Page 3 - Creating Pathways to Success

Contents
Preface.........................................................................................................................3
1. Career Development in the Twenty-first Century .............................................. 6
2. An Education and Career/Life Planning
Program to Support Student Success..............................................................8
2.1 The Vision ....................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Program Goals................................................................................................................ 8
2.3 Guiding Beliefs and Principles ..................................................................................... 8
2.3.1 Beliefs about Student Success.............................................................................. 9
2.3.2 The Importance of a Comprehensive Education and Career/Life
Planning Program................................................................................................ 9
3. Program Components and Processes ............................................................ 11
3.1 Program Structure: The What, Where, and How of Learning................................. 11
3.2 Framework for a Four-Step Inquiry Process............................................................. 12
3.2.1 Using the Framework from Kindergarten to Grade 12 ................................... 13
3.3 Knowledge and Skills in the Four Areas of Learning ............................................... 14
3.4 Gathering Evidence of Learning in Education and Career/Life Planning ............. 16
3.4.1 The “All About Me” Portfolio, Kindergarten to Grade 6 ................................. 17
3.4.2 The Individual Pathways Plan (IPP), Grades 7 to 12....................................... 18
3.4.3 Tracking the Development of Learning Skills and Work Habits .................... 19
4. Transition Planning .......................................................................................... 21
4.1 Elementary to Secondary Transition Planning......................................................... 21
4.2 Secondary to Postsecondary Transition Planning ................................................... 22
4.3 Planning Transitions for Students with Special Education Needs ......................... 23
5. Supporting Education and Career/Life Planning: The “Where”
of Learning ....................................................................................................... 26
5.1 Education and Career/Life Planning through Activities and Programs
Related to the Curriculum .......................................................................................... 27
5.1.1 Opportunities for Learning through the Ontario Curriculum,
Kindergarten to Grade 12.................................................................................. 27
5.1.2 Guidance and Career Education Courses......................................................... 29
5.1.3 Education and Career/Life Exploration Activities ........................................... 30
Une publication équivalente est disponible en français sous le titre suivant : Tracer son itinéraire vers la réussite: Programme de planification d’apprentissage, de carrière et de vie pour les écoles de l’Ontario – Politique et programme de la maternelle à la 12e année, 2013.
This publication is available on the Ministry of Education website, at www.ontario.ca/education.