1. Hotel Intercontinental, Toronto
Program Overview
for
Summer Institute
Hotel Intercontinental, Toronto
August 28, 2017

2. School College Work Initiative
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

3. SCWI Activities/Forums
In RPTs hosted 94 activities and regional forums across Ontario.
Over 38,500 students, teachers, college faculty and administrators participated.

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. SCWI Organization
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

6. Dual Credit Programs
2005-6: 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
14 pilot projects
450
programs
486
544
613
Over
600
Programs
Over 600 programs incl. Adult DCs
361
students
18,584
19,151
19,958
20,264
Approvals
for
22,443
>22,773
Students

8. Dual Credit Data At-a-Glance 2015-16
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Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, 2017

9. Dual Credit Student Participation
Student participation increased by 1.5% over (19,958 students to 20,264 students)
Number of programs increased by 13%
In , approved vs actual student participants increased slightly at 93%

10. Retention Rates

11. Success Rates

12. Target Group Participation by Program Focus
20,264 dual credit students provincially
15,100 in the primary target group (75%)
3,694 SHSM students (18%)
1,920 OYAP students (9%)

13. Provincial Dual Credit Footprint 2014-15
Dual Credits Students
Grade 11 and 12 Students
14,245
= %
354,327*
* grade 11 and grade 12 enrolment (source: OnSIS)

14. Grade 12 Students who earned their OSSD 2015-16 OnSIS data*
Number
Percentage
8,123
75%

15. Transitions to Post-Secondary Education
After one year, students who took a dual credit in :
4,586 applied for college (23%)
3,023 registered for college (15%)
66% conversion rate (students who applied and registered|)

16. School Within a College (SWAC)
Carefully selected students
Classroom space provided by college
OSSD courses taught by secondary teacher
Dual credit course(s) done as well

17. Adult Dual Credits May 2017 announcement
Potentially up to 600 adults (21 years and over) may be enrolled in dual credits in
Includes transitional counselling
(“After ADC”)

18. Added Enhancements “After SWAC” transition counselling
Additional support for activities and forums that support transitions to post secondary

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

20. www.gotocollege.ca & www.scwi.ca www.alleraucollege.ca & www.iject.ca
Learn More
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