SCWI Summer Institute Monday, August 31, 2015 Hotel Intercontinental Toronto

2 School College Work Initiative Began 1997 Began 1997 Designed to build and sustain better linkages between the college system and the secondary school system to support expanded and improved transitions by secondary students to college Designed to build and sustain better linkages between the college system and the secondary school system to support expanded and improved transitions by secondary students to college

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4 School College Work Initiative  Led by Directors of Education and College Presidents  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

5 16 Regional Planning Teams Chair Board Reps College Reps Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Council of Ontario Directors of Education Administers SCWI, convenes meetings of CMT, provides reports to EDU/TCU, as per contract with CODE Project Officer and Liaison Team School-College-Work Initiative Co- Management Team Comprised of: Directors of Education College Presidents EDU Representatives TCU Representatives SCWI Organization

6 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  Dual Credit Programs - Policy and Program Requirements, 2013 Ontario Ministry of Education

7 Growth in Dual Credit Programs pilot projects 455programs450programs492programsApprox.500programs 361students15,961students18,584students19,151studentsApprox.22,024students

8 Dual Credit Student Data Report Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, 2014

9 DC Student Participation  Student participation increased by 3% over (18,584 students to 19,151 students)  Number of programs increased by 8%  In , approved vs actual student participants was 92% as compared to 93% in the previous year  Over all, in the 10 years since the program began in over 100,000 students have been enrolled in Dual Credit programs.

Retention Rates 10

Success Rates 11

Target Group Participation by Program Focus  19,151 dual credit students provincially in the school year:  15,396 in the primary target group (80%)  2,459 SHSM students (13%)  1,296 OYAP students (7%) 12

Provincial Dual Credit Footprint (RPT Data) 13 Dual C redits Students Grade 11 and 12 Students 13, ,072* = 3.5% * grade 11 and grade 12 enrolment (source: OnSIS)

Students who Earned an OSSD (OnSIS Data)  Two years after taking a dual credit course, 80.5% of the dual credit students had an OSSD diploma (9,004 students) 14

15 Learn More Policy document: Dual Credit Programs - Policy and Program Requirements, 2013 Ontario Ministry of Education

16 Learn More Check out the SCWI websites: & & Annual symposium – May 10, 2016 Humber College SCWI Newsletters