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Some Considerations for Program Planning in Career Studies
Outlined below are some policy considerations that are of particular importance to program planning for the Career Studies course. For more information about considerations for program planning, educators should refer to “Some Considerations for Program Planning” in The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Cooperative Education, 2018.
Education and Career/Life Planning
The curriculum expectations in Career Studies provide opportunities for educators to relate classroom learning to the education and career/life planning policy outlined in Creating Pathways to Success: An Education and Career/Life Planning Program for Ontario Schools – Policy and Program Requirements, Kindergarten to Grade 12, 2013. This policy, which is designed to prepare students for success in school, work, and life, identifies the following goals for students in Kindergarten
to Grade 12:
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The intent of the program is to ensure that students leave secondary school with a clear plan for their initial postsecondary destination, whether in apprenticeship training, college, community living, university, or the workplace, and with confidence in their ability to implement, and revise or adapt, their plan throughout their lives as they and the world around them change.
The framework of the program is a four-step inquiry process based on four questions linked to four areas of learning: (1) Knowing Yourself – Who am I?; (2) Exploring Opportunities – What are my opportunities?; (3) Making Decisions and Setting Goals – Who do I want to become?; and (4) Achieving Goals and Making Transitions – What is my plan for achieving my goals?
ensure that all students develop the knowledge and skills they need to make informed education and career/life choices;
provide classroom and school-wide opportunities for this learning; and
engage parents and the broader community in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the program, to support students in their learning.
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