer.