Approves a no-cost five-year teacher and counselor intern partnership with Grand Canyon University
This memorandum of understanding (MOU) lets Grand Canyon University place teaching and pupil personnel services interns and fieldwork students in the district from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030. It costs the district nothing, except that some non-teaching interns may receive stipends drawn from nonprofit grants to the district, such as from the Ed Fund.
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- Vendor / partner
- Grand Canyon University · Phoenix, AZ
- Action
- MOU or data sharing
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- Staff & hiring
- Term
- Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2030
- Presented by
- Deputy Chief, Talent
- File
25-1638· agendaL.-57- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jun 25, 2025
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding and Interagency Agreement (MOU or Agreement) for an Internship and Practica Partnership Program-applying to credentials in TK-12 Teaching, including Multiple Subjects, Single Subjects, Designated Subjects, and Special Education Categories, including Added or Supplementary Authorizations and Early Completion Option; and including Pupil Personnel Services in Communicative Sciences & Disorders, Mental Health & Wellness, Counseling & Guidance, Education Intervention or Educational Therapy, Social Work, Administration, and other Pupil Personnel Services credentials and certifications, as may be specified; and including Fieldwork Experience for Master of Arts or Science and other Graduate-Level Degrees or Certifications with Emphasis in Pupil Personnel Services; and including Fieldwork Experience for Pre-Credential Candidate Undergraduate Students-is entered into by and between OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (District or OUSD), a public school district in the State of California, County of Alameda, and GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY (University or GCU), a for-profit, private, interdenominational Christian university in Phoenix, Arizona-for the term July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030 at no cost to the district other than for certain Non-Teaching Interns in PPS categories (Article 4/#2), who are not employees of the district but may be allocated stipends (Article 4/#3) drawn from non-profit organizational grants to the district (e.g. Ed Fund), administered by the relevant departments of the District. [See Fiscal Impact]
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report