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Co-op and Experiential Learning
There are four main types of experiential learning:
1. Cooperative Education
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. Students can earn 1-4 credits per semester with 2 of those credits going towards their compulsory requirements in Groups 1, 2 and/or 3. Please click here for details on cooperative education programs in Simcoe County.
2. Job Shadowing
Job shadowing involves the pairing of a student with a worker in a specific occupation at a place of employment for one-on-one observation by the student. It may be integrated into any credit course or be a component of a student's school-work transition program.
3. Job Twinning
Job twinning involves the pairing of a student with a Cooperative Education student for one-on-one observation at his or her placement. Job Twinning may be integrated into any credit course and may also be a component of a student's school-work transition program.
4. Work Experience
Work experience is a planned learning opportunity, within any credit course, that provides students with relatively short-term work experiences, usually of one or two weeks' duration and not exceeding four weeks. Credits cannot be granted for Work Experience alone.
For more information about cooperative education or other experiential learning programs, please contact Donna Thomson at dmthomson@scdsb.on.ca.