The Most Awesome Field Trip Conestoga College RPT

The Most Awesome Field Trip! Conestoga College RPT #7 Grand Connections Rosie Hessian Manager Pathway Development and Youth Engagement Stephen Speers Chair, Trades and Apprenticeship

SCWI Spring Symposium 2016 Collaboration and Teamwork – Creating Pathways to Success • providing expanded access to postsecondary programming and meaningful supports to encourage successful transitions.

Let’s Go! • This workshop will discuss how to ensure dual credit students in off-campus programs participate in a rich on campus experience as well as creating postsecondary pathway awareness through additional hands-on experiences, program information, and career planning

What is a Team Taught Program

… Policy Ministry Policy… • Dual credit programs may be delivered in various college or school board locations, as appropriate … • Secondary schools • College campuses, • College skills-training centres, • Alternative schools • Off campus locations

…more policy • A college professor or instructor delivers and evaluates the student for the portion of the course from the college curriculum, • Secondary school teacher delivers and evaluates the student for the portion contained in the Ontario curriculum course. • College will provide a “Record from the College” for the college course

• For team-taught dual credit courses, Ontario secondary school curriculum course codes will be used. • The course delivery type must be flagged as “team-taught college course” or “team-taught apprenticeship program” in 7. • For more information on reporting credits from all types of dual credit programs, see The Ontario Student Transcript (OST): Manual, 2013 (forthcoming). Program Delivery 15 the school student management system. On the OST, the words dual credit will appear in parentheses following the course title. • The credit for a successfully completed course awarded by the college will be noted in a record issued to the student by the college.

Why do we have field trips? Pathways… Dual Credit has successfully transitioned students to post-secondary education by introducing post-secondary education as a pathway to employment and creating awareness of College life and resources that support student retention.

Expanding Pathways • Expanding pathways for TT Programs • Relevant experiences at the College • Equipment not available at the high school shop • Different environment • Campus tours • Career exploration

Student Engagement!!

… have you ever seen a student snap chat something they have created…? …tweet a pic of something they made or have done?

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How to fund the field trip? • EDCS input Transportation funding • Alternate funding – be creative… • “Chef Scotty Cooks”

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Where would we go on a field trip? • Other college campuses • Related industry outing • Explore Days etc. • SWAC program field trips

TNT Days • Workshops for girls • Waterloo Cambridge, Guelph campuses • Construction/ Welding • Architecture • Motive power

Jill of All Trades • • June 1, 2016 Cambridge Campus 175 young girls 12 different workshops • SWAG • Promote women in trades

Dual Credit Teacher Forum • • “Magic School Bus Tour. . ” Tour locations of dual credits Engaging students along the way… Multiple colleges

Questions? Comments?