Dual Credit & Experiential Learning
What is Dual Credit? What is SWAC? (School Within a College)
Dual Credits (DCs) help you prepare for the transition to post secondary education
DCs give you access to a variety of courses in diverse areas that your school may not offer
Give you access to a college campus and college services
DC - SWAC - Promo Video - Fall - 2022.mp4Dual Credit Courses for Fall 2023-2024
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RFz1pBUtXgAQ5CGDf2YZIFI_G8OK1obu/view
Please see your Guidance Counsellor if you would like to register.
Upcoming Application Deadlines for Semester 1, 2023-24
May 19
STEP to Construction
STEP to Transportation
May 26
PACE
Are you a student interested in a construction placement where you will experience and explore a variety of Construction trades before you make their final career decisions – then the Specialized Trades Exploration Program To Construction is ideal for you!
Students will have the opportunity to spend some time starting with the management team, then a variety of trades on a rotation with laborer's, carpenters, plumbers, electricians and many other trades and earn up to 5 high school credits and 1 college credit. Placements may be on HiRise or Low Construction, Hospitals, Industrial, Commercial, Institutional.
NEW Construction Placements rotated at the TTC - Toronto Transit Commission
Students will rotate through 3 different trades at the TTC such as HVAC, Plumbing, Overhead (Electrical), Track (repair & replace track), Repair Shop (repair overhead doors and small engine tools), Fire Protection, Streetcar (building tracks)
Please review the flyer which highlights the program as well as a brochure
STEP To Transportation
PACE - Pre-Apprenticeship Cooperative Education
The PACE program is offered in collaboration with TDSB's Design, Construction, Maintenance department, and its trades union, the Maintenance and Construction Skilled Trades Council (MCSTC).
Students will have an opportunity to explore and experience a variety of skilled trades within the construction sector alongside TDSB tradesperson employees. Students will earn 4 credits in cooperative education while developing skills related to construction and gain certifications and awareness training recognized by industry.
Skilled trades placements
Electrician
Carpenter
Plumber
Bricklayer
Millwright
Sheet Metal Worker
Heating and Air Conditioning
Steam Fitter
Interested students should book an appointment to talk to their Guidance Counsellor as soon as possible.
TDSB Dual Credits
Dual credit programs are programs approved by the Ministry of Education that allow students, while they are still in secondary school, to take college or apprenticeship course that counts towards both their Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) and a postsecondary certificate, diploma, degree, or a Certificate of Apprenticeship.
Dual credit programs are intended to assist secondary school students in completing their OSSD and making a successful transition to college and/or apprenticeship programs.