Cooperative Education Course

Personalized Placement Learning Plan (PPLP) Components Worksheet

Developed by:

Board and School:

Related Course

Course Title: Course Code:

Curriculum Policy Document:

Credit Value:

Brief Description of the Placement:

TIPS: Include:

- information such as type of business, number of employees, focus of the work (specialty), scope of the services offered

- what the student will be involved in during the placement

Credit Value of Cooperative Education Course:

Related Course Expectations:

TIPS:

Knowledge and skills that the student will refine, extend, apply and practise at the workplace.

Include Overall and Specific Expectations that address the key learning – these should be explicit as to what the student will learn and do, rather than peripheral. They speak to the value and integrity of giving the student a credit.

Expectations Included in the Cooperative Education Course Classroom Component:

TIPS: Only those expectations that the student will refine, extend, apply and/or practise at the workplace.

Employer’s Expectations:

Only note those expectations from the related course and/or the co-op course chosen by the employer that have not already been noted in the sections that identify the related course and the co-op course expectations. If there are no additional expectations to be noted, you may choose to use the following statements in the section of your PPLP:

• The employer expectations are the same as those identified from the related course and the cooperative education course.
• See relevant learning skills which are assessed with a rating scale for reporting purposes.

Include the following statement, if appropriate:

• For OYAP students, see the training standards for the appropriate trade and its related training program.: ___________________________________________________

TIPS: Identify opportunities that the placement will provide and learning strategies that will be employed at the placement for students to refine, extend, apply and practise (R.E.A.P.) their skills and develop an understanding of current industry practices and standards.

Learning Opportunities at the Placement

Learning Strategies

The student has opportunities to learn about: TIP: what the students will do, e.g., learning opportunity - learn about changing brake pads The examples given are not meant to imply that there is a one-to-one correlation between the information listed in this section and the information listed in the learning strategies section. These are two independent lists. The relationship between the opportunities and the learning strategies used at the workplace would be made clear in the unit of study.

The student learns through: TIP: how the students will learn it, e.g., learn through observation and completing a checklist

Assessment and Evaluation: Strategies and Scoring Tools

Purpose	Assessment and Evaluation Strategies	Scoring Tools	Expectations	Achievement Chart
Identify if for diagnostic, ongoing assessment, or evaluation	Identify the strategy – product and name	Type of tool, e.g., checklist, rubric, marking scheme	Relevant expectations – related course and co-op	Categories