2 ONTransfer.ca: ONTransfer Website and Transfer Guide Presentation Shauna Love, ONTransfer Coordinator & Policy Analyst January 27, 2012.

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ONTransfer.ca: ONTransfer Website and Transfer Guide Presentation

Shauna Love, ONTransfer Coordinator & Policy Analyst

January 27, 2012

ONTransferONTransfer Portal

January, 2012

Agenda

• About ONTransfer & ONCAT – Planning your education pathway

• Options for High School Students & Graduates

• Options for College Students & Graduates

• Options for University Students & Graduates

• Useful Links & Information

• What’s new ontransfer.ca

About ONTransfer & ONCAT

• ONCAT Ontario Council for Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT)

• Successful Academic & Career Futures

• Academic collaboration

• Transfer pathways among Ontario’s publicly funded colleges & universities

• Optimize postsecondary options and reduce duplication of prior learning

Planning Your Education Pathway

• The goal of ONTransfer is to help students achieve their educational goals by showing them how to move into, between and among educational credentials institutions and programs

• ONTransfer helps high school, college and university students or graduates explore educational pathways that can help them plan the route to their postsecondary destination

Planning Your Education Pathway

• ONTransfer is the most up-to-date source of information about credit transfer in Ontario.

• Through our website ONTransfer.ca, students can:

• Search our interactive transfer guide for information on how credits transfer

• Find a transfer advisor or learn about the transfer policy at the college or university they plan to attend

• Learn more about postsecondary education in Ontario

Planning Your Education Pathway

• For high school students and graduates, the site can help plan a postsecondary route that starts in a college diploma program and ends with a degree; ONTransfer also provides information on college-university collaborative programs;

• For college students and graduates, ONTransfer provides an interactive guide to established transfer routes among programs and institutions;

Planning Your Education Pathway

• For university graduates, ONTransfer provides information on college graduate certificate and fast-track diploma programs and university second-degree opportunities;

• For current college or university students who are thinking about moving to another institution in Ontario, ONTransfer provides information on college and university transfer advisors and policies.

Options for High School Students or Grads• If you are a High School student or graduate, click on the icon on the ONTransfer home page.

• This will guide you to our High School page you will see the options to get a certificate, diploma, degree or enroll in a diploma/degree collaborative program. Options are also available if a student wants to become an Apprentice or is currently not sure and wants to research their options.

Options for High School Students or Grads

• High school students who are interested in achieving a University Degree can read “Quick Facts” about different degree options from Colleges and Universities

• Depending on the program they choose, students are directed to the Ontario Universities Application Centre’s page or Ontario Colleges.ca

Options for High School Students or Grads

• The High School section leads to our Collaborative programs page where a listing of Collaborative programs are available – linking to the appropriate university or college webpage for students to explore

Options for High School Students or Grads

• If students are interested in getting a Diploma, then a Degree – they will be directed to our Transfer Portal search engine where they can search for pathways that may be of interest to them.

Options for High School Students or Grads

• The “I’m not sure” page provides students with useful tools and resources to help them plan their future – from discovering skills to preparing for education & beyond. This page contains links to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and the Federal governments CanLearn.ca page - Canada’s Education Savings and student financial aid resource to help get them started on their educational journey.

Options for College Students or Graduates

• If you are either in a College program or a College graduate, click through to the College section of the website with the icon

• If you already have a college diploma – you can click on “I have a college diploma or certificate.” This will lead you through to the transfer guide as well as a listing of graduate certificate programs to explore

Options for College Students or Graduates

• If you are still in College looking to change institutions – links to each institution’s transfer policy and a transfer advisor contact are provided. You can also search the transfer guide for college to college or college to university pathways that may interest you

Options for College Students or Graduates

• If you are interested in achieving a Graduate Certificate from a college, the ONTransfer provides a list of Graduate Certificates by program or by College to explore with links to the program webpage.

Options for University Students or Grads

• University graduates or students who are about to graduate and are looking for a way to gain additional job-specific skills can explore Ontario Graduate Certificate and post degree programs at colleges through this section of the website

Options for University Students or Grads

• University students looking to change institutions can search the Transfer Guide for University to College pathways

• A list of transfer advisors & links to university transfer policies is also available under the “Find a Transfer Policy / Advisor” link from the home page

Useful Links & Information

ONTransfer.ca provides useful links & information such as:• A comprehensive glossary of academic terminology

• Frequently asked questions

• Useful links to help students on their postsecondary journey

• Research reports on transfer

• College & University Transfer Advisor contact information

• A listing of Ontario colleges and universities by location & a map of Ontario’s colleges and universities

• ONTransfer contact information