Creating Pathways to Success

Creating Pathways to Success

AN EDUCATION AND CAREER/LIFE PLANNING PROGRAM FOR ONTARIO SCHOOLS

Policy and Program Requirements, Kindergarten to Grade 12

2013

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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 2.3.2The 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 5.1.1Opportunities 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 ?quivalente est disponible en fran?ais sous le titre suivant : Tracer son itin?raire vers la r?ussite: Programme de planification d'apprentissage, de carri?re et de vie pour les ?coles de l'Ontario ? Politique et programme de la maternelle ? la 12e ann?e, 2013. This publication is available on the Ministry of Education website, at ontario.ca/education.

5.1.4 Experiential Learning......................................................................................... 30 5.1.5 Cooperative Education Programs...................................................................... 31 5.1.6 Programs with a Pathways Focus....................................................................... 31 5.2 Education and Career/Life Planning through School-wide Activities.................... 32 5.2.1 Extracurricular Activities and Leadership Opportunities................................ 33 5.3 Education and Career/Life Planning through Activities in the Community......... 33 5.3.1 Community Involvement................................................................................... 33 5.3.2 Volunteering........................................................................................................ 33 5.3.3 Part-time Employment...................................................................................... 34

6. Program Development, Implementation, and Evaluation............................ 35

6.1 A Process for Development, Implementation, and Evaluation................................ 35 6.2 The Education and Career/Life Planning Program Advisory Committee.............. 37 6.3 Engaging Parents in the Program............................................................................... 38 6.4 Student Engagement..................................................................................................... 39 6.5 Measuring Program Effectiveness to Ensure Student Success................................. 39

References.................................................................................................................. 42

Preface

T his document, in combination with section 2.4 of Ontario Schools, Kindergarten to Grade 12: Policy and Program Requirements, 2011 (often referred to as OS), supersedes Choices Into Action: Guidance and Career Education Program Policy for Ontario Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1999. The policy set out here complements the policies related to guidance and career education outlined in section 2.4 of OS and in the various Ontario elementary and secondary school curriculum policy documents.

Ontario schools will begin to implement the policy outlined in this document in September 2013. Full implementation will begin in September 2014.

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Creating Pathways to Success sets out the new career development policy for Ontario schools, which involves the implementation of a comprehensive Kindergarten to Grade 12 education and career/life planning program designed to help students achieve their personal goals and become competent, successful, and contributing members of society. This is a whole-school program delivered through classroom instruction linked to the curriculum and through broader school programs and activities.

To promote success in school and life, it is essential for Ontario schools to provide opportunities and support for all students to plan their individual pathways through school and for each to make a successful transition to his or her initial postsecondary destination. As reflected in the ministry resource document School Effectiveness Framework (SEF), K?12: A Support for School Improvement and Student Success,1 schools that adopt "pathways thinking" enhance every student's outlook for success by: ?? supporting students in identifying their personal interests, strengths, needs,

and aspirations and in using this knowledge of themselves to inform their choices of programs and learning opportunities; ?? providing a range of diverse and engaging learning opportunities, courses, and programs, both in and outside the classroom, that meet the interests,

1. The education and career/life planning program described in this document is congruent with, and supports, current board and school improvement planning processes. It is aligned with section 5, "Pathways Planning and Programming", of the School Effectiveness Framework, the self-assessment tool currently being used by schools and school boards to promote school improvement and student success (see section 6.5 in this document, "Measuring Program Effectiveness to Ensure Student Success").

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