CCCIP OVERVIEW
The California Community College Internship Program (CCCIP) is a year-long program (Summer 2024-Spring 2025) coordinated through UC Irvine that provides qualifying graduate students interested in teaching the opportunity to gain valuable professional experience in a community college setting. Participating graduate students will receive the following:
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mentorship from current community college faculty,
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focused training and professional development,
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opportunities for in-classroom observations and teaching experiences,
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and other experiences aimed at preparing students for a community college faculty career, such as informational interviews, panel discussions with community college faculty and staff, and more.
Starting in the 2024-2025 academic year, the CCCIP will be open to UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. and M.F.A. students in all disciplines. Students must be enrolled full-time, be in good academic standing, and have advanced to candidacy prior to starting the program in Summer 2024.
Selected interns will receive a $7,500 fellowship for Summer 2024, during which they will engage in specialized professional development focused on course design, inclusive teaching, and career development. The internship activities at the assigned local community college then occur in the 2024-2025 academic year, with Fall 2024 required. Participating interns work with their assigned community college faculty mentor to fill out an Individualized Development Plan to outline the scope of the internship activities, which include teaching observation hours, reflection assignments, informational interviews, and more.
Please read the CCCIP webpage at UC Irvine for information about program requirements, timelines, and the application process. The link to apply (via a Google form) is also available on the CCCIP webpage.
Applications for the 2024-2025 CCCIP cohort are currently open and will close on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 11:59pm.
UC SANTA CRUZ CCCIP APPLICANTS
The Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) is funding UC Santa Cruz graduate student engagement in CCCIP in the 2024-2025 academic year. In the first year, we are able to fund up to 5 UCSC graduate student interns to participate in this program. In the application form, UCSC applicants will be asked to share their preference for being placed with one of two regional community colleges with whom we have developed relationships for this program: Hartnell College in Salinas, and West Valley College in Saratoga.
Graduate students from all disciplines who are interested in teaching at community colleges and who are dedicated to advancing equity, inclusion, and belonging are encouraged to apply. Our community college partners have noted a particular need for future hiring of instructors in the following areas: ethnic studies, computer science, chemistry, biology, and psychology. Graduate students who can teach in these areas are especially encouraged to consider this opportunity to build relationships and gain experience with these community college partners.
If you have questions about the program, please feel free to reach out to the TLC (tlc@ucsc.edu) or directly to the UC Irvine program coordinators (cccip@uci.edu).