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2.3.1 The Provincial Report Cards
Student achievement of the curriculum expectations and the learning skills and work habits must be communicated formally to students and parents by means of the Elementary Provincial Report Card, Grades 1–6 and Grades 7 and 8; and the Provincial Report Card, Grades 9–12. The Elementary Progress Report Card, to be used during the fall of the school year in Grades 1–6 and Grades 7 and 8, is designed to show the student’s development of the learning skills and work habits and the progress students are making towards achievement of the curriculum expectations.
Policy on reporting student achievement, the templates for the Provincial Report Cards, and instructions for filling out the report cards are included in Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario Schools – First Edition Covering Grades 1 to 12.
Elementary and secondary report card templates on the ministry website:
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/forms/report/card/reportCard.html
2.4 The Guidance and Career Education Program
Under the direction of the principal, each school will develop and implement a guidance and career education program. The goals of this Kindergarten to Grade 12 program are to assist students in acquiring the knowledge and skills required to learn effectively, live and work cooperatively and productively with a wide range of people, and set and pursue education and career goals.
The guidance and career education program has three areas of learning – student development (i.e., the development of habits and skills necessary for learning), interpersonal development (i.e., the development of the knowledge and skills needed in getting along with others), and career development (i.e., the develop- ment of the knowledge and skills needed to set short-term and long-term goals in planning for the future).
Two of the three areas of learning – student development and interpersonal development – are integrated within the learning skills and work habits described in Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario Schools – First Edition, Covering Grades 1 to 12. For each of the learning skills and work habits, the document provides examples of associated behaviours, which are designed to guide teachers in the instruction, assessment, and evaluation of
the learning skills and work habits.
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