SCWI Calendar of Important Dates for 2020/21

This calendar provides a summary of important SCWI dates between August 2021 and August 2022.

Updated January, 2022.

Are you new to the School-College-Work Initiative?

There are lots of excellent resources on our website – below you’ll find key resources to help you as you begin your involvement with SCWI.

Many of these resources were shared at the second virtual Summer Institute held by SCWI in August 2021.

Updated September 22, 2021

SCWI Reporting, Approval & Monitoring Process Report for 2021-2022

This SCWI accountability document provides information for regional planning teams regarding the SCWI Reporting Website for completing the Interim Report, Dual Credit Student Data Report and SCWI Final Report; Approval Process for Contract Changes; Process for Requesting New Dual Credit Course Code(s); Process for Monitoring Activities/Forums; and sample forms.

Updated December 2, 2021

SCWI Activity Monitoring Report 2020-2021 Executive Summary, November 2021

This executive summary is a brief report of the 2020-2021 regional planning team activity/forum monitoring conducted by the SCWI Liaison Team Members. The report includes a list of the activities and forums monitored as well as a provincial overview of their effectiveness.

Posted: November 4, 2021

Summer Institute 2021

Our second online Summer Institute provided opportunities for both new and experienced Regional Planning Team Members. Sharing successful practices and opportunities to reconnect were highlights of the event. In this section, you will find the presentations, recordings and resources that were shared. Items specific to EDCS can be found on the EDCS webpage.

How do team-taught dual credits support the goals of the SCWI?

These webinars explored what makes team-taught dual credits both unique and successful.

Updated October 20, 2021

Contract Change Memo 2021-22

Memo: April 22, 2021

This document contains the submission dates and procedures for requesting any changes to RPT Contracts for 2021-22.

How do Dual Credits for Specialist High Skills Majors students support the goals of the SCWI?

This question was the focus for two webinars. The first highlights the intersections between these two Student Success initiatives. The second webinar featured guest speakers who shared their experiences with these programs.

Updated – October 29, 2021

SCWI Online Activities Sharing Session 2020

How do we continue to achieve the SCWI/IJECT goals through Activities now that many are moving online? This sharing session connected participants with other RPT members in order to focus specifically on planning and delivering Activities online during the 2020-21 school year. The recording, Power Point presentation, background information along with notes from the session are available.

SCWI Online Activities

RPTs have taken on the challenge of developing and delivering high-quality SCWI Activities -- ones that further the goals of the initiative, and that are being delivered online. These sessions will highlight online Activities delivered or planned for the 2020-21 school year. Recordings of the webinars, along with the PowerPoint presentations, notes and a backgrounder are available.

Updated – May 2021

Summer Institute 2020

This was our first online Summer Institute which served both new and experienced Regional Planning Team Members. Presentations by RPTs on their shift to online delivery and meetings were a highlight of the event. In this section, you will find the presentations, recordings and resources that were shared. Items specific to EDCS can be found on the EDCS webpage.

SCWI Approved 2020 - 2021 Activities and Forums

A report listing each RPT’s approved activities/forums including a brief overview, date, location, time and contact person. RPT’s are encouraged to refer to this resource to explore activities or forums that may be of interest to them.

Updated: April 28, 2021
Updates will occur throughout the year as more detailed information becomes available.

Proposing Level 1 Apprenticeship Dual Credits Workshop

The 2019 webinar focused on how to input Level 1 Apprenticeship Dual Credit proposals into EDCS. The focus of the 2020 webinar was on the various Level 1 Apprenticeship delivery options. The pros and cons of each type of delivery were explored. Level 1 Delivery Options 2020 was designed to help RPTs in decision-making. The recordings, presentations and related resources are available for download. .

December 2020

Adult Dual Credit Pilot Programs

Adult Dual Credit Pilot Programs were launched in Semester 1, 2017-18. Here you will find resources presented at the Enhancing Adult Dual Credit Pilot Programs Regional Forums held in Spring 2018.

In order to support the implementation of the Adult Dual Credit (ADC) pilots, SCWI has developed a document that brings together Ministry of Education policies and procedures. This document will be of assistance in recording and transcripting ADCs and dual credit teacher funding depending on the delivery approach (college delivered or team-taught). Added November 2018.

Level 1 Mathematics Skills Resources

Teacher and student learning packages resources have been developed to enhance the knowledge and confidence of Level 1 Carpentry, Culinary Arts and Motive Power dual credit apprentices in identified mathematical areas (measurement, fractions, decimals and geometry). These resources were developed by the Nipissing Parry Sound RPT and field tested by Canadore college staff with students.

These resources focus on a practical and hands-on approach to learning and reflect the real-world mathematical demands facing apprentices.

Mental Health Input from RPTs on Resources, Strategies and Programs

The purpose of this document is to provide information and sample practices on mental health resources, strategies and programs used by RPTs. The agenda for a RPT Mental Health Pilot Workshop conducted by RPTs 5, 7 and 14 is also included.

Updated: January 9, 2018.

Level 1 In-School Apprenticeship Training Options

This document includes the various options for SCWI and non-SCWI Level 1 programs. RPTs, working with their boards’ OYAP coordinators, should consider the wide range of options in order to determine which options are appropriate and will be available to their students. This document includes details on each of the SCWI Level 1 dual credit options including notes on student eligibility and funding.

Updated: November 2020

Wrap Around SWAC and Wrap Around Adult Dual Credit Resources 2021-22

Materials to support the delivery of both Wrap Around School Within a College (SWAC) and Wrap Around Adult Dual Credits (ADC) will be useful for both college advisors and Regional Planning Team members. This was formerly known as "After ADC" and "After SWAC".

Included here are descriptions, reporting templates and prior results.

Also included here are resources from the November 17, 2020 College Advisor Sharing Session, November 17, 2020 and the March 15, 2021 College Advisor Sharing Sessions.

For those college advisors and others not able to attend the webinars, the recordings and accompanying power points are available.

Updated September 23, 2021

Dual Credit Students with an IEP/IPRC

Questions and Answers to Assist Colleges and School Boards When Registering a Student with an IEP/IPRC in a Dual Credit Course.

Parent Information: Apprenticeships: Skilled Trades

This document will be helpful to parents with a son or daughter interested in the Skilled Trades.

See this fact sheet

SCWI Recommends Criminal Reference Checks for College Staff Providing Instruction at Secondary Schools

Memo: Friday, May 13, 2016

In the document below the SCWI committee on Criminal Record Checks has released its recommendations to RPTs regarding important procedural changes. For all college instructors providing dual credit courses at secondary school locations, RPT's are strongly advised to implement Ontario Regulation 521/01 effective September 1, 2016.  Please read the document attached carefully.

Indigenous Education Board Leads Webinar

In order to support First Nations, Métis and Inuit board leads, the School-College-Work Initiative (SCWI) has partnered with the Student Achievement Division and the Indigenous Education Office of the Ministry of Education. The power point presentation that was shared at this webinar on June 14, 2017 is available for download.

SCWI – CRALO Document on Dual Credits

The College Registrars, Admissions and Liaison Officers (CRALO) have developed this statement regarding how dual credits are considered in the college application process and how students receive recognition for their dual credits once they finish secondary school and start a college program.

Adobe Connect Resources

Training materials for SCWI Symposium workshop presenters, moderators and networking session facilitators are available.

RPT Chairs and Coordinators may want to use Adobe Connect or other web-based meeting tools to help bring their teams together. A recording of the April RPT Chairs and Coordinators training session and the accompanying Power Point presentation are available. Details on booking an SCWI Adobe Connect meeting room are included in the Power Point.

Updated April 2021

SCWI Scheduling Dual Credits -- Sharing Session 2020

Scheduling Dual Credit Programs this year is likely more challenging than in previous years with the wider range of ways students are learning. This webinar provided an opportunity to discuss RPTs’ scheduling strategies, successes and areas needing focus. The recording and resources are available.