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What is Co-operative Education?
- An integration of a student’s academic study with practical work
experience
- An opportunity to obtain secondary school credits through supervised
work
placements with host employers
- An opportunity to apply and expand knowledge and skills learned in
the classroom
- Courses in various disciplines may be offered through the cooperative
education program, which can benefit all students, whatever their
postsecondary destination.
Who takes Co-op?
When does Co-op take place?
Where does Co-op happen?
- Students are placed in settings that provide challenging roles and
responsibilities
in the communities and surrounding area businesses
that support each of the local
high schools.
Why take Co-op?
Co-op gives students the opportunity to:
- Experience future careers
- Develop employability skills
- Strengthen interpersonal skills
- Increase an awareness of the importance of life long learning
How to apply?
- Contact the Co-op Coordinator in your high school.
- Request Co-op when registering for classes.
- Fill out an application form in the Co-op office of your school.
- Wait to be contacted for an interview
How Are Students Assessed?
- A qualified teacher will assess and evaluate a student’s progress in achieving the expectations identified in the student’s Personalized Placement Learning Plan through regular workplace monitoring visits (a minimum of three per credit).
- Student achievement is also assessed through:
- Written assignments, seminar presentations and reflective journals
- Career portfolios
- A culminating independent-study assignment that links the student’s cooperative education placement experience with the curriculum expectations of the related course
- Performance appraisals written by the placement supervisor (a minimum of two).
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