Information and Presentations from SCWI Spring 2020 Symposium
Keynote Panel

Information and Presentations from SCWI Spring 2020 Symposium
Workshops and Facilitated Networking Sessions

1A Dual Credit Data

TARGET AUDIENCE: RPT Chairs, RPT Coordinators, RPT Members, Researchers

PRESENTERS: Cristina Ilas, Senior Statistical/Research Analyst, Ministry of Education

DESCRIPTION: The Dual Credit Data presentation will include:
• provincial level highlights related to student achievement in dual credit courses;
• an overview of the many data sources that allow us to look at Dual Credit students and programs from various perspectives;
• and an opportunity to ask questions and to discuss results, data quality checks, and data usage.

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1B La promotion des métiers spécialisés et les technologies aux jeunes de l’Ontario

TARGET AUDIENCE: All teachers are welcome

PRESENTERS: Dan Cardinal & Valérie Brosseau, Liaison Officers, Skills Ontario

DESCRIPTION: Compétences Ontario aide la formation de la main-d’œuvre de demain pour les métiers spécialisés et les technologies. Notre engagement auprès des élèves, des parents, des employeurs et des mentors fait en sorte que nous créons des liens entre l’éducation, l’expérience et l’emploi. Nous effectuons des présentations dans les écoles, organisons le plus grand concours des métiers spécialisés au Canada, offrons des camps d’été axés sur le perfectionnement des compétences.

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1C A Beginners Guide to Pathways to Apprenticeship: Options for Secondary Students

TARGET AUDIENCE: Guidance counsellors, co-operative education teachers, college advisors, Leaders of Experiential Learning, dual credit teachers, RPT members

PRESENTERS: Phil Hedges, School-College-Work Initiative Provincial Program Co-ordinator; Sonja Vandermeer, School-College-Work Initiative Provincial Program Co-ordinator

DESCRIPTION: Through the School-College-Work Initiative (SCWI), thousands of students have started on their pathways to apprenticeship. We want to help you to help your students explore whether apprenticeship is right for them – and where available and appropriate -- to consider participating in the wide range of SCWI activities and dual credits. This session is specifically designed for participants with no experience. Please bring your copy of Pathways to Apprenticeship (scwi.ca/scwi/policies.php)

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1D Engaging the Disengaged Student

TARGET AUDIENCE: Dual Credit Teachers, Guidance, Administrators, College Faculty, Advisors, High School Teachers

PRESENTERS: Sue Hawkins, Manager SCWI & AU; Melissa Bosomworth, Wellness Coach- Durham College

DESCRIPTION: This workshop explores several theories to engage SCWI’s primary target group – disengaged youth. The connection between engagement and motivation, the importance of connections, encouraging a sense of belonging, and restorative practices are examined. Suggested resources are provided for those who are interested in learning more.

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Facilitated Networking Session 2A

School Within A College Teachers’ Networking

Facilitators: Adriana McDonough, Tom Smith

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Facilitated Networking Session 2B

Supporting Dual Credit Students in Their Next Steps

Facilitators: Sarah Zamin, Ken Harrison

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Facilitated Networking Session 2C

Session de réseautage pour les trois EPR de langue française

Facilitators: Janine Griffore, Maurice Proulx

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3A Promoting Skilled Trades and Technologies to Youth in Ontario

TARGET AUDIENCE: All Teachers are welcome

PRESENTERS: Dan Cardinal & Valérie Brosseau, Liaison Officers, Skills Ontario

DESCRIPTION: Skills Ontario is helping to build Ontario's skilled trades and technologies workforce. Engaging with students, teachers, parents, volunteers, employers and mentors, we ensure our programs connect education, experience and employment. We deliver in- school presentations across Ontario, host Canada's largest skills competition, and run summer camps for skills development.

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3B What Makes Dual Credits Effective – Some Practices to Consider

TARGET AUDIENCE: Dual Credit Teachers, Dual Credit Faculty, School Board and College Leads

PRESENTERS: Alexa Farley, Dual Credit Faculty, Georgian College; Janice DeFazio, Dual Credit Support Teacher, Simcoe Muskoka CDSB; Krista Barban, Student Success Consultant, Simcoe Muskoka CDSB; Michelle Rao, Manager School College Partnerships, Georgian College

DESCRIPTION: We will review some of the practices that have proven effective in supporting student dual credit success from before class starts to the final celebration. Topics will include communication tools, student supports, teacher-faculty relationships and college pedagogical approaches. The focus is on non-SWAC dual credits.

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3C Strategies to Support OYAP Student Success in Level I Dual Credit Programs

TARGET AUDIENCE: Dual Credit Teachers, Guidance Counsellors, College Faculty, Secondary School Administrators, Student Success Teachers, Coop Teachers

PRESENTERS: Pat Piro, Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB OYAP Coordinator; Joachim Vallentin, Hamilton-Wentworth DSB Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program Coordinator

DESCRIPTION: An overview of Level One Accelerated OYAP programs in the Hamilton- Wentworth Region. OYAP Level One programs have added value to the secondary school diploma in Hamilton for over 10 years. Preparing students for these challenging opportunities is critical to the programs' success. OYAP Coordinators will share their strategies and insights into student selection, retention and student achievement in a variety of apprenticeships.

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3D Dual Credit Rescue

TARGET AUDIENCE: Dual Credit Teachers, Guidance Counsellors, College Faculty, Secondary School Administrators, Student Success Teachers

PRESENTERS: Lynn Krusto, Specialist High Skills Major and Pathways Consultant; Hamilton- Wentworth DSB; Bryan Ledgerwood, Specialist, Community Access and Engagement, Mohawk College.

DESCRIPTION: Dual Credit Rescue is a college delivered dual credit program that targets students within 1 or 2 credits of graduating. This program targets at-risk students who without this intervention would not graduate with their cohort. Schools with low four year graduation rates and low OYAP post-secondary participation rates are identified and students at that school are selected for this program.

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Facilitated Networking Session 4A

Sharing Strategies for Student Retention, Student Success & Graduation

Facilitators: Deb Ford, April-Dawn Blackwell

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Facilitated Networking Session 4B

Ideas for the Future of SCWI/IJECT

Facilitators: David Armstrong, Janine Griffore

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Facilitated Networking Session 4C

Level I Apprenticeship In-School Training Dual Credits

Facilitators: John Kantola, Kevin Hotten

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5A Promoting Women in Skilled Trades - Activities to Encourage Non-Traditional Careers

TARGET AUDIENCE: Dual Credit Teachers, Guidance Counsellors, Administrators

PRESENTERS: Rosie Hessian, Chair, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Conestoga College; Katelyn McCreary, Activities & Events Coordinator, Dual Credit/SCWI, Conestoga College

DESCRIPTION: Join us in exploring activities to encourage young women to choose non- traditional careers in skilled trades.

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5B Dual Credit Planning to Enhance Student Success

TARGET AUDIENCE: Dual Credit Teachers, Guidance Counsellors, Coop Teachers, Administrators, School Board Consultants

PRESENTERS:Anne Nahorny, Dual Credit Program Coodinator, SLC; Jenn Halligan, Dual Credit Facilitator, SLC

DESCRIPTION: Strategies to Enhance Student Success! This workshop will look at various strategies to get the right students in the right dual credit courses. We will look at different options and factors that determine which programs are best for your Dual credit students. We will discuss delivery methods, course selection and student recruitment and selection. You will leave this workshop with student recruitment and selection strategies galore.

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5C SCWI Activities to Promote Trades and Technology to Gr. 7 & 8

TARGET AUDIENCE: Gr. 7 & 8 Teachers, Guidance Counsellors, Administrators, Experiential Learning Leads, College Faculty, Administrators, Marketing and Recruitment

PRESENTERS: Antonio Stefanile, SCWI RPT 11 College Advisor and Gr. 7 & 8 Activities Coordinator; Jim Keyes, SCWI RPT 11 Coordinator

DESCRIPTION:SCWI RPT 11 provides the opportunity for up to 900 Grade 7 & 8 students to spend a day at Confederation College. Students experience hands-on and interactive activities with a key focus on skilled trades and the opportunities they present. Recent enhancements have expanded these activities to offer an evening on campus for students with their parents.

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5D Engaging the Disengaged Student

TARGET AUDIENCE: Dual Credit Teachers, Guidance, Administrators, College Faculty, Advisors, High School Teachers

PRESENTERS: Sue Hawkins, Manager SCWI & AU; Melissa Bosomworth, Wellness Coach- Durham College

DESCRIPTION: This workshop explores several theories to engage SCWI’s primary target group – disengaged youth. The connection between engagement and motivation, the importance of connections, encouraging a sense of belonging, and restorative practices are examined. Suggested resources are provided for those who are interested in learning more.

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New this Year: Pre-Symposium Activities

• • An Introduction to the School-College-Work Initiative and Dual Credits
    Presented by Sonja Vandermeer, Provincial SCWI Program Co-ordinator.
  • New to the School-College-Work Initiative? View this pre-Symposium recorded webinar to learn more about this successful initiative that helps eligible students graduate from secondary school and have a seamless transition to college and apprenticeship. (Recorded April 14, 2020).
    View Webinar

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    Dr. Jon Callegher
    Executive Director - Job Talks
  • Balanced Intelligence: Why Skilled Trades are Better(2019)
    Skilled tradespeople are among the most fulfilled workers in the country. Learn about Balanced Intelligence and promoting pathways to Skilled Trades.
    Watch video.

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    Dr. Jean M. Clinton BMus MD FRCP(C)
  • Connecting with Adolescent Learners – The Heart of Well-Being” (2018)
    Learn how we can focus on harnessing the novelty, creativity, and emotional intelligence teens have due to their “adolescent brain”
    Watch video.

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    Dr. Stuart Middleton
    Director of External Relations Manukau IT, NZ
  • Breeching the Walls: A New Way of Bringing Success to Students” (2017)
    Learn about the Tertiary High School in New Zealand where failing grade 9 students are brought to the MIT to complete high school and tertiary technical skills qualifications.
    Watch video.

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    Brian Weishar
    Simcoe Muskoka Catholic DSB
  • Adolescents Can Learn Anything: The Growth Mindset Explained for Teachers” (2015)
    Learn about the adolescent brain, the educator’s role in shaping it, and approaching learning with a growth mindset to help teens.
    Slides and Audio.

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• Notes:

  • Adobe Connect recordings work best in the Classic mode.
  • You do not need to register for these Pre-Symposium Activities.
  
  

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