Essential Skills Workshops
for CO-OP, OYAP and SHSM Programs

Overview

The Essential Skills Workshops have been designed for students who are registered in the Ontario Cooperative Education Program (CO-OP), the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) or a Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) at an Ontario High School. In each of these programs, essential skills development is required, using the Ontario Skills Passport (OSP) as a guide.

Please contact our office if you would like a copy of the Essential Skills Program booklet emailed to you.

The Workshops

• Customer Service
• Conflict Management
• Behavioural Styles/Team Building
• Active Listening Skills/Problem Solving
• Strengthening Personal Accountability
• Understanding & Managing Stress/Coping with Change
• Maintaining a Respectful Workplace

Essential Skills

The following essential skills are addressed in these workshops:

• Problem Solving
• Team Building
• Understanding of the Changing Roles of Men & Women at work
• Decision Making
• Working with Others
• Oral Communication
• Understanding of issues relating to human rights, discrimination, harassment & disability

Delivery

In the Essential Skills Workshops, students are treated as young adults in a professional setting, away from the school environment, which is integral to gaining an understanding of life in the workplace beyond secondary and postsecondary education.

Gib Murdoch provides an active, informative and relevant presentation for CO-OP students and any young student entering the work force.

- Nancy Browning, CO-OP Teacher
Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School, Grand Erie District School Board, Brantford, Ontario