Career Studies Career Studies Pathways PresentationPathways Presentation

PathwaysPathways

Program Pathway

A student’s interests, skills, goals, needs, and

preferred learning style(s)

Appropriate courses and their curriculum

expectations

The knowledge, skills, supports and experiences necessary to make a successful transition to a specific

postsecondary destination

A student’s program pathway is his/her educational program and reflects the goals that help motivate him/her to complete secondary school. It is designed to prepare the student

for a successful transition to an initial postsecondary destination.

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ApprenticeshipApprenticeship

What is a Trade?What is a Trade?

• An Occupation that requires a specific skill or set of skills• They are occupations that are “hands on”• Jobs that are IN DEMAND!• Occupations and careers in the trades exist in 4 major

sectors• CONSTRUCTION• SERVICE• INDUSTRIAL• MOTIVE POWER

WorkplaceWorkplace

CollegeCollege

UniversityUniversity

Pathway Programs at Secondary Pathway Programs at Secondary Schools include:Schools include:

• Co-operative Education

• Experiential Learning

• Specialist High Skills Majors (SHSM)

• School College Work Initiatives (SCWI) - Dual Credits, Forums, Activities

• Ontario Youth Apprenticeship (OYAP)

Co-operative EducationCo-operative Education

• available to all students in grades 11 & 12, in all pathways

• credits are earned (unlimited) toward diploma• integrates classroom theory and learning at the

workplace

• Job Shadow

• Job Twinning

• Short term work experience

• Career speakers

• Facility tours

• Skill demonstrations

What is a Specialist High Skills What is a Specialist High Skills MajorMajor??

It is a ministry-approved specialized program that allows students to do just that: focus their learning on a specific economic sector while meeting the requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)

• 9 Arts & Culture• 2 Business• 7 Construction• 5 Environment• 1 Forestry• 2 Health & Wellness

• 3 Horticulture and Landscaping• 6 Hospitality and Tourism• 3 Information & Communications Technology • 2 Manufacturing• 4 Transportation

44 SHSMs 11 Sectors

Components of all SHSMsComponents of all SHSMs

Essential Skills and work

habits/OSP

Pathways to all 4 Destinations

(8-10 credits)

Certifications and Training

Programs

Experiential Learning

“Reach Ahead” Experiences

School College Work InitiativeSchool College Work Initiative(SCWI)(SCWI)

“Building and sustaining better linkages between the college system and the secondary school to support expanded and improved transitions by secondary students to college… a strategic goal for the Government of Ontario” (SCWI Request for Proposals for 2009-10, p.1)

• Students earn a college credit and a secondary school credit at the same time

• Students can go to the college or college teacher comes to secondary school

• Encourages successful transition to college and apprenticeship opportunities

Dual Credits Dual Credits

Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)Program (OYAP)

• An opportunity for students to start a pathway in the Skilled Trades

• Student completes a co-operative education program in an apprenticeable trade and/or

• Completes the Level 1 trade training at a college and earn dual credits

Electronic Annual Electronic Annual Education Planning Education Planning

ProcessProcessUsing Career CruisingUsing Career Cruising

http://skills.edu.gov.on.ca

– Essential Skills and Work Habits– Work, Learning and Life Skills

What are you waiting for?What are you waiting for?

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