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Course Planning Evening

Course Planning Evening. Grade 10-11 & 11-12. Agenda. Introductions Trades, ACE-IT, WEX Grad Transitions Creating the timetable Webpage, course booklet, new courses Graduation Requirements Online Communities. Math Choices Second Language Choices Career & Post-Secondary Searches

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Course Planning Evening

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  1. Course Planning Evening Grade 10-11 & 11-12

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Trades, ACE-IT, WEX • Grad Transitions • Creating the timetable • Webpage, course booklet, new courses • Graduation Requirements • Online Communities • Math Choices • Second Language Choices • Career & Post-Secondary Searches • Post-Secondary • Provincial Exams & Scholarships • Newsletter • Questions

  3. ACE-IT, SSA & WEX

  4. Grad Transitions • Online Course – Mr. Yamamura • See the Elphi webpage under Mr. Yamamura • Timelines for each stage of GT • Required for graduation • 30 hours of work or volunteer • Transition Plan • Active Living

  5. Timetable • Course Selection – Feb. • Common timetable • Master Timetable Building – March/April • Counsellors - individual timetables – May/June • Timetables Distributed – June or Sept.

  6. Webpage & Course Booklets

  7. Grad Requirements & Grade 11/12 • Grade 10: English, SS, Science, Math, PE, Planning • English/Communications 11, SS 11, a Science 11, a Math 11 • English/Communications 12, 3 grade 12 electives, and Grad Transitions • One fine art/applied skills elective over grade 10-12 • 80 credit minimum – 52 required, 28 elective

  8. Online Communities 11 • Bridge between Planning 10 and Grad Transitions • Online course with Mr. MacPherson • See website under Mr. MacPherson’s name • Post-secondary & professional presentation is online & students now require these skills

  9. Math in Relation to Post-Secondary • Institution-specific & program-specific • Some examples: • UBC Vancouver: General Requirement for all programs: Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12 • Commerce – Pre-Calc 12 • Arts – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12 • Science & Engineering – Pre-Calc 12 • Kinesiology – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12 (+ one of PreCalc 12, Geology 12, Bi 12, Chem 12, Physics 12 + 2 other 12 academics)

  10. Math Examples Continued • UBC Okanagan • No blanket requirement • Science and Engineering – Pre-Calc 12 • Arts – none • Nursing – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12 • Management – Pre-Calc 12 • Human Kinetics – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12

  11. More Math . . . • SFU • Foundations 11 for all Arts-based programs (60% minimum) • Pre-Calculus 12 for Science & Business • UVic • Business, Science, Engineering – Pre-Calc 12 • Humanities & Social Sciences – Foundations 11 or Pre-Calc 11 • Fine Arts – 3 of - language or math or science or fine art

  12. Math Again • TRU • Arts – any math 11 • Nursing – Foundations 12 preferred • Science – Pre-Calc 12 • Business Administration – Foundations Math 12 • BCIT – Program-specific

  13. Second Language in Relation to Post-Secondary • UBC Vancouver – grade 11 language required • UBC Okanagan – no 2nd language required • SFU – Beginner language 11 or language 11 • UVic – No second language requirement • Fine Arts requirements asks for 3 of the following 4: approved math 11, approved science 11, approved fine art 11 or second language 11

  14. Career & Post-Secondary Searches All these are up on our school website • educationplanner.ca • careercruising.com • Username: Elphinstone Password:careers • ArtEdOptions.ca • tradestrainingbc.ca • discovertradesbc.ca • learnnowbc.ca/trades/TradesFinder.aspx

  15. Post-Secondary • Critical to see the post-secondary institutions’ websites – things change every year and sometimes during the year • Arrange visits on pro-d days and holidays. • Go to open houses. • Watch deadlines for application dates, scholarship and bursary dates, and additional information required (transcripts, portfolios, personal profiles, auditions etc.)

  16. Provincial Scholarships & Provincial Exams • Top 5000 students in BC, based on 5 exams • Must have completed courses to qualify • B overall in English 12 • Recipients will be informed in October following graduation.   • If a student wishes to rewrite an exam, s/he must do so by August 31 of the year in which s/he graduates.

  17. Newsletters • Delivered to grade 12 classes, extras in counselling office • Posted to website under counsellors – grads • Lots of information

  18. Questions?

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