Pathways to College Programs Making the Skills Connection Teacher Internship Project

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Making the Skills ConnectionPathways to College
ProgramsTeacher Internship Project

• Sharon Orlak
• Rainbow District School Board

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Key Partners

• Cambrian College of Applied Arts Technology
• Sudbury Manitoulin Training and Adjustment
  Board
• Sudbury Catholic District School Board
• Lead Partner
• Rainbow District School Board
• Funded By
• Ontario Ministry of Education
• School/College/Work/Initiative

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Project Description

• Direct interaction between secondary school
  teachers college faculty in one day
  mentor/internship activities on campus
• Secondary school teachers from a variety of
  disciplines

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Issues and Realities

• Significant numbers of students do not
  academically prepare for and pursue college
  delivered programs
• Students, teachers and parents are not fully
  aware of the vast number of community college
  programs and the high job placement rates of
  college graduates

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Issues and Realities

• Students, teachers and parents are not fully
  aware of the relationship/ linkages between
  secondary school curriculum, college programs and
  associated career paths
• Written pathways to college programs do not exist
  in secondary schools

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Issues and Realities

• Many college delivered programs require increased
  emphasis on sound math, communications and
  science skills
• At least 50 of secondary school students do not
  either complete secondary school or enter
  programs at the community college level
• 23 go to college programs

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Issues and Realities

• Student withdrawal from college programs
• 49 unsuitable or not for me
• 29.4 not ready/overwhelmed
• 40 did not like the program
• 32.5 lost interest
• 39 stress
• 13 felt that their secondary school counsellor
  was very influential in their college decision
• (2003 College Application Survey, Acumen Research
  Group Inc. - September 2003)

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Issues and Realities

• Approximately 1/3 of new jobs will require either
  a skilled trade or college diploma at a time when
  serious shortages are surfacing in industry
• By 2010, it is predicted only 10 of new jobs
  will be available to those with a high school
  education or less

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Opportunities

• A recently signed college/school board
  articulation agreement with Cambrian College has
  set the framework for the development of special
  projects
• College facilities far surpass what is available
  in the secondary school system

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Key Objectives

• Develop an awareness of college programs
• Compare post secondary school curriculum with
  secondary school curriculum
• Compare teaching methodologies
• Compare facilities to identify ways the Board and
  College can partner in the sharing of resources
• Discuss ways to better prepare students for post
  secondary college programs

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Key Objectives

• Determine ways to further enhance the flow of
  college program information into secondary school
  classrooms
• Identify ways to further strengthen linkages
  between secondary schools and the community
  college

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Roles Responsibilities of Key Partners

• College will
• Assign college faculty with secondary school
  teachers
• Promote this project to the college community
• Develop school college pathways brochures

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Roles Responsibilities of Key Partners

• School Boards will
• Co-ordinate matching of secondary school teachers
  with college faculty
• Promote this project to secondary schools

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Roles Responsibilities of Key Partners

• Secondary Schools will
• Support the release of teachers
• Promote this project throughout secondary schools
• Participate in the development of pathways
  brochures

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Roles Responsibilities of Key Partners

• Sudbury Manitoulin Training and Adjustment
  Board will
• Promote this project to community
• Participate in a recognition event
• Participate in the development of pathways
  brochures

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College Programs

• Automotive Maintenance Mechanic
• Baker and Patissier Training
• Electrical Engineering Techniques
• Electrical Engineering Technician
• Food Preparation

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College Programs

• Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
  Techniques
• Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
  Technician
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Hotel and Restaurant Management
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician

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College Programs

• Motive Power Techniques Heavy Equipment
• Heavy Equipment Technician
• Industrial Mechanical Millwright Techniques
• Industrial Mechanical Millwright Technician
• Information Technology

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College Programs

• Mechanical Techniques Computer Numerical
  Controlled Machining (CNC)
• Stationary Engineering
• Apprenticeship Programs
• Transition to College Programs
• Appliance Servicing

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College Programs

• Carpentry General
• Welding
• Theater Arts
• Chef Training
• Tourism and Travel
• Administrative Assistant
• Records Information Technology Management

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Benefits and Outcomes

• Students will
• Develop a greater awareness of the relevance high
  school curriculum has to college program
  requirements and the preparation needed for entry
  into post secondary college programs
• More readily access college program information
  related to post secondary programs

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Benefits and Outcomes

• Students will
• Make more effective secondary school course
  selections in preparation for community college
  programs
• Ease the transition from secondary school to the
  community college environment

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Benefits and Outcomes

• Teachers will
• Increase knowledge of college delivered post
  secondary school programs
• Increase resource materials and college program
  information within secondary school classrooms
• Draw on college expertise for use in classroom
  presentations

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Benefits and Outcomes

• Teachers will
• Help students recognize the importance secondary
  school courses play in their preparation for
  college programs
• Relate secondary school curriculum to college
  program entry requirements
• Integrate college program information and entry
  requirements in subject curriculum

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Benefits and Outcomes

• Parents will
• Develop a greater awareness of community college
  programs/ related career options and how
  secondary school courses prepare students for
  entry into college programs

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Benefits and Outcomes

• School Boards and Affiliated Secondary Schools
  will
• Access the expertise and resources of the
  community college
• Better prepare students for admission to
  community college programs
• Further develop existing articulation agreements
  with the community college

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Benefits and Outcomes

• School Boards and Affiliated Secondary Schools
  will
• Expand Co-op and OYAP work experience placement
  opportunities within the community college
• Enhance the college bound students
• Annual Education Plan
• Academic and Career Portfolio
• Personalized Placement Learning Plan

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Benefits and Outcomes

• Community College will
• Strengthen linkages and share resources and
  expertise with secondary schools
• Bridge together innovative partnerships with
  school boards
• Increase recruitment of local secondary school
  students from the Sudbury Region

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Benefits and Outcomes

• Industry will
• Reduce recruitment and training costs by hiring
  higher skilled and career focused college
  graduates from the Sudbury Region

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Delivery Model

• Tour of college facility
• Classroom visitation (am pm)
• Lunch Fontaine Bleue dining room

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Product and Resource Development

• Pathways brochures

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Feedback

• Secondary School Teachers
• This placement gave me a new perspective about
  college education.
• This placement fits in perfectly with the career
  component of my science courses.
• I found it useful to see what was needed for
  success at the college level.
• I liked meeting other teachers and seeing what
  life was like in the college setting.

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Feedback

• Secondary School Teachers
• I have made contacts to acquire some resource
  material.
• I would recommend allowing more teachers the
  opportunity to meet/see our community college
  setting.
• I can enhance my curriculum to build skills that
  faculty consider important to student success.

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Feedback

• Secondary School Teachers
• We discussed student preparedness for college,
  specifically math skills.
• I really think we need to get our students to
  Cambrian. It would be a very positive experience
  for them.
• I had the opportunity to question college
  faculty on many aspects concerning their
  students, including pre-requisites.
• I can now add projects and lessons to my courses
  to help students become more successful when they
  enter college.

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