What is Co-operative Education?
Co-operative Education is a learning partnership that provides students with valuable work experience while they are earning credits toward their graduation diploma. The Co-operative Education program involves both a classroom component and work or community placement component.
Co-op prepares students for successful participation in the workplace, provides authentic learning opportunities, and further develops the knowledge and skills for students’ post-secondary journey.
All Co-operative Education students are required to participate in a pre-employment session that emphasizes health and safety and the skills needed to succeed in the placement.
Jacob Hespeler’s Co-op students can earn two (AM or PM) to four (Full Day) credits.
How Does Cooperative Education Help Students Meet Diploma Requirements?
- Cooperative education credits can be applied as two of the 18 compulsory credit requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
- There is no limit on the number of optional credits that may be earned through cooperative education courses and students can take co-op more than one time in Grade 11 or 12.
- If students are participating in a Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) they must earn a minimum of two cooperative education credits.
- Cooperative education credits are also a required component of other specialized programs, such as school-to-work and school-to-apprenticeship (OYAP) programs.
Department Staff
If you have any questions feel free to reach out:
Ms. Knight: jennifer_knight@wrdsb.ca
Mr. O’Connor: tom_oconnor@wrdsb.ca
Ms. Pederson: ashley_pederson@wrdsb.ca
