8. Overview of Program

 Please give a brief description of the initiative, in one or two sentences. ESCPP is promoting and fostering partnerships between school teams sector councils to better advantage students with more relevant labour market connections, experience, and knowledge and employment skills to make a more successful transition from school to employment or other destinations.
9. Why Developed / Problems / Issues Targeted What are the main aims or objectives of the initiative? Is it designed to address any particular problems or issues? If so, please specify what these are. The project is designed around 3 strategic areas of development –careers, essential skills and program development.

10. Key Features / Content

  • Innovative
  • Effective
  • Promising
 Please describe the main features of the program, focusing in particular on those aspects that are particularly innovative, effective or promising.

The project is focussed on 9 targets:

-sustainable partnerships
-nine essential skills
-expanded experiential learning
-new courses and program packages
-career awareness for students
-parental awareness of new career realities -curriculum and classroom resources with sector applications
-skills recognition and industry
-recognized credentials, certificates
-effective transitions to work or post-secondary learning
11. Funding Mechanisms Please describe the type of funding mechanism used for this initiative (e.g. provider’s own budget, service contract, grant, co-funding etc.) ESCPP is funded by HRSDC’s Sector Council Program, by the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Student Success Program, and by TDSB. HRSDC’s funding is through a contribution agreement.
12. Organizational Dimensions Please describe any key organizational dimensions of this initiative, e.g. delivery mechanisms, number of trainers, reporting structure etc. ESCPP is supported by a Toronto steering committee of superintendents, the Associate Director of Education and the Executive Director of Education; a Working Group of Sector Councils provides support and assistance from the family of sector councils; a national advisory committee of representatives from across Canada has served in the initial year of operation.
13. Partnerships Integral or Related Are there any partner organizations involved in the delivery of the initiative? If so, please provide brief details of the partnership arrangements.

Sector Councils are partnership organizations of representatives of employer and employee groups on a national basis and focussed on the human resource and skill needs of a sector of the economy.
14. Stakeholder Involvement What mechanisms are used, if any, to involve key stakeholders involved in the development, delivery or evaluation of the initiative? Which groups of stakeholders are involved? Industry, education, government, and community stakeholders are involved through these partnerships.