College Heights Secondary School
Continuous Intake Cooperative Education Program
- Course OutlineCollege Heights Secondary School , 371 College Ave. W., Guelph, ON N1G 1T3
Phone #: 519-821-4510 Shelldale 519-824-8498
Shelldale Hours : Mon – Friday 9am-11:45am and Tuesday and Thursday 1:00pm-2:30 pm
Mr. Ron Aimola, ron.aimola@ugdsb.on.ca, Cell 226-820-2651
Beth Parks beth.parks@ugdsb.on.ca 519-821-4510 ext. 362
Cooperative Education is a unique learning opportunity that extends the learning in one or more related subjects into
the workplace. The opportunity to experience business, industry and the community helps students explore career
options and gather information they need to make informed decisions about their post secondary destination. Students
increase their self-knowledge while developing valuable transferable skills and gain an understanding of the importance
of attitude, teamwork and personal management skills in the workplace.
Continuous Intake Cooperative Education programs takes the Cooperative Education curriculum off campus with a
one on one student support model to create an individualized Cooperative Education program for each student.
The Course component of Co-op helps students:
Prepare for the work placement (pre-placement orientation)
Make connections, regularly throughout the semester, between experiences in the workplace, in school learning
and future career paths (integration)
Reflect on and analyze their experiences in the workplace
During the pre-placement orientation, the cooperative education teacher meets with the student to begin development of
the student’s personalized placement learning plan.
The placement component of Co-op provides students with the opportunity to:
Expand and apply the knowledge and skills learned in a school subject in a workplace setting
What will you be expected to learn? (Key Learnings)
Classroom Component
In this course, you will be expected to provide that you have developed an understanding of:
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4.
5.
Job Readiness
Health and Safety
Rights and Responsibilities
Reflective Learning
Workplace Opportunities and Challenges
Placement Component
The Key Learnings (of the related course) as appropriate to the work placements will be outlined on your
Personalized Placements Learning Plan.
Key Assessment Tasks
Pre-Placement
Component
resume, cover letter, application form, interview with employer
safety test, knowledge of accident reporting procedure and
employee rights/responsibilities
Integration
Component
weekly logs, reflective assignments
summary reflections, exit resume
Placement
Component
performance appraisals by placement supervisor (2 per term)
assessment by monitoring teacher
You will be expected to demonstrate your understanding of these key learnings through your
knowledge, thinking, communication and application of the learning.
Knowledge
Emphasizes the ability to recall factual information, recognize fundamental concepts and the
foundational skills of the subject/discipline.
20%
Thinking
Emphasizes the thinking skills used in thinking processes to demonstrate the student’s understanding of
information they have processed.
20%
Communication
Emphasizes the clear, precise and effective use of oral, written and visual language to communicate the
student’s understanding of information and ideas
30%
Application
Emphasizes the application and integration of knowledge, skills, processes and techniques to produce
evidence of the student’s understanding.
30%
How will you demonstrate your learning? (what you say, write and do)
70% of your learning
will be assessed
through:
Formative and
Summative
Evaluations
70%
30% of your learning
will be assessed at
the end of the course
(last four weeks of
the
semester)through:
Final Evaluation
30%
100% of your learning
will be recorded as:
Final Grade on
Report Card
Course Work (safety test, assignments, reflections)
10/70
15/70
45/70
Pre-Placement
Integration
Placement
10/30
Evidence for each key learning area (Teacher
lead final workplace evaluation)
Exit Interview -Oral or written reflection about
this learning
Individualized Summative Project
10/30
10/30
Learning Skills
Independent
Work
-uses class time appropriately to complete tasks
-follows instructions with minimal supervision
Collaboration
•accepts various roles and an equitable share of work in a group
•responds positively to the ideas, opinions, values and traditions of others
•works with others to resolve conflicts and build consensus to achieve group goals
Organization
•devises and follows a plan and process for completing work and tasks
•establishes priorities and manages time to complete tasks and achieve goals
Responsibility
•fulfils responsibilities and commitments within the learning environment
•takes responsibility for and manages own behaviour
Initiative
•looks for and acts on new ideas and opportunities for learning
•demonstrates the capacity for innovation and a willingness to take risks
Self-Regulation
∙ sets own individual goals and monitors progress towards achieving them
∙ perseveres and makes an effort when responding to challenges