1. Options and Opportunities: Citadel High School Debra Wilson O2 Coordinator

2. What is O2? Some key elements of O2 include: ► Work Experience ► Career Exposure ► Cohort Model ► Credentialing ► Hands-On Learning Opportunities

4. Work Experience In Grade 10: ► CBL 10- 3 job shadow days - 25 hours of volunteering - 75+ hours of career exposure In Grade 11 and 12: ► Cooperative Education #1 – 100 hours ► Cooperative Education #2 – 100 hours ► Cooperative Education #3 – 100 hours

6. Career Exposure ► Career Cruising and Interest Surveys ► Workplace Visits on Field Trips ► Career Fairs ► Resume, cover letter, interview skills ► Guest Speakers

7. What career areas can be explored? Tourism and Entertainment People Services ‘New’ Economy Skilled Trades

8. Tourism and Entertainment ► Chef ► Cook ► Baker ► Hotels (Maintenance, Front Desk, Housekeeping) ► Recreation (Tours, Activities) ► Music and Theatre (Audio engineering, light technician, directing, stagecraft)

10. People Services ► Nurse ► Continuing Care Assistant ► Dental Assistant/Hygienist ► Office Administration ► Recreation Therapy ► Paramedic

12. ‘New’ Economy ► Computer Animation ► Graphic Design ► Game Design ► Network Security ► Entrepreneur ► Small Business Owner ► Film/Web/Media Production

13. Skilled Trades ► Carpentry ► Electrician ► Pipe Trades (plumber, gas fitter) ► Welding ► Auto Mechanic ► Construction ► Heavy Equipment Operator/Mechanic ► Electronics ► Environmental Technologies

14. Field Trips – Some from this year: ► Atlantic Film Festival ► Geocaching ► Dreamfest ► IWK Career Fair ► Techsploration/Tech Shop ► Career Fairs ► Airport Tour ► NSCC Tours ► Digital Bootcamp (for some)

16. Cohort Model ► 20-23 students ► 2 courses together each semester in grades 10, 11 and 12 * ► Same group stays together until graduation ► Teamwork skills are essential ► Teamwork skills are essential

17. Credentialing ► First Aid/CPR ► WHMIS ► Passport to Safety ► OHS ► Food Handler’s Safety Course ► Fall Arrest/ Scaffolding

18. Hands-On Learning ► Some classes use many more hands on learning opportunities than ‘regular’ classes ► Use of technology – netbooks ► Many experiential field trips (outdoor survival, camping, Skills Canada competitions…)

19. Come for a test drive! ► There will be two days in February where you can come to Citadel for one day to try out O2. The day will be mostly hands-on with sessions of carpentry, building, baking and cooking. ► Different groups include an all girls group, an academic math group and a foundations math group.