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Instructional Programs and Materials AP 216 - Appendix A: Registered Apprenticeship Program

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Background

The Division working with Alberta Education, Alberta Labour in partnership with local employers agrees to implement and provide secondary school students with the opportunity to participate in the Registered Apprenticeship Program.

Procedures

  1. There must be a designated coordinator at the school level.
  2. Work placements will be monitored by designated school personnel.
  3. Principals, in consultation with parents and business, will establish specific program criteria.
  4. Students shall:
    1. Be the full age of 16 years in order to register in the program;
    2. Have met apprenticeship entrance requirements; and
    3. Complete all compulsory credit requirements.  Students may earn up to 20 credits per year while training on the job.

 

Adopted:

March 3, 1992

Amended:

December 4, 2001, September 21, 2016, December 31, 2021

Reference:

Section 11, 18, 22, 31, 32, 33, 52, 53, 196, 197, 222 Education Act

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

Section 75 Employment Standards Code

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Labour Relations Act

Occupational Health and Safety Act

Worker’s Compensation Act

Student Record Regulation 225/2006

Guide to Education ECS to Grade 12

Off-Campus Education Guide for Administrators, Counselors and Teachers

Labour Relations Code

Knowledge and Employability Courses Handbook Grades 8 to 12
Cross Reference:

AP 200 Organization for Instruction

AP 430 Role of the Principal