Page 9 - The Ontario Curriculum: Career Studies, Grade 10, Open (GLC2O) – Guidance and Career Education. Advance Release of Curriculum Expectations, 2019 (revised course)

Classroom teachers support students in education and career/life planning by providing them with learning opportunities, filtered through the lens of the four areas of learning, that allow them to apply subject-specific knowledge and skills; explore subject-related education and career/life options; and become competent, self-directed planners. Students reflect on and consolidate their learning in an Individual Pathways Plan (IPP), which typically contains: a record of their initial post- secondary destination, whether in apprenticeship training, college, community living, university, or the workplace, and of their other postsecondary goals or plans; a detailed plan for completing the courses and experiences required to achieve their goals; and strategies to support the plan, overcome obstacles and challenges, and access the resources and assistance needed. Students’ work in the Career Studies course can inform the development of their IPP, and vice versa.
Experiential Learning in Career Studies
The Career Studies course helps prepare students for the world of work, supporting their explora- tion of different kinds of work in different fields as well as their development of transferable skills. Experiential learning opportunities help broaden students’ knowledge of themselves and of career opportunities in a wide range of fields.
Planned learning experiences in the community, including job shadowing and job twinning, field trips, work experience, and cooperative education, provide students with opportunities to see the relevance of their classroom learning in a work setting, make connections between school and work, and explore a career of interest as they plan their pathway through secondary school and on to their postsecondary destination. Through experiential learning, students develop the skills and work habits required in the workplace and acquire a direct understanding of employer and workplace expectations. In addition, experiential learning helps students develop self-knowledge and awareness of opportunities – two areas of learning in the education and career/life planning program 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.
Some Considerations for Program Planning in Career Studies 9