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Included in the OSP are videos and databases that focus on everyday tasks and occupation- specific workplace tasks, which teachers can use to connect classroom learning to life outside of school. Teachers can also consult A Guide to Linking Essential Skills and the Curriculum, 2009, which illustrates how to integrate explicit references to Essential
Skills into classroom activities as well as how to give feedback to learners when they demonstrate these skills.
For further information on the Ontario Skills Passport, including the Essential Skills and work habits, visit http://ontario.ca/skillspassport.
EDUCATION AND CAREER/LIFE PLANNING THROUGH THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES CURRICULUM
The goals of the Kindergarten to Grade 12 education and career/life planning program are to:
• 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.
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?
What is my plan for achieving my goals?
Who am I?
EDUCATION AND CAREER/ LIFE PLANNING
Who do I want to become?
What are my opportunities?
Classroom teachers support students in education and career/life planning by providing them with learning opportunities, filtered through the lens of the four inquiry questions, that allow them to apply subject-specific knowledge and skills to work-related situations; explore subject-related education and career/life options; and become competent, self- directed planners. The curriculum expectations in social science and humanities courses provide opportunities to relate classroom learning to education and career/life planning that will prepare students for success in school, work, and life.
SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROGRAM PLANNING
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