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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12 | Cooperative Education
the model of “focus courses” offered in the arts and health and physical education and “emphasis courses” offered in technological education. However, each focus or emphasis course is assigned its own course name and course code, whereas for cooperative education, the course names and course codes of the related courses are used. See also “Granting of Credits” below.)
Determining a report card grade involves the interpretation of evidence collected through observations, conversations, and student products (tests/exams, assignments for evaluation), combined with the teacher’s professional judgement and consideration of factors such
as the number of tests/exams or assignments for evaluation that were not completed or submitted and the fact that some evidence may carry greater weight than other evidence.
Seventy per cent of the final grade (a percentage mark) in a course will be based on evaluation conducted throughout the course. This portion of the grade should reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement, with special consideration given to more recent evidence. Thirty per cent will be based on a final evaluation administered at or towards the end of the course.
See also “Assessing and Evaluating Student Learning”, under the section “Essential Processes for Learning in Cooperative Education”, on pages 28–29.
Granting of Credits
A credit is granted in recognition of the successful completion of a cooperative education course from the Ontario curriculum that has been scheduled for a minimum of 110 hours, in accordance with the policy stated in Ontario Schools, Kindergarten to Grade 12: Policy and Program Requirements, 2016. For a cooperative education course, the hours required for the student to complete the course and earn credit may exceed the minimum specified, depending on individual timetables and placement considerations. Like other courses offered in Ontario schools, cooperative education courses conclude at the end of the term, on the last day of scheduled classes.
Creating Opportunities through Co-op may be scheduled for 110 hours or 220 hours, and a student may earn, respectively, one or two cooperative education credits for successful completion of the course. When this course is scheduled for 220 hours, students’ learning related to the expectations will be deeper and broader. The extension of knowledge and further refinement of skills (e.g., refinement of inquiry skills or decision-making and leadership skills) are reflected in the learning goals and success criteria outlined in the Student’s Cooperative Education Learning Plan.
Students taking the course Cooperative Education Linked to a Related Course (or Courses) may earn a maximum of two cooperative education credits for each credit earned from a related course (or courses) previously completed or taken concurrently,18 to a maximum of four credits for the cooperative education course. A few examples follow.
18. Students may also earn a maximum of two cooperative education credits for the compulsory half-credit courses Civics and Citizenship (CHV2O) and Career Studies (GLC2O).
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