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What is Co-op?

What is Co-op?. Co-op is an opportunity for you to: Gain practical work experience in areas that complement your personal strengths, interests, and educational needs. Co-op can help you make one of the most important decisions of your life. By attending school and gaining

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What is Co-op?

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  1. What is Co-op? Co-op is an opportunity for you to: Gain practical work experience in areas that complement your personal strengths, interests, and educational needs.

  2. Co-op can help you make • one of the most important decisions • of your life. • By attending school and gaining • valuable work experience in the community, • you can experience the best of both worlds.

  3. Explore career opportunities and confirm career decisions before starting post-secondary education including apprenticeships. • Build an evidence-based career portfolio to support the application process for work, college or university.

  4. Establish contacts in the workplace • for networking opportunities and gain • references for future employment. • Earn multiple credits towards your • high school diploma. • Develop the marketable skills necessary • for success in the real world.

  5. General Information and Prerequisites • Co-operative education course must be tied to a related in-school course. • The related course may be taken prior to or at the • same time as the co-operative education course. • Includes a classroom component (pre-employment • and integration activities), and a placement • component. • 16 completed credits needed to apply • Excellent attendance record

  6. Procedure for Applying February – Course selection - Student’s choose Co-op. * March – Guidance gives a list of potential candidates for co-op. March/April – Information session for all potential co-op students. (You will receive an application form and two teacher reference forms. Required completion date will be given at that time.) April/May – Final selection of co-op students. • *Three co-op codes to be used on option sheets: • COP TEC (For all technical co-op) • COP FAS (For Fast Forward students in any co-op area) • COP GEN (For all other co-op areas)

  7. What is OYAP? The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) is a specialized cooperative education program that enables high school students to get a head start on their career as a skilled trades professional while still in high school. Students earn credits toward their apprenticeship and high school diploma - at the same time with no delay in graduation!

  8. Potential Placements

  9. Q & A • What are centralized placements? • How do I find my placement? • How do I get to my placement? • Do you get a bus pass? • If I know someone who will take me on as co-op student, can I go there? • How many hours per day do I have to work at my placement? • Is there any paper or bookwork involved with co-op? • How do I get signed up as an apprentice? • Do you get paid? • If I am taking a Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM), does my co-op • have to be tied to one of the major courses? • What is the difference between Co-op & OYAP?

  10. The more information you have the easier and the better decision you can make!!! The opportunities for co-op are unlimited! For more information, see Mr. Cipolla in A117

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