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Experiential Learning Programs
Experiential learning programs may be part of the delivery of the curriculum in all disciplines. Such programs provide students with opportunities to see how their classroom learning applies in a workplace setting and allow them to explore a career of interest as they plan a pathway through secondary school to their postsecondary destination. Experiential learning programs include job shadowing and job twinning, which may start in Grades 7 and 8, and work experience and cooperative education, which are offered in secondary school.
For students who are fourteen years of age or older and who are participating in experiential learning programs involving more than one day at the workplace, a Work Education Agreement form must be completed to ensure Workplace Safety and Insurance coverage. For details concerning coverage, procedures, benefits, and claims, see PPM No. 76A.
PPM No. 76A, “Workplace Safety and Insurance Coverage for Students in Work Education Programs” (September 27, 2000) www.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/76a.html
8.1 Cooperative Education
Cooperative education programs allow students to earn secondary school credits while completing a work placement in the community. These programs comple- ment students’ academic programs and are valuable for all students, whatever their postsecondary destination.
A cooperative education program comprises, at a minimum, one cooperative education course and its related course, on which the cooperative education course is based. Any course from an Ontario curriculum policy document or any ministry-approved locally developed course may serve as the related course for a cooperative education program.
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