Title
Authorize the Director of Human Resources or designee, to execute a Student Placement Agreement between the County of Monterey and Walden University for student intern placement retroactive for the term August 28th, 2023, through August 31st, 2026.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors authorize the Director of Human Resources or designee, to execute a Student Placement Agreement between the County of Monterey and Walden University for student intern placement retroactive for the term August 28th, 2023, through August 31st, 2026.
SUMMARY:
The Human Resources Department request the Board of Supervisors to accept and approve a Student Placement Agreement between the County of Monterey and Walden University for student intern placement.
The Countywide Internship Program (Internship Program) was authorized by the Board of Supervisors on August 1, 2017. The primary objective of the program is to promote student awareness of the diversity of County careers, enhance education and training for the local student population, strengthen overall recruitment of a future workforce, and augment and support a wide range of County functions through avoided cost. Since the launch of the Internship Program initiated in February 2020, the Internship Program has provided over 100 internships as part of student participants' field education and/or service-learning requirements for their respective fields of study.
In order to continue to expand the Internship Program and allow students to receive educational credits during their internship, the Human Resources Department proposes to establish a Student Placement Agreement with the County of Monterey and Walden University for the term August 28th, 2023 through August 31st, 2026. Approval would allow for the continued growth of the Countywide Internship Program's mission "to provide internships that enhance student's educational objectives, strengthen career awareness, and promote public ser...
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