Elle DuBois
Room 207
Phone: (949)582-4990

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
9am to 5pm
Closed Weekends

Application for Enrollment Form

The Application for Enrollment form gives the instructor and the CWE office important student information that may be needed during the semester. This form should be returned to the CWE office in TAS 207 by the third week of the semester.

1. Student personal information (name, address, etc.) including number of units taken during the current semester, number of CWE units requested and the major or certificate program the student is enrolled in at Saddleback College.

2. Employer information including name, address, weekly hours worked, paid or volunteer status, and Worker's Compensation benefit information.

Learning Objectives Form

Under California Law, a community college may grant unit credit for Cooperative Work Experience Education. Each of the three parties - the college, the employer, and the student - must mutually agree in writing to a plan, known as the "Job Oriented Learning Objectives". The objectives form should be completed and signed by the supervisor by the fifth week of instruction. The final evaluation of the completed objectives with all final signatures should be returned to the instructor by the end of the semester.

Definition:
A learning objective is a measurable goal that you set for yourself (with the help of your supervisor) to be accomplished through your work experience. It will make use of some new habits, skills or information above and beyond your routine performance on-the-job.

The Learning Objectives form serves three purposes:

1. It is a record of the specific objectives that the student has identified for the current semester.

2. It is a record of how well the student has accomplished these objectives. This rating is given by a representative of the firm for which the student works and is used by the student as a self-evaluation. The instructor rating is recorded in the official school records as the student's grade for the course.

3. It is the employer's certification of the average number of hours that a student works each week. 

The first thing a student should do is to decide on three very specific things to strive to learn on the job. These three objectives must be very specific so the student can measure his/her achievement. At the same time, the objectives must be something that can be finished by the end of the semester. The following are some guidelines to assist students in writing three learning objectives. 

Categories of Learning Objectives:
Generally job-oriented learning objectives are included in one of the four categories below; so choose from these following category types to form your objectives.

1. New Assignments: Have you recently been assigned new duties? If so you are probably having many new learning experiences that can be stated in objective form. If you have no new job assignments can new policies or procedures be developed for your job that will result in saving time, materials, or costs?

2. Routine Duties: Do you have need for some specific improvements in accomplishing the day to day functions on your job?

3. Problem Solving Goals: Is there a specific problem in your work area that can be solved with measurable results?

4. Personal Goals: Can improvements be made in relations with co-workers or supervisors?

Click here to learn How to Write Objectives.

Evaluation of Student by Employer Form

This form is to be filled out by the student's work site supervisor at the end of the semester. The work supervisor will discuss the evaluation with the instructor during the end of the semester meeting at the work site and the instructor will keep this evaluation for the student file. This information will help the instructor give the student the final grade they have earned for the semester. The student can study the Evaluation of Student by Employer form to see how they will be evaluated thus giving them a better understanding of what is expected of them during the Cooperative Work Experience Education course.

Evaluation of Program by Student Form

In order to keep the Cooperative Work Experience program as viable and efficient as possible we ask the students to evaluate the program from their experience. This evaluation will help us to make any needed changes in our procedures and practices. This evaluation should be completed at the end of the semester and returned to the CWE office in TAS 207.

Student Time Report Form

Credit for work experience is based on a certain number of hours worked. The Student Time Report verifies the actual number of hours worked each week to justify unit credit.

Students will fill in the number of hours worked for each week of the semester. If work begins at 8:00 a.m. and finishes at 5:00 p.m., students will compute the number of hours worked. Example: eight hours a day, five days a week would be forty hours for that week. DO NOT include lunchtime as hours worked. Holidays and vacation days ARE NOT to be included as hours worked. DO NOT list hours worked as "9-5" or "12 to 5", just list the total amount of hours worked per week. At the end of the semester the student will total all hours worked and indicate hours in the appropriate space. At the end of the semester the student and their supervisor must verify the hours worked and BOTH MUST SIGN the Time Report. Students will give the signed time sheet to their instructor. The CWE student must have all forms completed, signed and returned to the appropriate recipient by the end of the semester. These documents will make up the student's individual file that is kept in the CWE office. Student's failure to complete their file will result in an incomplete grade. A complete file must have:

1. Application for Enrollment Form (Online)
   or
   Application for Enrollment (Mail-In)

2. Learning Objectives Form

3. Student Time Report

4. Supervisor's Evaluation Form

5. Program Evaluation (Student)