Coop/OYAP Awards
Solutions: Success for Life Award
Award Description:
A $100.00 “Solutions: Success for Life Award” is available each academic year for school sites to recognize a graduating student who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in his or her Workplace courses, GLN (Navigating the Workplace) or Co-operative Education placements during this school year.
Audience:
This award is to be given to a student who is entering one of the following 3 pathways including:
World of Work, Apprenticeship, or College. Please choose only one student per site.
Selection Criteria for Award:
Students must:
- have completed all of the requirements for obtaining an OSS Diploma, or an OSS Certificate;
- have attained outstanding achievement in the view of their employer(s) and co-operative education teacher(s) in their co-op placement;
- have demonstrated dedication to pursuing a pathway to a career.
Selection Committee:
A school-based committee will determine one recipient per school.
Presentation of the Award:
The award is to be presented as part of the school’s graduation ceremony in June by a school staff member.
OYAP “Tools of the Trade” Bursary
Bursary Description:
This will be the eighth year that the $250.00 OYAP “Tools of the Trade” Bursary has been offered to a graduating student who will be continuing in the apprenticeship pathway.
Audience:
An OYAP student who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in his or her Co-operative Education placement and plans to continue in the trade by either apprenticeship with an employer (traditional apprenticeship pathway) or by entering a diploma program at a community college will be recognized with the OYAP “Tools of the Trade” Bursary.
Selection Criteria for Award:
Students must:
- have completed all the requirements for obtaining an OSS Diploma, or an OSS Certificate;
- have attained outstanding achievement in the view of their employer(s) and Co-operative Education teachers in their co-op placement;
- have demonstrated dedication to pursuing the apprenticeship pathway
Selection Committee:
A school-based committee will determine one recipient per school.
Presentation of the Award:
The award is to be presented as part of the school’s graduation ceremony in June by a school staff member.
Toolbelt Award
The Toolbelt Award is available to recognize a student from each school who has completed a construction credit or participated in the Housebuilding Program.
Selection Criteria for Award
Students must have:
- completed all the requirements for obtaining an OSSC or an OSSD;
- completed a Construction credit and/or completed the Housebuilding Program and achieved the highest level; and,
- demonstrated dedication to pursuing the apprenticeship pathway - continuing on with their employer or entering a diploma program in the College pathway post secondary.