Cardinal Leger Secondary School
75 Mary Street, Brampton, Ontario, L6W 3K5 * Tel: (905)453-2232
We believe that each one, created in the image and likeness of God, is called by
name into the Dufferin-Peel community to realize the Ontario Catholic School
Graduate Expectations to the fullest extent possible as we all journey from the
early years to vocation.
COURSE OUTLINE
Department:
Business, Technology and Cooperative Education
Department
Course:
Course Code:
Cooperative Education
Subject Links
Common Course
Calendar
Course Description:
Cooperative education and work experience programs offer students an alternative
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.
Cooperative education courses include a classroom component, comprising preplacement and integration activities, and a placement component. Students earn
cooperative education credits by integrating classroom theory with planned learning
experiences in the community to achieve learning based on the curriculum
expectations of the related course. Placements provide students with challenging
opportunities to apply and extend the knowledge, and practise and refine the skills,
acquired in the related course and to demonstrate achievement of placement
expectations that reflect current workplace practices and standards.
This course will help students address the Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectation that
they become self-directed, responsible, life-long learners who set appropriate goals
and priorities in school, work and personal life.
Ministry/ICE Curriculum
Documents
Strand/Unit Title
Curriculum Strands and Overall
Expectations:
The cooperative education course will be
based on a related course (or courses) from
an Ontario curriculum policy document or on
a ministry-approved locally developed course
in which the student is enrolled or which he
or she has successfully completed. The
cooperative education course and the related
course (or courses) together constitute a
student’s cooperative education program,
designed to suit the student’s strengths,
interests, and needs and to enhance the
student’s preparation for the future.
Corresponding Catholic Graduate
Expectation Indicators for each
Strand/Unit
Student selected from The Ontario
Catholic School Graduate
Expectations for Co-op
Personalized Placement Learning Plan
(PPLP)
A PPLP will be developed for each student. It
will be:
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Based on expectations from the
related course in the Ontario
curriculum, the requirements for
cooperative education, and industryspecific requirements;
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Developed by the cooperative
education teacher in partnership with
the employer and student.
Pre-Placement Orientation
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Job Readiness
Rights and Responsibilities
Health and Safety
CGE1g/CGE4g/CGE5b/CGE5h
CGE3d/CGE5e/CGE7a/CGE7b
CGE2b/CGE3c/CGE4a/CGE7b
Integration
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Reflective Learning
Workplace Opportunities and
Challenges
Culminating Rich Performance Task
Assessment and Evaluation:
A. Term Work Evaluation = 70% of Final Mark
Knowledge
Thinking
Communication
Application
Preplacement
15%
35
25
20
20
Integration
15%
20
25
25
30
Placement
40%
20
20
20
40
B. Summative Evaluation = 30% of Final Mark
Career Showcase
Rich Performance Task
Learning Skills and Work Habits
Responsibility
Organization
Independent Work
Collaboration
Initiative
Self-Regulation
E= Excellent G= Good S=Satisfactory N= Needs Improvement
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Fulfills responsibility and commitments.
Takes responsibility for and manages own behavior.
Revises and follows a plan and process for completing tasks.
Establishes priorities and manages time
Independently monitors, assesses, and revises plans to complete tasks and meet
goals.
Uses class time to complete tasks.
Accepts various roles and an equitable share of work in a group.
Builds healthy peer-to-peer relationships.
Looks for and acts on new ideas and opportunities.
Approaches new tasks with a positive attitude.
Sets own goals and monitors progress towards achieving them.
Seeks clarification or assistance when needed.
Missed/Late/Incomplete Assignments
It is the student’s responsibility to address missed, late, or incomplete assignments. Students
are expected to complete assignments and to adhere to assignment deadlines as follows.
DUE DATE
A due date is set by teacher
10% PENALTY
1 school day late -3%
2 school days late – 6%
3 school days late – 10%
Maximum penalty of 10%
CLOSURE DATE
Once the closure date has
passed, work is considered
incomplete and a mark of
zero applies.
Parent Signature _________________________ Student Signature _______________________