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It is important that the CEl nurtures his relationship with the employers and that he facilitates
constant communication between the student the employer and the academic institution.
2.2.3 Role and Responsibility Relative to the Institution
The CEl serves as a carnpus expert in the field of co-operative education. He should collaborate
with faculty members to ensure that the educational values of the experiential training programme
are achieved.
According to Porter (1981:18), co-operative education co-ordinators and teaching faculty members
are all dedicated to the educating of students. The co-ordinator is more involved with the students'
non-academic learning gained from practical experience, while the classroom teacher is primarily
interested in disseminating subject matter with an emphasis on the intellectual and the scholarly.
Active rapport with teaching faculty members should be established and maintained. The CEl
should conduct presentations and information sessions to inform the rest of the academic
institution about current events and developments in the co-operative education field. The
educational significance of co-operative education should be continuously enforced.
To stay informed and learn about the latest developments in his field, the CEl should attend
conferences relevant to co-operative education, be a member of professional societies relevant to
co-operative education, and enhance the professional development of co-operative education
through research.
The CEL must also represent the viewpoint of the academic institution's department of c0­
operative education on various institutional committees, where he should encourage ideas to
improve the functioning ofthe co-operative education programme.
Most importantly, the CEl should remember that he is a representative of the academic institution
and in most cases the only contact that the professional world will have with the academic
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