New RPT Chairs & Co-ordinators In-service Friday, November 9, 2012 Toronto

2 School College Work Initiative  Began 1997  Led by Directors of Education and College Presidents  Mandate: to build and sustain better linkages between the college system and the secondary school system  Goal: to support expanded and improved transitions by secondary students to college  Represents 24 colleges and 70 eligible school boards  Began with wide variety of activities and forums  Expanded to include DUAL CREDITS in

3 Dual Credit Programs  : 361 students, 36 school boards in pilot projects at 14 colleges  Comprised of college-level courses in which carefully selected secondary school students may be enrolled  Basically courses count as both secondary and college credits  Students who meet the college-level standards in these courses granted OSSD credits as well as college credits  Eligible students may take up to 4 non-compulsory OSSD credits

4 DC (cont’d) DC Programs (cont’d)  Courses delivered through a variety of approaches including those on college campuses or at secondary schools  Assist secondary students in the completion of their OSSD and successful transition to college and apprenticeship  Primary focus on those students facing the biggest challenges in graduating  Includes disengaged and underachieving students with the potential to succeed but who are at risk of not graduating from high school and students who have left high school before graduating

5 DC Programs (cont’d)  Specialist High Skills Majors  Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Programs  DC Programs had another year of success in with over 16,000 students participating province-wide  Include School Within a College (SWAC)

6 Growth in Dual Credit Programs pilot projects 174programs297programs472programs455programs513programs 361students3883students 7570 students 12,200students16,100students17,500students(proj.)

7 Dual Credit Student Data Report

8 DC Student Participation  Student participation increased by 63% over (7,500 students to 12,200 students)  Number of programs increased by 25%  Students carefully selected by secondary school staff  Includes Student Success Teams/Student Success Leads

9 Student Retention Rates

10 Student Success Rates

11 Student Profile  35.5% identified as “disengaged and/or underachieving” compared to 40.4% in 08/09  11.2% had previously dropped out of high school  13% identified through an IPRC process (15.6% in 08/09)  18% with current IEP (19% in 08/09)

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15 School Within a College  secondary credit courses taught by secondary school teachers and college DC courses taught by college professors in a collaborative learning community on a college campus  38 programs in 10/11 with 1500 students  68% increase in the number of students over last year  Shift to a younger group of participants – in , 67% were 18 years and under compared to 45% in  28% had previously dropped out of school (26% in )

16 SWAC Participant Profile  More students are 18 or under (67%) than in (45%)  48% of the SWAC survey respondents were working while taking the program which is consistent with the previous year  100% of respondents took at least one dual credit – up from 77% last year  28% of the total respondents have been previously absent from school for one semester or more, down from 49% in

17 Who Referred Students to SWAC?

18 Learn More Check out the SCWI websites: & & Annual symposium – May 14 th Humber College SCWI annual newsletters

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