Guide to Career and Technology Studies (CTS)

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Regional Skills Centres

 

A regional skills centre is a community-based learning centre established and maintained by a partnership council of multiple school authorities, post-secondary institutions, and/or business and industry to meet the unique needs of a regional community. The regional skills centre provides career-focused programs offered by teachers and industry experts with workplace-recognized credentials using industry-standard equipment in specialized work spaces.

 

Skills Centres and Regional Skills Centres
complement senior high school CTS classrooms and labs by providing more cost efficient and focused delivery of intermediate and advanced CTS courses
support successful transitions for senior high school students to the workplace and to further learning in apprenticeships and post-secondary programs through a selection of CTS pathways in single or multiple occupational areas
complement existing senior high school CTS labs by providing more cost efficient and focused delivery of intermediate and advanced CTS courses
Skills Centres: Regional Skills Centres:
  • may respond to local economic and labour market priorities
  • respond to local economic and labour market priorities
  • may provide any time, any place, any pace access to instruction through flexible hours of operation
  • provide any time, any place, any pace access to instruction through flexible hours of operation
  • may support learners through apprenticeship training, business/industry workshops, community learning programs, and professional development for teachers
  • support learners through apprenticeship training, business/industry workshops, community learning programs, and professional development for teachers
  • may support community and local business commitment to lifelong learning by offering training and retraining to meet labour needs in regions of the province
  • support community and local business commitment to lifelong learning by offering training and retraining to meet labour needs in regions of the province