- Welcome and Orientation

- Workplace agreements

- Pre-Placement learning expectations                                         

- Wiki Creation & development

- Pre employment readiness quiz

• Create your wiki at: http://www.pbwiki.com

• Have the co-op agreement signed by your parent or Guardian 

• Workplace Logs distributed

Important: we will have a guest speaker on Thursday during the first

period after lunch.

- Important session dates chart

- Pre placement learning expectations

- Interview skills activity and interview simulator

- Passport to Safety login information and training 

• Review the preplacement learning expectations:
  • Pre-placement learning expectations.pdf

• Interview simulator links:
   
  https://www.careerswales.com/quiz/interviewgame.asp
   
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/11_16/gogetit/getthatjob/interviewgame.shtml

• Login to passport to safety to begin safety training:
  • http://www.passporttosafety.com/youth/  

- Video: Building Personal Workplace Management Skills.

- Please remember to return your signed statement of commitment!

- Reminder: the workplace training presentation will take place tomorrow

in the auditorium at 12:30 PM.

- Hardcopy handout: Unions research assignment: due Friday morning.

- Reminder: the workplace training presentation will take place TODAY

in the auditorium at 12:30 PM.

- Review of major concepts from the workplace safety presentation

- Labour Union activity handed in

-Health and Safety presentation assignment: please use your H&S document and type your answers, due Monday February 9th.

-Health and safety wallet card distributed

-Health and Safety presentation assignment (hardcopy)

-Health and Safety On-Site Assignment (hardcopy)

Homework:

• If unfinished, complete the safety assignment for Monday!
• Check out these great workplace safety websites!
  • http://www.prevent-it.ca/
  • http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/site/youngworkers/index.html
  • http://www.worksmartontario.gov.on.ca/scripts/default.asp

Reminder:

• Monday February 9th: Open book pre-placement test!

• Health and Safety On-Site Assignment is due on the

          first integration session: March 25th.

Have a great weekend!

-Pre placement open book test

-IMPORTANT: placements will begin on Wednesday February 11th, not on February 10th. Workplace agreements will be completed in class tomorrow (Tuesday).

• Check out these great workplace safety websites!
  • http://www.prevent-it.ca/
  • http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/site/youngworkers/index.html
  • http://www.worksmartontario.gov.on.ca/scripts/default.asp
• Complete the webquest:

• wso_quiz_students.pdf

 Answers can be found at

www.WorkSmartOntario.gov.on.ca

Work Placements begin!

Please see the Calendar for assignment due dates.

Our first in service (...at school) will take place on March 25th.

Integration Session 1

• Poster presentations
• Review of important dates
• Safety Assignments handed in
• Interviews:
  • Revised strategies & best practices (note)
  • Behavioural vs traditional interview questions activity
  • Resume building: please see the link to York University's career center.

Resume video and action verbs:

http://www.yorku.ca/careers/cyberguide/resume.htm

Interview simulator links:

Integration Session 2

• Poster presentation
• Review of hours to date
• Promotion Package Assignment (Due June 3)
• PPLP/Job Profile Assignment (Due June 3)
• Overview of the Summative Portfolio.

Hardcopy Handouts:

1. PPLP and Job profile assignment
2. Promotion package assignment
3. Summative Instructions

• Our next integration session is June 3rd. Please make sure to have your PPLP/job profile assignment and promotion package assignment ready to hand in on June 3rd.
• Keep those log sheets coming!
• Please remember to call Mr. Cappello anytime you will be absent from your placement.

Integration Session 3

• Review of Hours and Logs
• Experiential Learning checklist and questionare
• Items due, handed in to Mr C:
  • Job Profile Assignment
  • PPLP Outline
  • PPLP Mid Term Evaluation
  • Promotion package assignment (Yellow handout) 
• Summative Portfolio Q & A
  • Work Period
• Handouts:
  • Final PPLP (due June 12th)
  • Portfolio checklist

Important Reminders: 

• You MUST complete 200 hours at your work placement. If you have already completed 200 hours, it is expected you will continue to attend your placement until the final day, June 12th.
• Please work hard to ensure you have a positive reference for future work, a summer job and to best represent our school!
• The last day assignments can be handed in is JUNE 12th. No assignments can be collected following the 12th (...as per school policy), so please get all your assignments and logs handed in.
  • The summative portfolio must be handed in on June 12th at the very latest!
• You're almost done for the year! Keep smiling and make your co-op teacher proud!

The portfolio Final Journal/Reflection refers to employability skills. An overview of these skills is available at this website, and the 2000+ pdf document:

http://www.thelearningpartnership.ca/Passport_to_Prosperity/onlineresources_students.htm

2000+ Employability, Essential skills document:

employability skills 2000.pdf