Project Summary

The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (TCU) launched the One Stop Training and Employment System (now Employment Ontario) strategy in 2004, to assist programs to effectively work together in order to develop and enhance a skilled workforce in Ontario. The implementation of Employment Ontario provided unique opportunities for college upgrading programs to link with other TCU funded programs in order to ensure their services provided the best for their students.

In 2006, the College Sector Committee was funded to develop models of integration for the training and support of clients in the college sector. This project was deemed the Provincial Models of Program Integration ^{Footnote 1} and this report represents the final phase of the project. The primary focus of the Models Project was to promote integration of Academic Upgrading, Job Connect, Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship programming in colleges.

The programs included in this project were:

• Literacy and Basic Skills/Academic Upgrading
• Job Connect
• Pre-Apprenticeship/Apprenticeship

The project was also intended to provide front line program deliverers in all three programs with a greater understanding of the services available to their clients.

The objectives of the Models Project were to:

• Develop a clear understanding of the services which the three programs are best suited to deliver.
• Inform managers and front line program deliverers in all three programs about the services available.
• Identify joint delivery activities currently taking place and/or planned.
• Develop and pilot models of integration.
• Identify barriers to greater integration and develop strategies to overcome these barriers.

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