COP

Co-operative Education

Teacher:         Mr. Ferguson
Class:              Co-op Office and room 179

COURSE DESCRIPTION

"Cooperative education is a planned learning experience, for which credits are earned, that integrates classroom theory and learning experiences at a workplace to enable students to apply and refine the knowledge and skills acquired in a related curriculum course or a locally developed course."

Credit Value: 1, 2, 3 or 4

Required Text: none integration sessions.

SYLLABUS

All of the syllabus material can be found on the e-learning site (rcdsb.elearningontario.ca)

Unit 1 - Pre-placement

In this unit, students will learn information to prepare them for their placement experience. They will create a cover letter, résumé, and reference list. They will complete a job application. They will learn how to prepare for an interview and write a thank you letter. They will learn about effective communication skills, health and safety, confidentiality, ethics, workplace legislation, skilled trades, OYAP, and labour unions.

Unit 2 - Weekly Journals and Log Sheets
This unit occurs while students are at their placement. They must complete a log sheet each week documenting the duties they perform and the hours they work. They must also reflect on their placement experience and describe how it relates to the in-school course they already took.  Students must have each log sheet signed by the placement supervisor and submitted to their co-op teacher. 

Unit 3 - Integration
This unit focuses on career information, placement-specific health & safety, human rights, labour market trends, and the changing role of men and women in the workplace.

Unit 4 - Summative Assessment
Students will create a portfolio that contains an exit résumé, a cover letter, a list of references, letters of recommendation, pictures of work they have done at their placement, post secondary research, and an employer interview. They will also create a brochure, webpage, or powerpoint presentation to present their co-op experience.

ASSESSMENT

Students will be provided with numerous and varied opportunities to demonstrate the full extent of their achievement of the curriculum expectations, across all four categories of the Achievement Chart. Progress will be monitored on an on-going basis using a variety of assessment tools, including written work, formal testing, quizzes, teacher-student communication, discussion boards and chat rooms.

As required by the Ministry of Education, students will be assessed in four areas as follows:

Assessment Category	Percentage
Knowledge and Understanding	30%
Thinking and Inquiry	15%
Communication	25%
Application	30%

Final Grade

The final grade will be determined as follows (in accordance with Ministry of Education standards):

Term Work Based on evaluations conducted throughout the course.	70%
Summative Evaluation A final evaluation in the form of assignments and an exam.	30%

*Unless otherwise indicated all assignments will be submitted using the elearning dropbox for that assignment. Students will name their files as indicated in the worksheets. Both the .java and .class files are to be submitted for each program.

COMMUNICATIONS

To help provide students with every opportunity for success, I believe that open communication between teachers and parents is essential.