Starts in Grade 11 or Grade 12 with the Cooperative Education program.

Students have an opportunity to become registered apprentices and work towards becoming certified journeypersons in a skilled trade while completing their secondary school diplomas.

Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)

• Students start training in a skilled trade while completing the requirements for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma;

• School to work transition by direct entry into apprenticeship training;

• Employers have the opportunity to train the skilled workers they require;

• Addresses the problem of skilled tradespeople shortages in general, and specifically the lack of young people joining the trades.

Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)

• Allows students to focus their learning for an OSSD on a specific economic sector

AgricultureArts and CultureAviation/AerospaceBusinessCommunity Safety and Emergency ServicesConstructionEnergyThe Environment

• Offers first hand training in the four career pathways: apprenticeship training, college, university, or the workplace.

ForestryHealth and WellnessHorticulture and LandscapingHospitality and TourismInformation and Communications TechnologyManufacturingMiningTransportation

• Focus is in Grade 11 and 12 • Select an area of interest based on personal

strengths and weaknesses.• Must take a bundle of courses that focus on the

SHSM:•           4 major credits•             2 to 4 contextualized learning areas that support

SHSM•             2 Cooperative education courses• Field trips, job shadowing, industry certificates

(WHMIS, Standard First Aid, CPR) • Essential Skills and work habits required in the

sector• Skills Passport (OSP)• Special Diploma with SHSM red seal

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/elearning/strategy.html

MISCONCEPTIONS

Determining the Needs of Special Students

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