Cooperative Education is a ministry-approved program that provides students with a wide variety of rigorous learning opportunities connected to communities outside the school. It allows students to earn secondary school credits through an experiential learning placement that connects to a related course either previously or concurrently taken by the student.
Benefits of Cooperative Education:
Participation in the Co-op Program has numberous benefits, such as:
- Exploring career choices
- Increasing awareness of workplace demands and needs
- Developing transferable skills and global competencies
- Applying classroom theory to workplace experience
- Earning credits for secondary school diploma (2 compulsory and unlimited optional)
- 2 Credits are an essential component of the Specialist High Skills Major program
- Credits can substitute for certain courses within the SHSM and STEM programs
- Building a network for future employment
- Providing the skills and training for a smoother school-to work transition
- Hours worked contribute towards apprenticeship experience (OYAP)
- Enhancing acceptance possibilities to post-secondary/training programs
How does it work?
Cooperative Education is offered as a 2 or 4 credit option:
- 2 credits are offered as either a morning or afternoon placement
- 4 credits are earned in a full day placement
Who is it For?
Cooperative Education students are typically in their senior grades(11/12) in high school, with each student pursuing a post-secondary pathway: university, college, apprenticeship, or the workplace.
Relevant websites:
If you're interested in Co-op, check out the websites below for more information!
https://www.tdsb.on.ca/high-school/your-school-day/curriculum/experiential-learning
www.oyaptdsb.com