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What is Co-op?
• Co-operative Education (co-op) is a program that allows students to earn secondary school credits while completing a work placement in the community.
• A student’s co-op program consists of the co-operative education course, which is monitored by a co-op teacher, and the related curriculum course (that is, a course in any discipline, such as business studies, mathematics, or technological education).
- Every student in a co-op program must have a Personalized Placement Learning Plan (PPLP), which shows how the student’s related curriculum course is being applied at his or her co-op placement.
• The cooperative education course consists of a classroom component and a placement component. The classroom component includes 15 to 20 hours of pre-placement instruction, which prepares students for the workplace and includes instruction in areas of key importance such as health and safety, and classroom sessions held at various times during and after the placement, which provide opportunities for students to reflect on and reinforce their learning in the workplace.
• Co-op allows students to participate in valuable learning experiences that help prepare them for the next stage of their lives, whether in apprenticeship training, college, community living, university, or the workplace.
• Co-op placements are arranged for students by their school and must follow Ministry of Education policy and guidelines.
Source: Curriculum Document
• A student’s co-op program consists of the co-operative education course, which is monitored by a co-op teacher, and the related curriculum course (that is, a course in any discipline, such as business studies, mathematics, or technological education).
- Every student in a co-op program must have a Personalized Placement Learning Plan (PPLP), which shows how the student’s related curriculum course is being applied at his or her co-op placement.
• The cooperative education course consists of a classroom component and a placement component. The classroom component includes 15 to 20 hours of pre-placement instruction, which prepares students for the workplace and includes instruction in areas of key importance such as health and safety, and classroom sessions held at various times during and after the placement, which provide opportunities for students to reflect on and reinforce their learning in the workplace.
• Co-op allows students to participate in valuable learning experiences that help prepare them for the next stage of their lives, whether in apprenticeship training, college, community living, university, or the workplace.
• Co-op placements are arranged for students by their school and must follow Ministry of Education policy and guidelines.
Source: Curriculum Document