Employers

The Site Supervisor agrees to:

1. Provide a field learning experience that permits the student to meet his/her learning objectives.
2. Provide supervision that emphasizes the student’s safety as well as the learning objectives.
3. Clarify to permanent employees the expectations of the student’s learning experience.
4. Notify BVU in a timely manner of any serious problems related to the field learning experience, including a need to terminate student’s placement.
5. Furnish all necessary training, supplies and equipment.
6. Communicate periodically with BVU representatives regarding student’s work performance.
7. Complete a final evaluation on a designated form at the end of each semester.

Required Forms

Internship Agreement
Internship Evaluation

Unpaid Labor - Six Criteria

Unpaid student employment will not violate the Fair Labor Standards Act if it is a training program which meets the following criteria:

1. The training should be similar to that given in a vocational setting. 2. The experience is for the benefit of the student.
3. Students do not displace regular employees.
4. The site sponsor provides the training and receives no immediate advantage from the activities of students.
5. Students are not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the training period.
6. The site sponsor and student understand that the student is not entitled to wages for the time spent in training.