Starts in Grade 11 or Grade 12 with the Cooperative Education program.

1. Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) Starts in Grade 11 or Grade 12 with the Cooperative Education program. Students have an opportunity to become registered apprentices and work towards becoming certified journeypersons in a skilled trade while completing their secondary school diplomas.

2. Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) • Students start training in a skilled trade while completing the requirements for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma; • School to work transition by direct entry into apprenticeship training; • Employers have the opportunity to train the skilled workers they require; • Addresses the problem of skilled tradespeople shortages in general, and specifically the lack of young people joining the trades.

3. Allows students to focus their learning for an OSSD on a specific economic sector

4. Offers first hand training in the four career pathways: apprenticeship training, college, university, or the workplace.

6. Focus is in Grade 11 and 12 • Select an area of interest based on personal strengths and weaknesses. • Must take a bundle of courses that focus on the SHSM: • 4 major credits •             2 to 4 contextualized learning areas that support SHSM •             2 Cooperative education courses • Field trips, job shadowing, industry certificates (WHMIS, Standard First Aid, CPR) • Essential Skills and work habits required in the sector • Skills Passport (OSP) • Special Diploma with SHSM red seal

7. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/elearning/strategy.html

8. MISCONCEPTIONS

12. Determining the Needs of Special Students

15. eLearning Ontario Lead Teachers

16. Ontario Educational Resource Bank