Undergrad and Practicum Students
We have a place for you!
- Student work-study jobs
- Practicum classroom experiences for coursework
- Student internships (education, family science, public health)
- Jumpstart AmeriCorps
- Volunteer experiences
Jobs at CPDC
Interested in a job at CPDC? We’d love to have you. CPDC has one of the largest pools of student workers on campus!
All majors can find a home at CPDC. Culinary majors do well to support our kitchen procedures, family science and education majors are fantastic classroom teaching assistants, speech path and health fields work keeping assessments and milestone monitoring current. Any other students with a child-life, young family, or service-oriented mindset do well at CPDC.
Go to the university Careers page to apply. Once you apply, email atdoughty@muw.edu and let us know you are on campus, and can set up a time to interview.
Next, determine if you are a federal or institutional student worker. Check with Financial Aid. You’ll need to qualify and complete your FASFA for federal work-study. Financial Aid will give you the Federal Work-Study Authorization Form for the department.
If you are a federal student worker, email atdoughty@muw.edu to make an appointment to bring the Federal Work-Study Authorization Form to be signed.
What will you be doing in a work-study CPDC classroom assistant position?
- Assisting teachers in all functions of the classroom environment (cleaning, supporting self-help, running small groups and centers)
- Implementing responsive caregiving to children
- Supporting children with special needs
- Gaining invaluable experience working with a team, children, and families
This position does require a university-specific human resources background check and a childcare/healthcare Letter of Suitability with the State of Mississippi. (CPDC will assist with the Letter of Suitability once your placement is finalized with human resources.)
Practicum and Work Study Students
- The first FIVE, especially the first THREE years of life, matter more than any other time. You are an important part of the learning in the CPDC. Value and understand your role and importance.
- This is not a daycare environment. This is an early education setting. Do your research to understand and support the difference.
- This document will help you understand requirements of our learning environment.
- All students and/or volunteers must have an individual code set up in Brightwheel to check in and out during their classroom work or volunteer time.
- All staff, students and volunteers must complete a minimum 1-hour orientation as Mississippi Licensure requires.
- Work with your primary lead teacher in advance on assignments. You will remain there once you are committed to an assignment in a classroom. CPDC has agreements with the Office of Field Placement for you to stay in the classrooms as assigned.
- For Education students: You will be evaluated using the TIAI regularly.
- ALL practicum students, any major or internship, will be evaluated using the EPP-wide Professional Dispositions Tool.
- Dress code for CPDC is Professional Business Casual. T-Shirts and Scrubs are allowed due to the active environment as long as shirts and prints are appropriate. Tanks, crops, spaghetti straps, off-shoulder, and halters are prohibited. Athletic wear (sports bras and athletic running-tight or short shorts are inappropriate). Comfortable closed-toe shoes are required. Flip-flops, wedges, and heels are inappropriate for a caregiver with young children. You will play and get up and down off the floor as needed. See the CPDC staff and family handbook for more information.