Sets up a five-year, no-cost teacher and counselor intern partnership with USC's Rossier School of Education
This memorandum of understanding (MOU) sets up intern and fieldwork programs with the University of Southern California for teaching credentials and for pupil personnel services such as counseling, social work and mental health. It runs July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031 at no cost to the district, except that some non-teaching interns may get stipends paid from nonprofit grants to the district.
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- Vendor / partner
- University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education
- Action
- MOU or data sharing
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- Staff & hiring
- Term
- Jul 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2031
- Presented by
- Deputy Chief, Talent
- File
26-0723· agendaO.-13- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Apr 22, 2026
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of 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 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; including Fieldwork Experience for Master of Arts or Science and other Graduate-Level Degrees or Certifications with Emphasis in Pupil Personnel Services; 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 University of Southern California, on behalf of its Rossier School of Education (University or USC), a California nonprofit, private University-for the term July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031 at no cost to the District other than for certain Non-Teaching Interns in PPS 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