Personal Development and Career Exploration

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Grade Ten Courses

Learning Strategies 10 Open 1.0 Credit
Through this course, students will develop study skills, organizational skills and communication strategies that will help them to be successful in their high school program. The focus of Learning Strategies 10 is literacy and numeracy.
 

Grade Eleven Courses

Learning Strategies 11 Open 1.0 Credit

This course utilizes and continues the development of study skills, organizational skills and communication strategies. It is designed to foster increasing academic independence.

Career and Life Management 11 Open 0.5 Credit
This compulsory, 1/2 credit course helps students deal with the accelerated rate of change in our social, economic and physical world. Students enrolled in this course will learn about self-management skills and resource management skills. They will be able to organize and shape their careers. CLM 11 deals with a wide variety of issues and situations which students encounter throughout life. The program is divided into three areas of study - Self- Management, Financial Management and The World of Work.

Physically Active Lifestyles 11 Open 0.5 Credit
Physically Active Lifestyles is a compulsory half-credit course requiring students to experience a variety of healthful, physically active activities and to have a sound knowledge of the health benefits of these activities.
Successful students will be able to:

  • Select and participate in physical activities which will increase personal levels of physical fitness

  • Make informed decisions about the physical benefits of various activities in high school and in adult life

  • Demonstrate healthy self-esteem and an understanding of the importance of personal fitness, fair play and healthy lifestyle habits

  • Show awareness of the range of facilities and services available to them in their community

By the end of the course, they will be well on their way to developing personal responsibility for their own health and physical fitness.

Co-Operative Education 11 Academic 1.0 Credit
Co-op 11 is a community-based program that combines the resources of the school (25 hr. in-school component) and a community placement (100 hr. out-of-school component). Coop 11 is designed to facilitate a student’s career choices and help the student with their career and educational plans.
Text – Expanding your Horizons (2nd edition)
 

Grade Twelve Courses

Learning Strategies 12 Open 1.0 Credit
This course is similar in description to the Grade 11 course, but is offered at the grade 12 level. This course will count as an additional credit towards graduation.

Co-Operative Education 12 Academic 1.0 Credit
Co-op 12 parallels the Co-op 11 program but in individual cases more emphasis is placed on independent study and topics are covered in more depth. This is a community-based course that combines a 25 hour in-school component and a 100 hour out-of-school community placement. Co-op 12 is designed to facilitate a student’s career choices and help the student with their career and educational plans.
Text – Expanding Your Horizons (2nd edition)

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