1. CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION AT WATERLOO BOARD OF GOVERNORS PRESENTATION OCTOBER 27, 2015 ROCCO FONDACARO ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION & CAREER ACTION Your name here CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION & CAREER ACTION CECA.UWATERLOO.CA

2. RIGHT FROM THE START Why students come to university (HESA ’14) -to get good job; -to prepare for specific career or job; -knowledge in specific field Graduate outcomes: (OUGS ‘11) -UWaterloo co-op grads: --make more --hired sooner, --careers more related to studies Our Differentiation increases; momentum grows Economic Impacts: -start ups ecosystem -IP & commercialization -$251M contribution to economy (JobMine Salary Survey 2014) Advancement/Research Impacts: -diverse industry/employer relations -talent is Foot-in-the-door -bolsters Global Reputation -collaborations -$$ CO-OP JUGGERNAUT A risky venture… -co-op model “self evidently second rate…no future at a serious university” (Usher, 4/21/15) - DNA – right from the start Co-operative Education & Career Action Enrolment Impacts : -66% 1 st year for co-op (MUR) -50+% overall complete co-op (IAP) -50+% undergrad Tuition and BIU revenues Note: background data in BOG member agenda packages.

3. co-op enrolment growth (full-time/undergraduate) source: IAP Co-operative Education & Career Action Average UW employment rate past 10 years = 96.8% 2014 Source WatCACE

4. overall positive student and employer experience 96+% employment rate 93% employers rate student job performance as very good, excellent or outstanding 90+% students rate work satisfaction with experience 7+ out of 10 Co-operative Education & Career Action Source CECA… data collected each term all co-op students and employers strategic reporting process improvement employer and student relations management

5. SHIFTING ENVIRONMENTAL BACKDROP Growth, demographic and enrolment patterns Shrinking 18 – 24 age segments Changing make-up of student body (e.g., more diversity; domestic vs. international) Enrolment challenges Student Readiness and Career Goals Younger/inexperienced; less resilient (failure adverse) Non-traditional career aspirations Growing start-up culture Employer Needs and ROI Access to right talent; addressing skills gaps (soft skills, intrapreneurship) Seeking broader relations Better ROI – hiring flexibility, longer work terms, convenience and ease CO-OP JUGGERNAUT Co-operative Education & Career Action Competition Growing demands for Work Integrated Experiences WIE part of many PSE SMAs Smaller programs more personalized, responsive with students and employers

6. AT RISK… QUALITY STAKEHOLDER EXPERIENCE Student Employment Student readiness – first work term; international At risk programs – challenging job development Traditional work terms becoming less relevant At Risk… delivering on the co-op promise; student satisfaction; UW reputation and enrolment advantage Employer ROI Skills gaps (soft skills, attitudes) Competition for “best” talent Cumbersome process is costly At Risk… our quality talent value proposition; employer recruitment and retention; maintaining employment rate CO-OP JUGGERNAUT Co-operative Education & Career Action

7. MITIGATING RISK – FLEXIBILITY AND RELEVANCE Student Employment Innovations in student preparation First work term programming pilots (LLC) Focus program segmentation Work term flexibility and relevance Employer ROI Promotion and recruitment support Talent Partnering (Account Management) Work term flexibility (8 mon wts, e-co-op) Enhance search, self serve, interview and hiring process ease & convenience (WaterlooWorks) Co-operative Education & Career Action Student Employment Student readiness – first work term; international At risk programs – challenging job development Work less relevant for more students At Risk… delivering on the co-op promise; student satisfaction; UW reputation and enrolment advantage Employer ROI Less choice; fewer alternatives Skills gaps and hiring mis-matches Ease-of–participation At Risk… our quality talent value proposition; employer recruitment and retention; maintaining employment rate CO-OP JUGGERNAUT

8. MITIGATING RISKS… EMPLOYERS Improved Access and Ease-of-participation Alternative modes of interviewing (Skype, phone) Recruitment planning and support (Account management model) Flexibility -- 8 month work terms; alternative remuneration; start-ups and NPOs Links with University (Advancement, Research) Engineering technology Academic Program (Siemens) Start-ups, humanitarian, alternative remuneration In the works… Enhanced advertising, search, information sharing and self serve capabilities (WaterlooWorks) Orientation and Supervisory support tools CO-OP JUGGERNAUT Co-operative Education & Career Action

9. MITIGATING RISKS… STUDENTS More Flexibility, Relevance, Ubiquity First work term “experiments” (strategic stakeholder research) Co-op living learning residence BETS and Greenhouse (BETS) Co-op Innovative interview skills development (mock-interviews workshop) Foundational work terms (experience in workplace) Entrepreneurial work terms (e-co-op) Hybrid models (Pharmacy clinical rotation) In the works… EDGE… experiential education certificate Co-op specializations (r-terms) grad co-op Enhancing support for visa students International job development CO-OP JUGGERNAUT Co-operative Education & Career Action

10. Reasserting UW Leadership and Prominence Co-operative Education & Career Action WatCACE International research and thought leadership CAFCE (chair), WACE research committees Building a research portal to connect research and practice for international work-integrated education community Enhancing quality stakeholder experience Research Grants: Measuring the quality of the co-op student experience (OHCRIF, 2014) Unpacking the co-op supervisor experience (OHCRIF, 2015) Developing a framework for sustainable work-integrated learning (WIL) relationships (ACEN, 2015) First work term Pilot Programs (PIF, 2014)

11. Co-op Living Learning Community (LLC) (Fall 2014 & ongoing Fall 2015) Co-operative Education & Career Action Joint initiative between WatCACE, Housing and CECA Students: 150 first year Engineering students, randomly assigned to the LLC Programming includes: mock interviews, résumé critiques, speed networking company events and several community dinners Employers: Linamar, D2L, Toyota Manufacturing, Christie Digital and BlackBerry Results -LLC Students… - felt better prepared to navigate the co-op process - more confident in their ability to secure a co-op job -Student attendance at each event this term up over 100% over last year

12. Green House Co-op (Winter 2014, Planned for Winter 2016) Co-operative Education & Career Action 12 first work term students still unemployed at start of work term Student selection and training in partnership with St. Paul’s “GreenHouse” Students worked in pairs for 3 different social enterprise start-ups in 4 week cycles Students stipends jointly funded by employers and an innovation grant Results -Employer feedback about students’ contribution very positive -Increase in Students interest and appreciation for entrepreneurship and social innovation -Students were as successful as peers in finding second work term employment

13. Protect and Progress Co-operative Education & Career Action UW Strategic Plan provides context and mechanism… Building flexibility, relevance and ubiquity Cross-pillar and strategic theme integration Leveraging our “unfair advantage”

14. STRATEGY AND ALIGNMENT Specializations E-co-op (EIL) R-terms Collaborations Grad co-op GBDA SEM Strategic links Entrepreneurship Research Student Success Graduate Studies Academic Programming Flexibility Ubiquity Relevance Co-op Designation EDGE Experiential Ed Certificate Domain-related Credentials? Today EmergingTomorrow Co-operative Education & Career Action Co-op 2.0 EE Strategic Themes Work Integrated Education for all students Enhanced UW Brand: “UW Experiential Undergraduate Degrees” Co-op Juggernaut Note: background data in BOG member agenda packages.

15. CO-OP 2.0-- PROTECT AND PROGRESS Meets CAFCE accreditation (min 3 work terms with 8 study terms) Flexibility to continue with traditional UW co-op model or adapt to meet needs of different programs -- Faculty/Program determine sequence components… Relevance -- Supports co-op specializations; diverse experiential education Operational consistency work term sequence 12 34 5/6 FoundationalCoreCapstone Volunteer BETS Traditional Unpaid NPOs Other? Volunteer Travel Traditional Humanitarian Clinical practice Other? Engineering Co-operative Education & Career Action

16. Thank you for your attention