Page 51 - Ontario Schools: Kindergarten to Grade 12

✦✦ the requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Certificate, including:
✧✦ compulsory and optional credit requirements
✧✦ substitution policy for the compulsory credit requirements
✦✦ the Certificate of Accomplishment
Curriculum
✦✦ all courses offered in the school and related information, including:
✧✦ the definition of a credit
✧✦ definitions of the types of courses available in the Ontario curriculum
✧✦ an explanation of the course coding system
✧✦ descriptions of all courses offered by the school, including courses that
are not part of the Ontario curriculum, such as locally developed courses
(compulsory and optional)
✧✦ how to gain access to outlines of the courses of study
✧✦ how to gain access to Ontario curriculum policy documents
✧✦ descriptions of programs, such as school-work programs, the Specialist
High Skills Major, and dual credit programs
✧✦ descriptions of experiential learning programs such as cooperative
education, the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, and job
shadowing
✧✦ policy regarding student withdrawal from courses in Grades 11 and 12
✧✦ procedures related to changing course types
✧✦ the Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition processes for both
equivalency and challenge
✧✦ information about other ways of earning credits through learning
opportunities such as e-learning, the Independent Learning Centre, and
continuing education courses for credit
✧✦ information on evaluation and examination policies
✧✦ information on reporting procedures, including the Provincial Report
Card and the Ontario Student Transcript
Supports and Resources
✦✦ the types of school supports and resources that are available, including:
✧✦ guidance and education and career planning supports including the
Individual Pathways Plan and orientation and exit programs
✧✦ strategies and resources for students and parents to support education
planning and the course selection process
✧✦ intervention strategies, supports, and programs, such as credit recovery
opportunities, Student Success teacher support, and Grade 8 to 9
transition programs for students at risk of not graduating
✧✦ supports for English language learners
✧✦ computer labs and resource centre/library
✧✦ community resources
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