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Key Program Requirements
• Every elementary and secondary school, under the direction of the principal and with the assistance of key staff and students, will develop, document, implement, and evaluate an education and career/life planning program based on the policies outlined in this document.
• Every elementary and secondary school will establish an Education and Career/ Life Planning Program Advisory Committee to coordinate the development, implementation, and evaluation of the school’s program.
• The committee must include representatives of all members of the school community, including school administrators, teachers, students, parents, and members of the broader community. In secondary schools, the committee must also include guidance staff. Where appropriate, the committee’s mandate may be incorporated into the work of an existing school committee.
• The advisory committee must ensure that cross-panel and family-of-school linkages are established, where possible, in order to support students who are making a transition from one school to another or from one grade to the next.
• Schools are required to introduce Student Exit Surveys at the end of Grade 8 and Grade 12, at a minimum, as part of their implementation of the program.
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