COVID-19

Glendie Domingo | 415-338-3340 | glendie@sfsu.edu

• Service Learning Placement & Compliance support for all courses/programs within all Colleges

• Students enrolled in an academic internship (AI) and/or community service learning (CSL) course must be given a virtual learning option if the student wishes. 
• Faculty/departments are working with students to provide as much flexibility and accommodation as allowed to support you without penalty, in regards to alternative experiences and assignments. 
• Note: The below processes do not apply to teacher preparation (credential) placements or clinical placements including social work, nursing, counseling, physical therapy or occupational therapy as these programs have created processes specific to their programs as aligned with CSU CO guidelines. If you are seeking more information about these site placements, please directly contact your program department and/or field placement director. 

Remote/Virtual: Follow required action steps below.

1. Please check in with your course instructor to ensure your placement site fulfills course requirements.

2. Before placement, check in ICCE to ensure that the organization that you will be doing your internship/service learning experience is an “approved University partner”. All “approved” site placements have a Learning Site Placement Agreement (LPSA) with the University and are listed on ULink. If your site placement is not listed on ULink, please contact ICCE.

3. Before placement, please review and submit the Fall 2020 Student Informed Consent & COVID-19 Info. Packet

4. Before placement: if you are doing any AI/CSL activity in-person (includes hybrid), you must view and complete the preventing COVID-19 and commit to prevention strategies training titled, “SFSU: Student Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Although, this training has a on-campus in-person activities focus, the COVID-19 practices covered apply to any location outside the home. If you need any assistance accessing the training, please contact ICCE.  You can view and complete the COVID-19 training on the CSU Student Skillportsite. You will be asked for your SF State single-sign on credentials (student ID and password). Complete the training and print out a copy of your certificate of completion.

All signed consent forms and a copy of your certificate of completion can be submitted to your course instructor.

• On-site (physical)/in-person on-campus or at third-party site: Students should not be compelled to participate in an on-site (physical) internship and should work with their course instructor and site supervisor to consider alternative remote options. Faculty/departments are working with students to provide as much flexibility and accommodation as allowed to support you without penalty, in regards to alternative experiences and assignments. 
• Note: The below processes do not apply to teacher preparation (credential) placements or clinical placements including nursing, counseling, physical therapy or occupational therapy as these programs have created processes specific to their programs as aligned with CSU CO guidelines. If you are seeking more information about these site placements, e.g., social work, health education, counseling, etc., please directly contact your program department and/or field placement director. 

On-site (physical): If the student chooses to voluntarily complete their activity on-site, students must complete the required action steps below.

1. Check in with your course instructor to ensure your site placement fulfills course requirements.   

2. Before placement, check in ICCE to ensure that the organization that you will be doing your internship/service learning experience is an “approved University partner”. All “approved” site placements have a Learning Site Placement Agreement (LPSA) with the University and are listed on ULink. If your site placement is not listed on ULink, please ICCE.

3. Before placement, please review and submit the Fall 2020 Student Informed Consent & COVID-19 Info. Packet

4. Before placement, you must view and complete the preventing COVID-19 and commit to prevention strategies training titled, “SFSU: Student Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Although, this training has a on-campus in-person activities focus, the COVID-19 practices covered apply to any location outside the home. If you need any assistance accessing the training, please contact ICCE.  You can view and complete the COVID-19 training on the CSU Student Skillportsite. You will be asked for your SF State single-sign on credentials (student ID and password). Complete the training and print out a copy of your certificate of completion.

   All signed consent forms and a copy of your certificate of completion can be submitted to your course instructor.

• Yes, both virtual/ remote and on-site (physical) placements will be allowed. With the SF State Budget & Logistics Fall planning committee recommendations, President Mahoney has approved Academic Affairs (in consultation with SF State Enterprise Risk Management) proposed plan that academic internships and service learning placement activities be allowed for fall 2020 in accordance to CSU Chancellor’s Office issued memo, Experiential Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Policy # 8388232 to provide updated advisory for fall 2020 for-credit experiential learning programs to reduce and address risk. Please note, that University guidelines state that on-site (physical) internships (clinical or otherwise) cannot be required of students this upcoming semester (fall 2020). 

• Students enrolled in an academic internship (AI) and/or community service learning (CSL) course must be given a virtual learning option whenever possible. Faculty and/or departments must offer flexibility through alternative assignments and/or practices to support students complete the required hours to obtain academic credit without penalty.

• If students voluntarily choose to participate in an on-site (physical) placement, the student must be placed at an approved placement site that has a  Learning Site Placement Agreement (LPSA) with the University. Note: we will work with students to complete a “No LPSA Acknowledgement” form, if needed. 

• Before on-site (physical placement, students must have completed thefall 2020 Student Informed Consent & COVID-19 Info. Packetand the online COVID-19 training

For more information, please contact the respective ICCE coordinator:

• CHSS & CLCA Internship courses: Michelle Chu | michelec@sfsu.edu
• CoSE & Lam Family CoB and Early Fieldwork (non-credential program) Internship courses: Eunice Kim | eunicek@sfsu.edu
• College of Ethnic Studies Internship courses: Glendie Domingo | glendie@sfsu.edu
• CSL designated courses within all Colleges: Glendie Domingo | glendie@sfsu.edu

COVID-19 Information for course syllabi 

Community Engaged Learning in Times of Social Distancing, Isolation, and Quarantine