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Cooperative Education “ A Provincial Picture”

Cooperative Education “ A Provincial Picture”. OCEA Spring Conference “Successful Transitions” May 2005 By: Anne Sasman, Ministry of Education. Distribution of Students in Co-op By Grade, 2001-02 and 2002-03. Total Enrolment Provincial Figures. Double Cohort Study.

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Cooperative Education “ A Provincial Picture”

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  1. Cooperative Education“A Provincial Picture” OCEA Spring Conference “Successful Transitions” May 2005 By: Anne Sasman, Ministry of Education

  2. Distribution of Students in Co-op By Grade, 2001-02 and 2002-03

  3. Total Enrolment Provincial Figures

  4. Double Cohort Study • A.J.C. King, Principal Investigator, Queen’s University • Phase 3 Report, April 2004 • Sources of Information: OCAS & OUAC; MOE student transcript info; questionnaires school sample of 150 schools; interviews; school calendars & master timetables

  5. 19% OSSD to Work 29% leave before OSSD 33% to University 19% to CAATs Grade 9 Enrolment = 100% Student Destinations – Years 1999-2000 to Fall 2004 Source: Alan King, Double Cohort Study 2005 Estimates

  6. Post-Secondary Plans & Involvement in Co-op Grade 11 (2003)

  7. Location of Co-op Placements - % Grades 11 & 12 (2003)

  8. Reasons for Taking Co-op

  9. Other Trends • Fewer students taking Co-op in Grade 11 in 2003 probably due to earlier credit loss and increased graduation requirements • 68% of Grade 12 students not taking Co-op cited logistical constraints, only 32% said they were not interested • Almost ¼ of returning Grade 12 students take Co-op

  10. Provincial Initiatives ImpactingCo-op

  11. Student Success Program • “Every student deserves a good outcome” • $51M per year • Focus-Literacy, Numeracy & Program Pathways • Pathways to Employability • Two new courses: Discovering the Workplace (GLD20), Navigating the Workplace (GLN40)

  12. Student Success – New Announcement • Additional 1,300 secondary teachers by 2007-2008 for English-language public boards (numbers for other jurisdictions soon) aimed at reducing the number of drop-outs/improving graduation rates • Student Success teachers in every school to work with struggling students • More sections of applied, LDCC, workplace/ college prep., ESL, Co-op related courses, alternative programs

  13. Technological Education • $20M: 2004-05 Funding for broad-based technological education capital equipment • $25M additional grant for technological education needs for all tech. subjects • Boards must develop multi-year plans addressing 5 Areas: Program Pathways,Community Partnerships, Professional Development & Capacity for Leadership, Curriculum & Equipment/Facility

  14. Learning to 18 Pilot Funding • February – June 2005 to scale up programs aimed at reducing drop-outs; re-engaging youth who left without diploma; providing school-to-work & school-to-apprenticeship programs • $18 M for 105 Projects: program pathways to apprenticeship and other sectors, alternative programs to re-engage students; programs tore-connect drop-outs; credit recovery & remediation; targeted groups—aboriginal, homeless; expansionof Co-op; college link programs; programming strategies for Grade 9 & 10

  15. Ontario Skills Passport • The OSP is now available at http://skills.edu.gov.on.ca; username is: osp; password is: password • Boards have received $18K to build capacity for its use in two new courses (GLD20, GLN40) and in Co-op programs • OSP training via web conference facilitated through Curriculum Services Canada

  16. Provincial Supports for Co-op Teachers PPLP and Assessment & Evaluation Workplace Health & Safety

  17. PPLP Training & Resources • Personalized Placement Learning Plan (PPLP) Components and Related Rich Tasks — Quality samples (30) including GLD20 & GLN40 • Web-based training on developing PPLPs and Assessment & Evaluation (on-going) • Both available at www.curriculum.org.

  18. Success – 5 Years of Health and Safety 19992004/02005 15 young worker deaths that year 24% reduction in serious (lost time) injuries reported by Ontario teens 45,000 injuries reported to WSIB 5 young worker fatalities in 2004 (3 teens). None to date in 2005. 3 high profile YW fatalities in the previous 5 years 45% reduction in traumatic injuries of young Ontario workers from 1999 – 2003 (reported by Canadian Hospitals). All other provinces are the same or have increased up to 25% YWAP student awareness program Ministry of Education WSIB premiums for cooperative education students cut in half and surcharges eliminated. WSIB social marketing – posters, radio and TV ads Live Safe! Work Smart! Binders and CDs: Grade 9/10 and 11/12 First year of health and safety in the new 4 year Live Safe! Work Smart! For cooperative Education Curriculum WorkSmartOntario website and resources Live Safe! Work Smart! Grade 9/10 launched in Fall of 2000 through Education training sessions Live Safe! Work Smart! For teachers of students with special learning needs YWAP and WSIB Social Marketing still in place: Rob Ellis presentations reinforce teacher messages across the province

  19. 24% reduction in serious (lost time) injuries to Ontario teens in just 3 years!

  20. Passport to Safety is national online health and safety challenge designed to provide young people with the basic knowledge of health and safety they need to be ready for job-specific training in a workplace. When they've successfully completed the challenge students receive a certificate to attach to their resumes. Thanks to funding from the WSIB, Passport to Safety tests and lifetime memberships for your students are FREE (regular cost $9). • Over 80,000 memberships/test have been ordered by Ontario teachers • Manitowadge High school: 99% of the school population completed the test and won a • MUCH video dance party for their school • In Sault Ste Marie, a Co-op teacher ensured every student completed Passport to Safety • for their portfolios to bring for their job interviews. A student arriving at Soo Mill was told • by the employer they would be required to complete Passport to Safety. The student was • able to produce the certificate/transcript from their school portfolio. Brilliant! • To keep the funding going which makes the test FREE for Ontario, teachers must ORDER • and USE the free tests Check out: www.PassporttoSafety.com and follow the link for Ontario Teachers to access more information, the order form and more!

  21. Passport to Prosperity • Employer recruitment & marketing campaign • In 26 communities across the province Business Education Councils and Local Training Boards facilitate partnerships between schools & the business community to provide opportunities for students • Over 23,000 employers have joined the campaign • Key partners: Human Resources Professionals of Ontario, Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Toronto Board of Trade

  22. The Challenges Facing Co-op2005 - 2010 • Developing program models to meet the needs of: • Students at risk of dropping out or who have dropped out and would benefit from Co-op • Pathways programs where students do early and multiple Co-op placements • Students with special needs

  23. Further Challenges • Expanding the placement base to more closely reflect the career interests of students • Supporting more students doing experiential learning—earlier and more frequent job shadowing, work experience, Co-op • Maintaining credibility of credit with strong PPLPs with Assessment & Evaluation based on related course.

  24. To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness." -John Dewey Why Experiential Learning?

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