Post-secondary and Employment Goals for Student With Disabilities The Board decided: Whereas, the Enhancing Equity Task Force Report notes that “individuals living with disabilities are more likely to face poverty, un- or under-employment, poor health and exclusion from their communities” (p. 57); and Whereas, students leave the system and enter a workforce where 79 per-cent of people without disabilities have paid employment, but only 51 per-cent of people with disabilities have paid employment and only 26 percent of people with intellectual disabilities have paid employment* ; and Whereas, the Toronto District School Board has a role to play in addressing these inequities of outcomes through its special education services, including its co-op, pre-employment training and student employment programs; and Whereas, the attached report "Employment for All: An Equity Goal for the TDSB", from the Etobicoke Centre for Special Education Forum, describes opportunities for the TDSB to improve its pre-employment training and thus to increase employment outcomes for students with disabilities; Therefore, be it resolved: That the Director include in the Integrated Equity Framework, the goal of improving post- secondary preparation for students with dis-abilities through enhanced pre-employment training and greater connections to funding and post-secondary programs; That the Director report back to the Program and School Services Committee in May 2018, and develop an action plan for September 2018 that includes ambitious employment and other secondary goals for students with disabilities. The action plan could include: collecting data on post-secondary pathways for each student with disabilities; staff training on the employment potential of people with disabilities; setting a goal of hiring 18% of students with disabilities for TDSB student employment programs to reflect the proportion of students with an IEP; working more closely with employers to expand and improve co-op and other pre- employment training programs for TDSB students with disabilities. [Statistics Canada; Ontario Disability Employment Network]. Appendix B 2017-2018 Special Education Experiential Learning Data
Post-secondary and Employment Goals for Student With Disabilities The Board decided: Whereas, the Enhancing Equity Task Force Report notes that “individuals living with disabilities are more likely to face poverty, un- or under-employment, poor health and exclusion from their communities” (p. 57); and Whereas, students leave the system and enter a workforce where 79 per-cent of people without disabilities have paid employment, but only 51 per-cent of people with disabilities have paid employment and only 26 percent of people with intellectual disabilities have paid employment* ; and Whereas, the Toronto District School Board has a role to play in addressing these inequities of outcomes through its special education services, including its co-op, pre-employment training and student employment programs; and Whereas, the attached report "Employment for All: An Equity Goal for the TDSB", from the Etobicoke Centre for Special Education Forum, describes opportunities for the TDSB to improve its pre-employment training and thus to increase employment outcomes for students with disabilities; Therefore, be it resolved: That the Director include in the Integrated Equity Framework, the goal of improving post- secondary preparation for students with dis-abilities through enhanced pre-employment training and greater connections to funding and post-secondary programs; That the Director report back to the Program and School Services Committee in May 2018, and develop an action plan for September 2018 that includes ambitious employment and other secondary goals for students with disabilities. The action plan could include: collecting data on post-secondary pathways for each student with disabilities; staff training on the employment potential of people with disabilities; setting a goal of hiring 18% of students with disabilities for TDSB student employment programs to reflect the proportion of students with an IEP; working more closely with employers to expand and improve co-op and other pre- employment training programs for TDSB students with disabilities. [Statistics Canada; Ontario Disability Employment Network]. Appendix B 2017-2018 Special Education Experiential Learning Data