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. MacPhersons 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 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

14. 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

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?