• Cooperative Education is a partnership among education, business, industry and labour.
  • Cooperative Education assists you in making successful transitions to post secondary education, apprenticeship programs, or directly to the workplace.
  • Cooperative Education allows you to earn credits while exploring a career in a work site of your choice.  

What are the benefits for you ?

As a participant in a cooperative education program you:

  • Make career decision by developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable you to be successful in the work world of tomorrow.

  • Accumulate hundreds of hours of hands-on experience in a career field of your choice.

  • Make connections with people that can help you today and tomorrow.

  • Earn credits towards your high school diploma.

  • Work with current industry standard technology and equipment.

Who is Eligible ?

  • Students who plan to attend University and College and who wish to have first hand experience in an occupation of interest.

  • Students who wish to explore a particular occupation prior to making the transition from school to the workplace.

  • Students who are studying at all levels of difficulty and towards every post-secondary destination.

HOW TO REGISTER

1. Choose:

GRADE

CODE

LEVEL

# OF
CREDITS

11

GWL 301
&
GWL 30S

OPEN

3

12

GLS 40
1&
GLS 40W

OPEN

2

12

OYAP

OPEN

4 

12

CO-OP

OPEN

4

(OYAP - Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program)

2. Submit:
A completed co-operative education application form with option sheet (available from TAG teacher or Guidance.

As a participant in an Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, you:

  • earn credits towards your high school diploma
  • register as an apprentice and you may be exempted from or credited for some of the post-secondary apprenticeship in-school training course(s)
  • accumulate hundreds of hours of hands-on experience
  • make connections with people that can help you today and tomorrow
  • may “earn while you learn” to help off-set the cost of tools or future training.  

Who Is Eligible?

  • Students who are at least 16 years of age and have completed Grade 10 can register as apprentices.
  • Students must complete a minimum of three in-school credits per year.
  • To receive an OSSD, students must still complete all compulsory credits.

Apprenticeship Requirements

  • Students must be placed with a qualified employer/sponsor.

  • Students must fulfill all the requirements of an apprenticeship program including the in-school portion (unless they have earned the privilege of being exempted).

Monitoring

A Co-operative Education teacher will monitor to make sure that your educational requirements are being met.  As well, a Training Consultant from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities will monitor your progress to ensure that industry standards and training requirements are being met.

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