Course Planning Evening Grade & 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 Post-Secondary Provincial Exams & Scholarships Newsletter Questions

ACE-IT, SSA & WEX

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

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

Webpage & Course Booklets

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 credit minimum – 52 required, 28 elective

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

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 other 12 academics)

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

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

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

Second Language in Relation to Post-Secondary UBC Vancouver – grade 11 language required UBC Okanagan – no 2 nd 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

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

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.)

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.

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

Questions?