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Student Field Placement Procedure
 

Responsibilities


      Individual and departmental responsibilities are:

A.   Faculty - Once a student field placement opportunity is developed, the faculty member is to provide their student(s) with:         

  
1.  Guidelines and Limitations for Student Field Placement to be read and signed by the
        student, the community site supervisor, and the instructor.  Copies may be made and
        retained by all parties.
The original is to be sent to Procurement & Support
        Services.
 
   
  
2.  OCSL Student Registration Form to be completed. It is the instructor’s responsibility to
        collect these forms from the students.  Copies may be made and retained by all parties. 
        The original is to be sent to
the Office of Community Service Learning.

             B.  Student
 
                     1.   Each student is responsible for completing the required forms and obtaining the
                           necessary signatures.
 
                     2.   It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that these completed and signed forms are  
                           returned to their instructor and copies are given to the site supervisor:

Guidelines and Limitations for Student Field Placement

OCSL Student Registration Form

               C.  Procurement & Support Services

                     Procurement & Support Services, manages the partnership (contractual) agreements
                     between the university and organizations accepting student field placements.

                     Procurement & Support Services will respond to requests from faculty or staff to establish   
                     new organizational contracts by:
 
                        1.  Using the Student Field Placement Agreement Database to determine if the organization
                             has a valid agreement on file.

2.  If an agreement is not on file, Procurement & Support Services staff will prepare and mail the University-Community Partnership Agreement to the potential field placement site.

3.  Following up on any agreements not returned by the organization within fifteen (15) business days.

4.  Signing off acceptance of the agreement and distribute copies to the organization, the appropriate college staff and the university contract file.

5.  Entering and maintaining the agreement information in the Student Field Placement Agreement database.

6.  Responding to inquiries regarding contractual issues only.  Procurement & Support Services will refer any inquiries concerning student field placement issues to the Office of Community Service Learning or other appropriate college staff.

7.  Verifying that the organizations listed on the Guidelines and Limitations for Student Field Placement form have a valid agreement on file. Once this has been verified, Procurement & Support Services, will forward this form to Business Services, Safety and Risk Management. 

      D.  Office of Community Service Learning

       Office of Community Service Learning will receive and retain the OCSL Student 
 Registration Form
, and keep campus data on field placement students.

      E.  Business Services, Safety and Risk Management 

                       Business Services, Safety and Risk Management will be the final depository for the
                       Guidelines and Limitations for Student Field Placement
forms.  These documents will be
                       kept on file for a maximum of one-year if there is no report of an incident.

       F.  Environmental Health & Safety

                         Any injuries or accidents to students are to be reported by the student, faculty and/or
                        community organization to the Associate Director of Environmental Health & Safety,
                        ext. 4510, for investigation.


 

 

   

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