Benefits for the Student
· By participating in on-site job activities, co-op students learn to make informed decisions about potential career choices.
· Students are trained in job preparation skills, resume preparation; interview practice; portfolio preparation.
· Students make connections between in-school learning and life-long learning.
· Students develop the work habits, attitude, and essential job skills necessary for successful transition to both post-secondary learning institutions and the work force.
· Students forge links with members of the workforce in their communities.
· Students are learning to identify and articulate their own personal strengths and skills in the workplace.
· Students may register as OYAP students, and gain hours and links to apprenticeship training.
· Students are trained in job preparation skills, resume preparation; interview practice; portfolio preparation.
· Students make connections between in-school learning and life-long learning.
· Students develop the work habits, attitude, and essential job skills necessary for successful transition to both post-secondary learning institutions and the work force.
· Students forge links with members of the workforce in their communities.
· Students are learning to identify and articulate their own personal strengths and skills in the workplace.
· Students may register as OYAP students, and gain hours and links to apprenticeship training.
Why should parents encourage their son/daughter to take co-op?
· Students are made aware of and trained in expectations around safety and health issues in the workplace.
· Parents and students have the opportunity to have meaningful dialogue around career choices and preparation for employment, based in authentic job experiences
· Students are provided with job placements based on individual and personalized interests, so that they can experience first-hand what future careers might best suit their talents and needs.
Source: Co-op documents from UCDSB
· Parents and students have the opportunity to have meaningful dialogue around career choices and preparation for employment, based in authentic job experiences
· Students are provided with job placements based on individual and personalized interests, so that they can experience first-hand what future careers might best suit their talents and needs.
Source: Co-op documents from UCDSB
