Cooperative education and work experience programs offer students another way of expanding their interests and exploring their career options. Cooperative education is a planned learning experience in the community that complements and enhances school courses and provides students with an opportunity to learn and to apply their skills and knowledge in practical situations. Courses in various disciplines may be offered through the cooperative education program, which can benefit all students, whatever their postsecondary destination. Students receive credit based on evaluations of their performance in the work placement.
Work experience can also be gained through short-term work placements (from one to four weeks) that complement classroom instruction in a given course and are evaluated as part of the student’s work in that course.
The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program enables students in Grades 11 and 12 to complete their high school diploma while starting their apprenticeship training. Students earn credits for their workplace experience in the apprenticeship program, and the time they spend in the placement counts towards their apprenticeship training requirement.
More detailed information about work placements can be obtained from your local high school.
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apprenticeship program and plans a combination of college and
work preparation courses for Grades 11 and 12. She meets with her guidance
counsellor regularly to ensure that she has the right combination of in-school
courses, work experience, and cooperative education to meet both her diploma
and her apprenticeship requirements. Upon graduation, Sarah will have the
choice of continuing her apprenticeship training or entering a college
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