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The Transition from Grade 8 to 9

The Transition from Grade 8 to 9. Guidance, Career & Adolescent Development 2015-2016. Goals. To inform students how to make a smooth and successful transition from Grade 8 to 9 To assist students in making informed choices for Grade 9 To raise student awareness of the various program

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The Transition from Grade 8 to 9

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  1. The Transition from Grade 8 to 9 Guidance, Career & Adolescent Development 2015-2016

  2. Goals • To inform students how to make a smooth and successful transition from Grade 8 to 9 • To assist students in making informed choices for Grade 9 • To raise student awareness of the various program pathways available throughout the TDSB For more about Education Planning go to: www.tdsb.on.ca/goingtohighschool

  3. www.tdsb.on.ca/goingtohighschool

  4. Educational Planning Website will reflect the coming school year

  5. myBlueprint.ca/tdsb for students and parents www.myBlueprint.ca/tdsb Online educational & career planning tool

  6. Accessing myBlueprint.ca www.myBlueprint.ca/tdsb

  7. Promotion, Transfer & Retention Procedure (PR 543) The Toronto District School Board’s Promotion, Transfer & Retention Procedure provides schools with a consistent method for transition of students from elementary school (Grade 8) to secondary school (Grade 9). Read the full procedure at www.tdsb.on.ca Under Policies, Procedures and Forms and select PR543

  8. Where do students go aftersecondary school?

  9. The Importance of Credit Accumulation

  10. Ontario Secondary SchoolDiploma (OSSD) • Total of 30 course credits (110 hours per credit) – 18 compulsory courses – 12 elective courses (options) • 40 hrs. Community Involvement – Begins in summer after Grade 8 * • Ontario Literacy Requirement (OSSLT) - Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test ~ Ontario Schools, Kindergarten to Grade 12: Policy & Program Requirements, 2011

  11. Credit System • Once a course is passed, a credit is granted • To pass a course one must achieve a level of 50% or higher • Students are expected to take 8 courses a year • To graduate from high school a student must earn 30 credits

  12. Course Types in Grades 9 and 10: • Applied • Academic • Locally Developed Compulsory Credit (LDCC) • Open

  13. What is an Open Course? • Learning expectations are the same for all students • Designed to prepare students for further study and to enrich general education in a subject • Can be counted as compulsory or elective credits • Grade 9 Open Courses Include: Arts (Music, Visual Arts, Drama, Dance) Business Guidance (Learning Strategies) Exploring Technologies Physical Education

  14. Academic and Applied Course Types Academic Course Types Cover the core content and have an emphasis on the theoretical aspects of the content Applied Course Types Cover the core content and have an emphasis on practical applications

  15. Making Your Choice Grade 9 Science

  16. Making Your Choice Grade 9 English

  17. Work Habits Sample

  18. Changing Course Type After Grade 9: Gr. 10 Academic Gr. 9 Academic T Gr. 10 Applied Gr. 9 Applied Gr. 10 LDCC Gr. 9 LDCC Gr. 9 Applied to Gr. 10 Academic Mathematics (Transfer Course worth 0.5 credit)

  19. Semestered Schools • Students take 8 courses in 2 blocks of time: 4 courses from September to January 4 courses from February to June • All 4 courses taken daily

  20. Non-Semestered Schools • 8 courses taken throughout the school year • Courses taken every other day

  21. Choices: Planning Guides Choices for NineDelivered each fall Choices: Secondary Schools Course Selection & Planning Guide Arrives each January during the Course Selection Process

  22. Information Nights at the High Schools • Program and school specific information is shared • Dates and Times of High School Information Nights are listed in the Choices for Nine brochure and posted on the TDSB website www.tdsb.on.ca/GoingtoHighSchool

  23. Dates and Times on Website

  24. Find Your School www.tdsb.on.ca Click on “Find your School”

  25. Find Your School Find your school by selecting how you want to search.

  26. Optional Attendance • Students are encouraged to attend the secondary school that serves their residential address • Use an Optional Attendance Application Form when applying to a school other than your home school • Forms available at Grade 8 school • Specific information regarding Optional Attendance Procedures will follow in early January www.tdsb.on.ca/FindyourSchool/OptionalAttendance

  27. Specific Dates • January 29, 2016- Optional Attendance applications due to secondary schools – delivered by student/parent/guardian • February 12, 2016- Secondary schools will inform Optional Attendance applicants by this date • Mid to late February 2016 – Course Selection sheets completed and returned to elementary teacher/counsellor • February 26, 2016 - All course selection sheets due to secondary schools – delivered by Elementary Counsellor • Only ONE course selection sheet per student is submitted for ONE secondary school by the elementary school counsellor

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