Location: Guelph, ON
Joint Activity: Job Connect Referrals
Continued information exchange and referral of learners to Job Connect Services and promotion of Job Connect services and workshops. Providing a bridge from educators (notably GED and Pre-Apprenticeship) to employment services.
Anticipated Outcome(s): Improved learner access to employment services and links between education and employment.
Increase goal attainment stats for MTCU.
Location: Guelph, ON
Joint Activity: Academic Upgrading Apprenticeship.
Delivery of a monthly Multiple Choice Test Taking Workshop (rotated among 3 campuses, Cambridge, Guelph and Waterloo) to assist apprentices in order to successfully write the Certificate of Qualifications Exam.
Anticipated Outcome(s):
Improve communication between college and Apprenticeship office and demonstrate areas Academic Upgrading can assist with training.
Location: Conestoga College
Joint Activity: School College Work Initiative (SCWI)-A College Pilot Project.
The project is a joint collaboration between the local school boards and the college but delivered at the college. Upon completion of the program, the students will receive 3 (or in some cases 4) credits and will thus be able to graduate. The purpose is to expose the students to an environment fostering the excitement of learning, to encourage the students to explore career and post-secondary opportunities, and/or provide them with the knowledge and skills with which to research possible occupational options in the pursuit of full-time work.
Anticipated Outcome(s):
Students will have acquired 3 or 4 high school credits, ETR certification and direction or future career/training plans as well as various certificates including Emergency First Aid/CPR and Service Excellence.
Students will also have an increased knowledge of labour market information and trends; and the 9 Canadian Essential Skills.