Approves a no-cost teacher-intern and fieldwork partnership with Pepperdine University through 2030
This memorandum of understanding (a partnership agreement) lets Pepperdine University place its students and interns in district schools for fieldwork and credential programs. It runs from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030 and costs the district nothing, except that some non-teaching interns may get stipends paid from nonprofit grants such as the Ed Fund. It covers teaching credentials, including special education, and graduate fieldwork.
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- Vendor / partner
- Pepperdine University
- Action
- MOU or data sharing
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- Staff & hiring
- Term
- Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2030
- Presented by
- Deputy Chief, Talent
- File
25-2397· agendaO.-7- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Oct 22, 2025
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding and Interagency Agreement (MOU or Agreement) for an Intern Partnership Program and Practica Program-applying to credentials in TK-12 Teaching, including Multiple Subjects, Single Subjects, Designated Subjects, and Special Education Categories, including Added or Supplementary Authorizations; including Fieldwork Experience for Master of Arts in Education and other Graduate-Level Degrees or Certifications in a Departmental, Clinical or School-Based Program with emphasis on Classroom Teaching, Pupil Personnel Services, or Administrative 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 Pepperdine University (University or PU), a California, non-profit public benefit corporation-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 or Administrative Services categories (Article 6/#6), who are not employees of the District but may be allocated stipends (Article 6/#6) 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