DESIGN JAM
Summer registration now open!

July 5 – August 12
$325 /student
Registration closes June 24
COOP DESIGN JAM program provides Cooperative Education students in grade 11 & 12 with the opportunity to develop transferable employability skills!
Using the Sustainable Development Goals, students will learn and apply Design Thinking creative problem-solving methodology to offer new solutions to challenges each career sector is facing in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Students will connect with professionals and entrepreneurs (Sector Champions) from various career sector themes to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges they have faced during the Covid-19 pandemic. Sector Champions will be invited to pitch presentations with the opportunity to provide feedback.
Each student will complete the program with a visual skills portfolio in addition to the following transferable skills:
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- Public speaking
- Project management
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Creativity
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic thinking
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
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- 6 live virtual 2-hour workshops from 10am – 12pm delivered in the Unearth Education learning platform
- July 6: Program Launch
- July 8: Design Thinking and Project Management workshop
- July 14: Infection Prevention and Control workshop + Design Check-in
- July 21: ACED IT! workshop + Design Check-in
- July 28: Career Exploration Forum & Pitches!
- August 4: Skills Portfolio Development workshop & Wrap Up
- Career Exploration Forum
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- Various professionals and entrepreneurs from the career sector themes who will share their career journey.
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- 5 certificates of completion
- Design Thinking (SPE)
- Communication Skills and Public Speaking
- Project Management
- Infection Prevention & Control
- Skills Portfolio Development
- Assignments created by certified teachers and a rubric based on the 2018 cooperative education curriculum.
- Virtual Help available for students Tuesday – Thursday.
- Team ICE Challenge Workbook
- Student Workbook with individual assignments
- 6 live virtual 2-hour workshops from 10am – 12pm delivered in the Unearth Education learning platform
CAREER SECTOR THEMES
CUSTOMER SERVICE |
DESIGN AND MEDIA |
TRADES |
LAND AND SEA |
PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY |
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DETAILS AND LOGISTICS
Enrollment
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- Registration closes on Thursday, June 24th.
- Program requires a minimum of 40 students and a maximum of 60 students cumulative across all school boards.
- UEÉ will notify teachers by Friday, June 25th to confirm that the program reached minimum registrations.
Technology
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- Students and teachers will receive a login to the UEÉ learning platform on Monday, July 5th.
- Students require a computer with a camera and microphone to participate.
- All content and workshops will be available inside the learning platform. Students are required to login with their username and password to participate.
Unearth Education Éveillée will:
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- Provide experienced, dynamic and engaging coaches to deliver live workshops.
- Recruit and prepare Industry Sector Champions.
- Manage registration.
- Assign student teams. It is likely that students will be paired with others from different boards.
- Create user accounts in the learning platform for teachers and students to access the program.
- Prepare certificates of completion & send them directly to students (Teachers will receive a copy).
Teachers will:
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- Select the Career Sector theme for their students.
- Attend the live workshops with their students to moderate student attendance and behaviour.
- Allocate in-class work sessions for students to work with their team to complete program requirements. Allocate additional in-class time for students to complete individual workshop assignments.
- Monitor student progress and receive student assignments.
- Confirm that their students completed all requirements.
When registering, teachers must provide the following for each student:
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- Full name
- Career sector theme selection
Contact Jennifer Regnier (jennifer.regnier@uneartheducation.com) for more information.