SYLLABUS Executive Management Internship in Community ...

SYLLABUS
Executive Management Internship in Community College Leadership
Course Number: CCL 868
Course Title: Internship in Community College Leadership (3 credits)
Course Description: This supervised and applied experience will enable students to obtain
practical experience at a community college as a community college executive level manager
mentors them.
Purpose of Course: The purpose of this course is to allow students to obtain hands-on executive
level experience in a leadership role in a community college setting. The student will learn about
leadership skills at the community college by observing his or her site supervisor and by
completing leadership tasks associated with the site he or she has chosen. By the completion of
the internship it is expected that the student will feel relatively comfortable in the role he or she
has observed and practiced.
Course Objectives/Competencies:
1. To enable students to complete two to four hundred hours of internship experience at the
community college setting being mentored by a site supervisor who is in an executive
leadership role at the college.
2. To develop a set of learning objectives that would be achieved by the completion of a
practical work assignment within a particular administrative area in a community college
3. To communicate electronically with the intern, the University Internship Advisor, and the
Site Supervisor on progress and leadership experiences throughout the internship.
4. To research and define specific projects, activities and tasks that provide experiences that
develop personal characteristics of effective leadership.
5. To complete an internship log by delineating tasks and total time involved in completion
at the internship site.
6. To maintain a reflective journal of the internship experience and the ethical, professional,
multicultural, and legal issues related to the internship experiences.
7. The site supervisor completes an evaluation based on the goals set at the beginning of the
internship.
Course Requirements:
1. Successfully complete a minimum of 200 clock hours of internship-related activities for a
three-hour credit program that includes shadowing, observing and participation in
projects and leadership tasks.
2. Communicate in person or electronically with the University Internship Advisor and the
Site Supervisor.
3. Develop leadership objectives based on personal characteristics of effective leadership.
4. Define activities, projects and tasks based on defined leadership objectives.
5. Complete and submit the internship observation log noting tasks, date completed and
total hours involved.
6. Complete reflective journal of internship as it progresses and submit it at the end of the
semester.

Accommodating Students with Special Learning Needs:
In accordance with university policy, a student who wishes to receive some instructional
accommodation, because of a documented sensory and/or learning disability, should meet with
the instructor to discuss this accommodation.
Attendance:
Students are expected to complete the relevant number of hours at the internship site.
Grading:
Internship is pass/fail. To pass the internship students must:
A. Successfully complete a minimum of 200 hours (3 credits) at the internship site.
B. Communicate regularly with the site supervisor and university internship supervisor.
C. Be positively evaluated by the internship site supervisor/mentor.
D. Receive a passing grade on the development objectives and their results.
E. Receive a passing grade on the reflective journal.
F. Be positively evaluated by the university internship supervisor.
Honors Pledge:
I pledge to support the honor system of Old Dominion University. I will refrain from any form
of academic dishonesty or deception, such as cheating or plagiarism. I am aware that as a
member of the academic community, it is my responsibility to turn in all suspected violators of
the honor system. I will report to Honor Council hearings if summoned. By attending Old
Dominion University you have accepted the responsibility to abide by this code. This is an
institutional policy approved by the Board of Visitors.
Text and Readings
Parnell, D. (1997). Dateline 2000: The new higher education agenda. Washington, DC:
Community College Press.
Office Hours: By appointment
Course Sequencing and Prerequisites:
This course is intended for those students who do not have experience as a community college
administrator and/or those who wish to broaden their administrative experience by working in
another administrative area. Students can take six credits of internship over 2 semesters (300
hours of internship) or 3 credits of internship in each of two consecutive semesters (150 hours
each semester). Students must take the internship after completing 9 credit hours.
Course Content:
• Site supervision
• University Internship Advisor communicates regularly via electronic media.
• University Internship Advisor will confer with intern and site supervisor a minimum of
three times throughout the semester via electronic media.
• Completion of internship objectives
• Discussion of site activities
• Internship Observation Logs and Reflective Journal
Old Dominion University

Community College Leadership Doctoral Program
Internship Model
Program
Components Coursework Internship
Student
completes 9
Credit Hours
Comps,
Portfolio,
and
Dissertation
Student confers with University Internship Advisor
Graduation
Rejected
Student submits Internship
Application (Form A) for
university approval by
deadline
Approved
Student, University Internship
Advisor, and Site Supervisor complete
the Internship Agreement (Form B)
Student Registers for
CCL 768/868
Student completes
Internship Objectives
Logs (Form C)
Student maintains a
Reflective Journal
Student completes all other
requirements for internship
Student communicates
via electronic media
with University
Internship Advisor
Site Supervisor completes
Evaluation of Student (Form E)
Student completes
Student Evaluation (Form D)
Fail
University Internship Advisor completes
Acknowledgement of Internship (Form F)
Student completes internship
requirements
Pass