1. Co-op 2.0 and Experiential Education at Waterloo

2. The business case for 2.0 Co-op juggernaut is UW key differentiator Solution to grassroots needs for graduate career success Environmental backdrop driving stakeholder diversity Increasing risks to high quality stakeholder experiences Mitigating risk means more flexibility, relevance and ubiquity

3. Co-op 2.0 Flexibility and Relevance EDGE Ubiquity Enhancing the co-op brand with attention to Foundation, Flexibility and the opportunity for Specialization Experiential Education Certificate An academic credential for non co-op students recognizing and supporting curricular and co-curricular experiential education GLOBAL PROMINENCE & INTERNATIONAL- IZATION TRANSFORMATIONAL RESEARCH UNIQUELY ENTREPRENEURIAL VIBRANT STUDENT EXPERIENCE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING Strategically addressing diversity…

4. Co-op 2.0…flexibility and relevance/1 Foundational experiences Support and preparation for first work term Targeted Job Development (e.g. sr./jr. combos, team jobs, emerging industry sectors) Alternate models for first work term employment BETS and GreenHouse Co-op Foundational Terms

5. Co-op 2.0…flexibility and relevance/2 Alternatives for personalized work-integrated experiences Design co-op programs with the opportunity for a ‘flex’ term replacing a work term to Volunteer Travel Humanitarian Other?

6. Co-op 2.0…flexibility and relevance/3 Skills and competency development… Provide opportunities for students to earn a specialization for their co-op degree Honours Bachelor in, Co-operative Education with a specialization Examples would include Research Entrepreneurship Humanitarian

7. An Experiential Education (EE) Certificate - EE ubiquity Increase the ability to identify and articulate the spectrum of skills developed during undergraduate career Develop essential career seeking skills Provide a framework to facilitate reflection upon and synthesis of EE opportunities Support students as they plan for post-graduation steps

8. Experiential Education for All Proposed Structure for Certificate Foundation skills identification career essentials self and industry exploration Experience curricular or co- curricular community or work based EE learning goals reflection & evaluation Capstone existing capstone or multi-disciplinary project work reflection and plan for next steps

9. Co-op 2.0 and EDGE… Questions Should 2.0 be evolutionary (incremental) or revolutionary (disruptive)? In presenting 2.0, should UW concern itself with brand protection or brand expansion? Is there a business case to “sell” UW’s model of work integrated education (co-op, EDGE) internationally to build presence/reputation and partnerships?