REASONS TO TAKE COOPERATIVE EDUCATION
Build your skills.
Get hands-on work experience.
Participate in career exploration and planning.
Earn credits towards your diploma.
Enhance and enrich your academic experiences.
Improve your employability skills.
Gain valuable work experience and develop networking opportunities.
Confirm your post-secondary career choice before you start university or college.
Start your apprenticeship while still in high school.
Our program allows students to develop their transferable skills and allows them to explore their interests in the local community.
“Experiential learning is particularly helpful in developing self-knowledge and awareness of opportunities – two areas of learning in the education and career/life planning framework – which are critical steps that precede setting goals and making plans” Kevin DeFreitas, YCDSB.