Co-op+120

=Welcome to Mr. Mulligan’s Co-op 120 Page=

If You are a Coop student, Please Check here often for updates or changes to the calendar and in-class days. Here I will let parents and students know about upcoming assignments or tests, due dates, and in-class dates and locations.

Coop is an experiential course where the student learns about the world of work through a combination of classroom lessons and experience in the workplace. There is a large body of material to be mastered in the classroom prior to going to the workplace. This material is composed of the following topics and comprises the bulk of the course mark for first Semester. Resume, Coverletter, Interview Skills, Safety Start and First Aid, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Reviewl Test Assignments (and value) which are due: Reflection (20), Resume (20), Cover Letter (20), Elevator Speech (10), Employment Standards Assignment (50), Human Rights Assignment (50) Ethics Assignment (Value 50) And Mid-Term Evaluation Due March 25 (Valued at 40% of final mark).
 * About Cooperative Education 120**
 * Classroom Work (first Reporting period): [All due before February 17]**


 * Classroom work (Second reporting period): [All due before May 27]**

Midterm Reflection Assignment (Value /60) Spending Worksheet ( Value /25) Unions Handout Value 60 Unions Case Study Value 20 Final Evaluation (completed by Employer) Value 40% of course Due May 27 Learning plan goals (completed with employer) Value 20 Due May 27 Final Test (Value /60) June 4 Final Project - presented to class (Value /50) Due May 27
 * Learning Targets** (Smart goals) value /25

All due dates are by 12:30pm on the day due. Late work will be accepted but 2 points per day will be subtracted from the final mark of the late work. **However: Absolutely no work will be accepted after** **3:30** **on June 1.**
 * Please Note:**

Workplace Logs and Journals, a Monitoring Visitation by the co-op teacher, and a Midterm Evaluation by the employer First Logs and Journal due Monday Sep 29., then one each Monday following.
 * Workplace Materials:**
 * > **Course Evaluation** ||> **Term 1** ||> **Term 2** ||
 * > Class Mark ||> 5 ||> 5 ||
 * > Tests ||> 15 ||> 5 ||
 * > Assignments ||> 20 ||> 15 ||
 * > Logs, Journals, Reflections ||> 20 ||> 20 ||
 * > Projects ||> -- ||> 15 ||
 * > Workplace Evaluation ||> 40 ||> 40 ||
 * > Total ||> 100 ||> 100 ||
 * > Semester Mark ||> 50% ||> 50% ||

Please check here often.
=Reminder: All work is due on or before Noon May 27, 2009! =

This includes your final project.
Logs and Journals are due each Monday before the end of the day. They need to be turned in to the BBT Lab at Lunch (D-112). Logs are to be completed daily, signed on Friday by your supervisor (or thursday if we are in class on Friday). Value /15 Journals are to be completed weekly: 1 paragraph –feelings about your work placement How you are doing, progressing with your skills .../10 The first, the Mid-Term evaluation, is due no later than Wednesday, October 29. (Late evaluations will lose 10% per day, and will not be accepted after November 4) The Final Evaluation is tentatively due January 7, and will not be accepted after January 13.
 * More about Assignments:** (Again all dates are tentative)
 * It is impossible to pass the course without the employer evaluations**.

Ideas to assist in Writing your Coop 120 Journals
These are ideas, which may help spark some ideas to write about. Remember a journal should be about how you are feeling about your experience.So read the questions below, and write how you feel about one or two of the questions. What kind of communication is used in the workplace. Is it formal, all the time, or is there some that is informal? What are the circumstances around the use of each? What kind of communication (formal or informal) do you use with your supervisor, your co-worker, on the phone, in emails? How do you decide? How do you politely interrupt someone when you need their attention? How do you tell your supervisor bad news? What do you do if you are late? How do you get along with the other people in the workplace? What tools and/or technologies are used, are you familiar with them? If not how long before you asked for training, and how long before you received training?How long before you became proficient with its use? Are you comfortable with the tools/technologies now? Are these skills you can transfer to another job? If it is, ensure that your supervisor recognizes your skill(s) in a letter of recommendation. Are there any skills you learned which are specific to the industry you are working in? (these would be skills you can only use in this industry) If so, what are they, how proficient are you with them, and can this information be useful in applying for work or school somewhere else (if so get your supervisor to recognize it in a letter of recommendation).
 * Communication:**
 * What other people skills are you learning about?**
 * Technology Skills**:
 * Industry Specific Knowledge and or skills**

If you have additional ideas to help students with Journal writing, please let me know and I will include them on the list.
If you need to contact me, please email me at: malcolm.mulligan@nbed.nb.ca