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Lesson 1 - Student Roles

Welcome to Co-op! To begin the course, it is important for you to understand the roles and responsibilities of a Co-op student. These come from The Ministry of Education policy document Cooperative Education and Other Forms of Experiential Learning, 2000. They are the same for all students in the province.

 

Content

Co-op Student Roles and Responsibilities

The Ministry of Education policy document Cooperative Education and Other Forms of Experiential Learning, 2000 outlines the following student responsibilities.

 

A co-op student is expected to:

1. comply with all company rules as to dress, safety codes, work schedule, and policies.

2. work in a courteous, responsible, and business-like manner and show appropriate initiative.

3. observe and comply with the rules and regulations of the placement and the school, including confidentiality requirements.

4. comply with school attendance policies in both the placement and classroom sessions.

5. submit assignments as required.

6. inform the placement supervisor and the cooperative education teacher in advance if they are unable to report to their placements.

7. participate in the development and implementation of their personalized placement learning plans.

8. participate with their supervisors and teachers in the assessment of their own performances.

9. complete their course requirements to obtain credits towards the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

10. work with teachers and supervisors to ensure that problems are dealt with immediately.

 

Assignment

Complete the following assignment and submit your work to the dropbox.

Reflection

Examine the list of student responsibilities.  Copy and paste them to a word document and save to your student drive.  Save it as:  "Unit 1 A1".  Upload to dropbox once you have completed your assignment.  

 

Everytime you submit to the dropbox, make sure your name is listed at the top of each page of your assignment. 

1.   Rank them in order from those that will be the easiest for you to fulfill to those you think will be the hardest for you to fulfill. 
2.   Choose the two responsibilities that will be the most difficult for you and give reasons why you think you will struggle with them. 
3.   Suggest at least two ways you can overcome each of these possible challenges.