Co-op Program

Cooperative Education is a ministry-approved program that provides students with a wide variety of rigorous learning opportunities connected to communities outside the school.  It allows students to earn secondary school credits through an experiential learning placement that connects to a related course either previously or concurrently taken by the student.

Benefits of Cooperative Education:

Participation in the Co-op Program has numberous benefits, such as: 

• Exploring career choices

• Increasing awareness of workplace demands and needs

• Developing transferable skills and global competencies

• Applying classroom theory to workplace experience

• Earning credits for secondary school diploma (2 compulsory and unlimited optional)

• 2 Credits are an essential component of the Specialist High Skills Major program

• Credits can substitute for certain courses within the SHSM and STEM programs

• Building a network for future employment

• Providing the skills and training for a smoother school-to work transition 

• Hours worked contribute towards apprenticeship experience (OYAP)

• Enhancing acceptance possibilities to post-secondary/training programs

How does it work?

Cooperative Education is offered as a 2 or 4 credit option:

• 2 credits are offered as either a morning or afternoon placement

• 4 credits are earned in a full day placement

Who is it For?

Cooperative Education students are typically in their senior grades(11/12) in high school, with each student pursuing a post-secondary pathway: university, college, apprenticeship, or the workplace.

Relevant websites:

If you're interested in Co-op, check out the websites below for more information! 

https://www.tdsb.on.ca/high-school/your-school-day/curriculum/experiential-learning

www.oyaptdsb.com