Pathways to Apprenticeships how can dual credits help

Pathways to Apprenticeships: how can dual credits help? FALL 2020

Introduction Background materials – sent in advance Webinar presentation, including guest speakers, survey of participants needs Follow-up online session for additional Q’s and A’s and sharing SCWI/IJECT 2

Goals of the webinar 1. Increase understanding of the pathways to becoming a journey person 2. Outline various secondary school options leading to becoming a journey person 3. Match the right student to the right program at the right time 4. Share successful strategies for student selection and support 5. Highlight current, accurate and user-friendly resources 6. Identify first post-secondary steps for graduates interested in becoming a journey person 7. Identify additional needs of educators working with students interested/considering the apprenticeship pathway SCWI/IJECT 3

Challenges: What have we learned? § § The apprenticeship pathway is still not as well known or understood § After SWAC and After ADC: interest in apprenticeship and need for support to take next step § Students may only become interested towards the end of secondary school or later, regardless of opportunities while in school Different from other post-secondary options (college or university) in terms of application processes, and how and where learning takes place SCWI/IJECT 4

Challenges: What have we learned? § How do we/can we support students to take the first postsecondary step towards becoming a journey person? SCWI/IJECT 5

Increase understanding of the journey person pathway Becoming a journey person § § § Alternating periods of on-the-job (~90%) and in-school training (~10%). Most learning takes place on the job Opportunities in secondary school to prepare for and to begin an apprenticeship Two groups of students with different needs § § Ones who already know who they want to become Ones who have no plan but might be interested in learning about this option SCWI/IJECT 6

https: //oyap. com/documents/assets/uploads/files/en/oyap_poster_2016_update 2. pdf SCWI/IJECT 7

The journey person pathway Work Graduate from Secondary School Pre-apprenticeship program (MLTSD Funded) Co-op Apprenticeship Diploma Program College Technician or Technologist Diploma Program University SCWI/IJECT Work and get a Registered Training Agreement (RTA) Signed Alternating periods of learning onthe-job (~90%) and in -school training (~10%) Become a qualified journey person 8

The journey person pathway OYAP Co-operative Education SHSM Graduate from Secondary School Tech Dual Credit Registered Training Agreement Level 1 In-school Apprenticeship Work Pre-apprenticeship program (MLTSD Funded) Co-op Apprenticeship Diploma Program College Technician or Technologist Diploma Program University SCWI/IJECT Work and get a Registered Training Agreement (RTA) Signed Alternating periods of learning onthe-job (~90%) and in -school training (~10%). Become a qualified journey person 9

Pathways to Apprenticeship “Matching students with the appropriate opportunity, one student at a time. ” Adds clarity to a number of policy documents (http: //www. edu. gov. on. ca/eng/teachers/st udentsuccess/oyap. html ) SCWI/IJECT 10

Secondary school opportunities leading to becoming a journey person Pathways to Apprenticeship, 2017. P. 8 http: //www. edu. gov. on. ca/eng/teachers/s tudentsuccess/Pathway. Apprentice. pdf SCWI/IJECT 11

SCWI Approved Activities and Forums, 2020 -21* • Connecting Science/Technology and College Pathway (Cambrian) • TNT Workshops for Young Women Grade 8 – 10 (Conestoga) • Level 1 RTA sign up night and pre-orientations • Level 1 Math Project - Revisions & Ongoing (Cambrian) Workshops (Canadore) • PSTT (Promoting Skilled Trades & Techs) (York • Mobile Technology Trailer (Lambton) Region DSB and GTA colleges) • Trades and Technology Day (Fanshawe) • Careers Hospitality with Multi boards Gr. 7&8+ • NWO Women in Tech and Trades Conference (Centennial) (Confederation) • Grade 7 & 8 Science, Technology and Trades • Activité 7 e et 8 e - MÉTIERS SPÉCIALISÉS (La Day (Northern) Cité) • Fleming Skilled Trades Camp Grades 7/8 • SCWI Provincially Approved Activities and (Fleming and Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB) Forums (http: //www. scwi. ca/tools. php ) SCWI/IJECT 12

This is what they looked like!

A happy Grade 8 student! • I loved making the bread! • It made the house smell good! • The bread was yummy!

Continuum of Students Student with the goal of becoming a journey person, having taken appropriate secondary school courses (including co-op), possibly in an SHSM, having out-of-school experience Disengaged student with no future career goals SCWI/IJECT 15

Dual Credits: Eligible Participants Primary Target Group Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program SCWI/IJECT Specialist High Skills Major 16

Dual Credit Options § § § § § Tech and trades dual credits Level 1 Apprenticeship In-School Training with MLTSD in-class training funding for OYAP students with a Registered Training Agreement For primary target group students. In-class training funding is paid by SCWI. Level 1 Apprenticeship In-School Training delivered in secondary school Team-taught College Delivered by secondary school teacher with college Oversight SCWI newsletters include many of the options by RPT (http: //www. scwi. ca/newsletters. php) SCWI/IJECT 17

Questions to consider? § § Which dual credit courses are available to students in your school? What advantage does this type of opportunity provide and to whom? What does a good candidate for each of the options look like? Who can help you find those students? SCWI/IJECT 18

Technology and Trades Dual Credits § § § Students in the primary target group are eligible Wide variety of dual credit courses Construction Technology Metal Trades Practices Autobody Introduction to Video Baking and Pastry Arts Skills 1 Introduction to Gerontology Sustainable Horticulture Practices Cosmetic Applications Team-taught and college delivered Congregated and integrated SCWI/IJECT 19

Level 1 Apprenticeship In-School Training § Delivered at a college, congregated and integrated OYAP Students with Registered Training Agreements Primary Target Group Students - In-class training paid by MLTSD - In-class training paid by SCWI - Funding for transportation and miscellaneous - Successful completion of Level 1 recognized by MLTSD - Students must present document showing successful completion of Level 1 to MLTSD to have credential recognized Level 1 s include: Child and Youth Worker Residential Air Conditioning Systems Mechanic Electrician - Construction & Maintenance Cook General Carpenter Commercial Vehicle and Equipment SCWI/IJECT 20

Level 1 Apprenticeship In-School Training Delivered in Secondary School Team-taught College Delivered by secondary school teacher with college Oversight § § § SCWI funds these programs which are not eligible for MLTSD inclass training funding Level 1 s include: § § § § Truck and Coach Cook Industrial Mechanical Millwright General Carpentry Automotive Service Technician SCWI/IJECT 21

Share successful strategies for student selection and support Kevin Hotten OYAP Coordinator, Nipissing Parry Sound Catholic DSB Chair, Nipissing Parry Sound Regional Planning Team Roy Desjardins OYAP Coordinator/Dual Credit Teacher, Near North District School Board Co-Chair Activities, Nipissing Parry Sound Regional Planning Team http: //www. scwi. ca/tools. php SCWI/IJECT 22

Possible Solution: How can we learn more about our students? § Academic records § Identify students who may excel in hands-on courses, but may struggle in more text-based courses § Look at what opportunities are available this semester for these students due to timetable constraints § Attendance concerns may be a result of lack of interest in courses § Information is available, then what can you do with it? § Build on their successes and interests – connect with them SCWI/IJECT 23

Possible Solution: Individual Pathways Plan (IPP) § Opportunity for students to capture their interests in their IPP along with documenting their experiences § Identify students interested in trades § Identify students with no plan § Identify students who are disengaged and underachieving with potential SCWI/IJECT 24

Possible Solutions: Set Deadlines No deadline to start an apprenticeship; makes it easier to put off and not move forward Students may benefit from identifying a concrete next step, may help reduce anxiety around transitions Schools could create deadlines in their schools for apprenticeshipbound students and follow-up/remind students § § § There is a deadline for applying for entry into dual credits – typically, part of the course selection process For potential grads – establish deadlines to sign up for a session on Apprenticeship, or for grads to register with Employment Ontario SCWI/IJECT 25

Now that they are graduating from secondary school, and before they leave § § § Exit interview/a conversation around their first post-secondary step towards becoming a journey person Does the student know which trade they are interested in, have an employer, have a plan for finding an employer? What else does the student need? What gaps are there in their knowledge? What can you do to help? Who else can help them? Job-shadowing, informational interviews, employers, employees, professional organizations, trade unions Invitation to come back for help in the future? The risk of not having conversations is that these students will get stuck. SCWI/IJECT 26

Current, Accurate and User-friendly Resources SCWI/IJECT 27

Your OYAP Coordinator https: //oyap. com/en/about_oyap /district_school_board_contacts/ SCWI/IJECT 28

Update from MLTSD – Anita Webb Ontario Expanding Youth Training Programs to Promote the Skilled Trades New Youth Advisors will help attract more young people into the trades https: //news. ontario. ca/mol/en/2020/08/ontario-expanding-youth-training-programs-topromote-the-skilled-trades. html? _ga=2. 70946000. 1921689304. 1598787878899675886. 1598441683 https: //www. ontario. ca/page/apprenticeship-youth-advisors SCWI/IJECT 29

Resources for Schools Pathways to Apprenticeship: Options for Secondary School Students (http: //www. edu. gov. on. ca/eng/teachers/studentsuccess/oyap. html ) Level 1 Apprenticeship In-School Options (http: //www. scwi. ca/tools. php) Apprenticeship: What Parents Need to Know (http: //www. edu. gov. on. ca/eng/teachers/studentsuccess/Pathway. Apprentice. FS. pdf ) OYAP website (https: //oyap. com ) Posters Dual Credit Programs: Policy and Program Requirements, 2020 http: //www. edu. gov. on. ca/eng/teachers/studentsuccess/dual. html Dual Credit Parent Fact Sheet (http: //www. edu. gov. on. ca/morestudentsuccess/Dual. Credit. FS. pdf ) SCWI/IJECT 30

They’ve graduated, now what? SCWI/IJECT 31

Employment Ontario ü school boards are required to provide at least one Employment Ontario information session for graduating OYAP students, as part of the OYAP funding requirements. http: //www. tcu. gov. on. ca/eng/eopg/program s/oyap. html https: //www. ontario. ca/page/get-help-finding-youth-orstudent-job SCWI/IJECT 32

Government of Ontario https: //www. ontario. ca/page/a pprenticeship-ontario SCWI/IJECT 33

Next Steps SCWI/IJECT 34

Thursday, September 24 1: 30 pm – 2: 30 pm - bring your questions; share your successes - Register through the SCWI Event Catalogue Please join us for the follow -up conversation SCWI/IJECT 35

Contact Us David Armstrong David. Armstrong@ontariodirectors. ca Janine Griffore Janine. Griffore@gmail. com Phil Hedges Phil. Hedges@kwic. com Sonja Vandermeer SVandermeer@ontariodirectors. ca SCWI/IJECT 36