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2010-2011 OCEA MEMBERSHIP FEE STRUCTURE

Welcome to the Ontario Cooperative Education Association website, the leading Provincial Association in the promotion and support of sound educational practices for all Experiential Learning Practitioners.

You are welcome to explore our website and consider membership, which will provide you with further benefits such as timely announcements, a source for having questions answered, discounts on resources, symposiums and conferences just to mention a few.

Experiential Learning, and in particular Cooperative Education forms an integral component to all students' decision making and destination planning, especially for school to work and OYAP students.

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MEMBERSHIP: There are two groupings of Regular Members: Statutory and Non-Statutory;

Statutory Membership shall be available to any person who is involved in the delivery of Cooperative Education, Work Experience, Student Success, School-Work Transition and OYAP Programs or supports the objects of OCEA and is a qualified elementary or secondary teacher or administrator who holds an Ontario College of Teacher’s Certification of Qualifications and is currently working in an elementary or secondary school, a District School Board office setting, government ministry, or on leave or secondment from such a setting;

Non-Statutory Membership shall be available to any person who is involved in the delivery of Cooperative Education, Work Experience, Student Success, School-Work Transition and OYAP Programs or supports the Objects of the OCEA but does not hold an Ontario College of Teacher’s Certification of Qualifications;

Any person who is fully retired and who was a regular member as in 4.1, is entitled to maintain that membership at a reduced fee;

Candidates for Teacher Certification Qualifications are eligible for Associate Memberships;

A person shall be designated as an Honorary Member by the Board of Directors who in exemplary fashion supports the Objects of the Association. An Honorary Member is not required to pay the annual fee;

A person shall be named a Life Member by the Board of Directors who exhibits an outstanding contribution to Cooperative Education, Work Experience, Student Success, School-Work Transition or OYAP Programs. A Life Member is not required to pay the annual fee;

Only Members, holding a minimum of AQ Part I in Cooperative Education, shall have the right to run for and hold office as a member of the Board of Directors or as a Regional Representative;

Every Member shall be issued the appropriate membership card under the signature of the President or his/her designate;

Membership shall not be transferable and shall terminate upon death, resignation or non-payment of fees.

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