Overview

School boards are responsible for planning and coordinating dual credit programs, with a focus on maximizing student enrollment. Planning includes working with partners, selecting courses and trades, monitoring participation and meeting approval requirements where applicable.

Planning responsibilities

School board planning and coordinating responsibilities for dual credit programs include:

  • meeting regularly with regional planning teams to plan and review programs
  • coordinating with regional planning teams to enter dual credit program and activity proposals into our Enhanced Data Collection Solution (EDCS)
  • reviewing participation to ensure that at least 70% of participants are from the primary target group
  • only offering postsecondary courses that are both:
  • available to regular postsecondary students
  • listed as dual credits in the postsecondary course calendar
  • sharing information with students about dual credit programs (see the information for students resource for more detail)
  • ensuring awareness of postsecondary institution policies that may differ from school board policies, such as criminal reference check policy or transportation policies

Selecting trades and courses

For dual credit programs with apprenticeship training, school boards determine which trades to offer and develop selection criteria and processes by working with:

  • Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) recruiters
  • staff from training delivery agents (TDAs) who deliver apprenticeship training
  • Skilled Trades Ontario (STO) and local Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) office staff

Approvals for apprenticeship programs

School boards, in partnership with the TDA, must obtain documented approval from their local MLITSD office for MLITSD funding for Level 1 apprenticeship in-class training.

MLITSD typically informs TDAs:

  • which trades each TDA can offer
  • how many seats will be funded by MLITSD

Once Level 1 funding is confirmed by MLITSD, a school board may deliver dual credits for level 1 training for the approved number of OYAP students with a Registered Training Agreement (RTA).