Course - Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Pathways to Success
The OCDSB continues to develop new and innovative programming
aimed at providing secondary school students with learning opportunities
that meet the needs of all students to support their Pathways
to Success. The Pathways to Success initiatives focus on helping
students to make successful transitions in high school. The following
are specific programs that support successful student transitioning:
LINK Crew is a high school transition program that welcomes and
supports grade 9 students throughout the first year of their highschool
experience. Built on the belief that students can help students
succeed, LINK Crew coordinators (teachers) train selected grade 11
and 12 students to be LINK Leaders. As positive role models, LINK
Leaders are motivators , mentors and facilitators who guide the
incoming grade 9 students to discover what it takes to be successful
during their transition into high school. LINK Crew begins with
an Orientation Day and the grade 9 transition program continues,
providing a variety of both academic and social follow-up activities
throughout the year, all of which are presented by trained LINK
Leaders during visits to grade 9 classes.
The Student Success Program focuses on students who, during
their high school years, need additional help to be successful in their
courses and in their credit accumulation. Students in this program
are supported by a Student Success teacher found in every high
school. Support is offered to students through Credit Rescue and
Credit Recovery classes as well as Learning Strategies courses, and/
or Guidance and Career Education (Discovering the Workplace at
grade 10 and Navigating the Work- place at grade 12) courses.
Program Pathways consists of the combination of courses that
make up a student’s educational program and the supports provided
by the program. A properly planned Program Pathway not only
motivates students to complete their goals, it ensures they have
the right combination of courses and supports required to get them
there. A Program Pathway will help students be successful in their
transition from high school to the workplace, apprenticeship, college,
or university. (Refer to page 6 - Education Planner; page 8 & 9 -
Understanding Courses and Codes)
Experiential Learning
When planning their Program Pathway, students might consider exploring
the following Experiential Learning opportunities (eg. courses
or skill development) to support their pathway goal:
Cooperative Education (refer to page 184 - 185)
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) (refer to page 185)
www.oyap.com/
Guidance and Career Education (GLD2O Discovering the
Workplace and GLN4O Navigating the Workplace) (refer to
page 194)
Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) (refer to pages 20 - 25)
Focus Programs (refer to pages 20 - 25)
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O T T A W A - C A R L E T O N D I S T R I C T S C H O O L B O A R D
Ontario Skills Passport http://skills.edu.gov.on.ca/OSPWeb/
jsp/en/login.jsp
Dual Credits Program with Algonquin College — earn a high
school credit and college credit concurrently www.passpathways.on.ca
Dual Credits
The Dual Credit Programs with Algonquin College are intended to
assist secondary students in the completion of their Ontario Secondary
School Diploma (OSSD) and successful transition to college and
apprenticeship programs.
Students can count a maximum of four college-delivered dual
credits as optional credits towards the OSSD.
Dual credits cannot be used as substitutions for compulsory
credit requirements.
Admission Procedures for Dual Credits Entry into the Dual Credit
Program will be guided through Student Services / Dual Credit
Contact Teacher(s) at the school. Districts/schools and colleges will
coordinate the exchange of academic progress information (marks
and attendance) between colleges and secondary schools to support
student success. Students (and, where appropriate, parents) will be
informed of the credit value, evaluation approaches, and required
passing grade for the college course and how information, including
attendance records, will be shared between the college and the secondary
school in accordance with the Freedom of Information and
Protection of Privacy Act. For more information about Dual Credit
courses go to PASS (Partnering To Articulate for Student Success)
www.passpathways.on.ca
For more information about Program Pathways or Pathways to Success,
contact the Student Services / Guidance Department in your
school or the OYAP/Pathways Instructional Coach at the OCDSB at
613-596-8211, ext 8697.