Now that you have investigated a career that interests you and the schooling required for that career - it's time to plan for the rest of your time at high school. This involves looking ahead at the courses you will take to meet the requirements for graduation and any post-secondary training/education you plan to attend. If you are not planning to attend post-secondary, choose courses that will help you develop the skills necessary for the type of job you plan to do.
ASSIGNMENT (10 marks)
Using the school website, look through the courses offered at RSS, found at the following link.
Courses offered at RSS
Print off the Grad Plan template found at the link below. Required courses for graduation are already listed for you. For some, you will need to make a choice - please indicate your choice on the sheet. You will also need to choose electives. Complete the sheet by filling in the courses you are taking this year and those that you plan to take during grades 11 and 12. Read the bullets below to ensure that you fill in the Grad Plan properly AND the courses you select meet all the Grad requirements.
- In places where multiple choices are available e.g.; Science 11 - make sure you only select one course in that box - if you want to take other courses from that category, place them in the "elective" sections.
- In order to meet the Graduation requirements, at least 4 of your courses must be designated Grade 12 level courses. Ensure that you have English 12 or Communications 12 and at least 3 others.
- Another Grad requirement is that you have at least one elective course during grade 10, 11 or 12 that is considered either a FINE ART or APPLIED SKILL. An example of a fine arts course would be; Band, Drama, Art, etc. An example of an applied skills course would be; Tech Ed, Foods, Woodwork, etc. Make sure your Grad plan includes at least one of these types of courses.
- If you have extra (more than 8 courses in a year or off-timetable courses e.g; Jazz) or external credits (e.g; Musical, Athletic, First Aid, Coaching, Cadets) you can include these in "Extra courses and Credits" section.
- Add up the credits for each grade and then add grade 10, 11 and 12 together to ensure you have enough to graduate (a minimum of 80). Do you have the courses you need to apply to the post-secondary program you are hoping to enter?
Grad Plan Template
Of course what you choose for the purpose of this assignment is not written in stone. I know that you may change your mind, but this lesson is meant to help you understand what is required for graduation as well as help you plan for your future.
You may hand in your completed "Grad Plan" by either;
- placing a copy in the Planning 10 folder in the office OR
- sharing it with me on Office 365
