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C Key Perfonn<strong>an</strong>ce Areas<br />

Relative to students<br />

• Develops relev<strong>an</strong>t co-operative education material.<br />

• Provides students with guidelines regarding <strong>the</strong> co-operative education process <strong>an</strong>d<br />

procedures.<br />

• Helps students set appropriate goals responsive to <strong>the</strong>ir particular needs.<br />

• Encourages <strong>an</strong>d motivates students.<br />

• Conducts group orientation sessions.<br />

• Gives guid<strong>an</strong>ce to students regarding <strong>the</strong> writing <strong>of</strong> CVs, business letters, etc.<br />

• Prepares students for placement interviews.<br />

• Evaluates <strong>the</strong> possible placement opportunities for each student<br />

• Keeps parameters like grades, personal qualities, geographic <strong>an</strong>d tr<strong>an</strong>sportation<br />

preferences in mind when placing students.<br />

• Approves placement sites before placing students.<br />

• Conducts follow-up activities regarding all placements.<br />

Makes periodic visits to each student<br />

•<br />

• Verifies that <strong>the</strong> studenfs placement site activities are related to <strong>the</strong> co-operative<br />

education programme.<br />

•<br />

•<br />

Evaluates <strong>the</strong> studenfs employment experience closely.<br />

Gives continuing feedback to <strong>the</strong> students regarding <strong>the</strong>ir progress in <strong>the</strong> co-operative<br />

education programme.<br />

Relative to employers<br />

• Establishes effective communication links between new student employers <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong><br />

institution.<br />

• Assists new student employers in developing <strong>an</strong>d operating <strong>the</strong> co-operative education<br />

programme.<br />

• Maintains effective communication links between existing student employers <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong><br />

institution.<br />

• Responds to employer enquiries regarding tha co-operative education programme.<br />

• Communicates regularly with established student employers to check on <strong>the</strong> studenfs<br />

<strong>job</strong> perform<strong>an</strong>ce, to solve possible problems <strong>an</strong>d to <strong>an</strong>swer <strong>an</strong>y questions.<br />

• Encourages student employers to consider <strong>the</strong> co-operative education programme as<br />

part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir long-term pl<strong>an</strong>ning.<br />

• Acts as <strong>an</strong> interpreter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> institutional goals, policies, procedures <strong>an</strong>d services relative<br />

to <strong>the</strong> employer.<br />

• Provides possible employers with student information.<br />

Relative to <strong>the</strong> institution<br />

• Encourages ideas to improve <strong>the</strong> functioning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> co-operative education programme.<br />

• Serves as a campus expert in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> co-operative education.<br />

• Continuously reinforces <strong>the</strong> educational signific<strong>an</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> co'OI>,rative education.<br />

Relative to administration<br />

• Develops <strong>an</strong>d maintains a database <strong>of</strong> student <strong>an</strong>d employer information.<br />

• Maintains student records for placement purposes.<br />

• S€lec\s students for participation in <strong>the</strong> co-operative education programme.<br />

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