These programs enable students to gain sector-specific skills and knowledge in engaging, career-related learning environments, and prepare in a focused way for graduation and postsecondary education, training, or employment.
Seven Key Benefits for Students
Pursuing an SHSM enables students to:
1. customize the
secondary school education to suit their interests and talents
2. develop
specialized knowledge and skills that are valued by the sector and
postsecondary education institutions
3. earn credits
that are recognized by the sector and postsecondary education institutions
4. gain
sector-specific and career-relevant certification and training
5. develop
Essential Skills and work habits that are valued by the sector, recorded using
the tools in the Ontario Skills Passport (OSP)
6. identify,
explore, and refine their career goals and make informed decisions about their
postsecondary destination
7. remain flexible,
with the option to shift between pathways should their goals and plans change.
Each SHSM consists of five required
components:
1. Bundled credits
A
defined bundle of credits consisting of eight to Grade 11 and Grade 12 credits,
including cooperative education.
2. Certification and training
Sector-recognized
certifications and training courses and programs
3. Experiential learning and career exploration
activities
Experiential learning and career exploration activities within the sector
4. Reach ahead experiences
learning
experiences connected with the student’s postsecondary plans
5. Essential Skills and work habits
Development of Essential Skills and work habits required in the sector,
recorded using the tools in the Ontario Skills Passport (OPS)