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languages could complete a cooperative education placement in any setting where multi- lingual staff members are required, allowing them to use their language abilities and gain work experience in a field that interests them.
Students who choose to take a two-credit cooperative education program with a classical studies or an international languages course as the related course are able, through this package of courses, to meet the Ontario Secondary School Diploma additional compulsory credit requirements for Groups 1, 2, and 3.
Policies and guidelines regarding workplace opportunities, including job shadowing, work experience, and cooperative education, are outlined in Cooperative Education and Other Forms of Experiential Learning: Policies and Procedures for Ontario Secondary Schools, 2000, which is available on the Ministry of Education’s website, at www.edu.gov.on.ca/ eng/document/curricul/secondary/coop/cooped.pdf.
For guidelines to ensure the provision of Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage for students who are at least fourteen years of age and are on work placements of more than one day, see Policy/Program Memorandum No. 76A,“Workplace Safety and Insurance Coverage for Students in Work Education Programs” (September 2000), at www.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/76a.html. Teachers should also be aware of the minimum age requirements outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act for persons to be in or working in specific workplace settings.
PLANNING PROGRAM PATHWAYS AND PROGRAMS LEADING TO A SPECIALIST
HIGH SKILLS MAJOR
Courses in classical studies and international languages are well suited for inclusion in Specialist High Skills Majors (SHSMs) or in programs designed to provide pathways to particular apprenticeship, college, university, or workplace destinations. In some SHSM programs, courses in this curriculum can be bundled with other courses to provide the academic knowledge and skills important to particular economic sectors and required for success in the workplace and postsecondary education, including apprenticeship training. Courses in classical studies and international languages can also serve as the in-school related course with cooperative education credits that provide the workplace experience required not only for some SHSM programs but also for various program pathways to postsecondary education, apprenticeship training, and workplace destinations.
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE CLASSICAL STUDIES AND INTERNATIONAL
LANGUAGES PROGRAM
As part of every course, students must be made aware that health and safety are everyone’s responsibility – at home, at school, and in the workplace. Students must be able to demonstrate knowledge of the equipment being used and the procedures necessary
for its safe use. Teachers must model safe practices at all times and communicate safety requirements to students in accordance with school board and Ministry of Education policies and Ministry of Labour regulations.
Concern for safety should be an integral part of instructional planning and implementation. Teachers should follow board safety guidelines to ensure that students have the knowledge and skills needed for safe participation in all learning activities. Wherever possible,
SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROGRAM PLANNING IN CLASSICAL STUDIES AND INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES
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