Community Integration Through Co-operative Education (CICE)

There’s Nothing to Hold You Back!

Do you want to go further with your education, but feel held back by intellectual or learning challenges? Do you have special skills that you can offer an employer, but need help gaining work experience?

Confederation College’s Community Integration through Co-operative Education (CICE) program is designed to help anyone with learning, social and intellectual challenges find ways to overcome them. This personalized, assisted learning program is tailored to fit each student’s particular academic needs with supports in and out of the classroom. Classes include skills for life & work, computers, writing for success, and personal & professional growth. Supervised field placements give students that all-important work experience they need to put on a résumé and show off their talents to potential employers.

What makes this program special is not just what it teaches, but how it encourages students to enjoy learning. Students who previously didn’t feel comfortable or confident in an academic environment quickly take to this program thanks to the support and one-on-one attention they receive. In the two years in this program, most students not only find success academically, but they learn how to overcome their specific challenges so that they can succeed after college as well.

Along the way, students have the support of learning specialists/tutors including in-class support, if needed, as well as follow-up study skills, test preparation and delivery. We’re with you every step of the way!

Students working on crafts during a field trip.

A student doing a placement for a security company

A student attending a placement, posing in front of a log cabin smiling

Two students participating in food preparation in culinary class

A student cooking food during culinary class

A student building a shed during a construction class

A student looking cheerful with a smile

Students in gown celebrating their graduation day, waving their hands in the air with excitement

Students in gown at their graduation

CICE students standing with their professor

A student in uniform at a placement

A student looking happy at placement

A student editing a photograph taken during a photography class

Two students getting ready to present a project in class

Top Highlights

• Designed for individuals with a wide variety of learning needs, tailored to fit those needs and their academic abilities
• Weekly, supervised job placements in Semester 2, 3 & 4
• Students are accompanied to class by learning specialists/tutors, as needed
• Provides the academic and life skills needed to pursue a successful employment or a career after college

Program Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

1. assess personal and professional abilities, strengths and methods to enhance job performance and well-being.
2. communicate and collaborate in the work environment using skills, strategies and techniques that contribute to the achievement of goals.
3. maintain an individual development plan that identifies personal and professional goals to enhance self-satisfaction and employability.
4. review the resources, services and employment opportunities offered by community agencies to best align these offerings with personal needs and circumstances.
5. develop and implement interpersonal skills and strategies to enhance self-satisfaction and employability.