 Course Planning Evening Grade 9-10

Agenda  Introductions  Math Streams  Creating the timetable  Grade 8-9 Parents  Webpage, course booklet, new courses  Grade 10 Program  Graduation Requirements  Math Choices  Second Language  Provincial Exams  Career & Post-Secondary Searches  ACE-IT & Work Experience  Questions

Math Streams  Apprenticeship and Workplace 10  Apprenticeship and Workplace 11  Foundations of Math and Pre-Calculus 10  Foundations of Math 11  Foundations of Math 12  Pre- Calculus 11  Pre- Calculus 12

Timetable  Course Selection – Feb.  Common Timetable  Master Timetable Building – March/April  Counsellors - individual timetables – May/June  Timetables Distributed – June or Sept.

Grade 9 Courses  English, Social Studies, Science, Math, PE, Electives  Math – 3 streams  Electives – French & others, depending on math stream  January – French & Band Choices  April or May – Other elective choices

Webpage & Course Booklets

Grade 10  English, Social Studies, Science, Math, PE, Planning  3 Provincial Exams - 20%  Credits count toward graduation  PE is linear (Outdoor Ed is an option)  Electives matter

Grade 11/12  English/Communications 11, SS 11, a Science 11, a Math 11  Electives  English/Communications 12, 3 grade 12 electives, and Grad Transitions  One fine art/applied skills elective over grade  80 credit minimum – 52 required, 28 elective

Math in Relation to Post-Secondary  Institution-specific & program-specific  Some examples:  UBC Vancouver: General Requirement for all programs: Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12  Commerce – Pre-Calc 12  Arts – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12  Science & Engineering – Pre-Calc 12  Kinesiology – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12 (+ one of PreCalc 12, Geology 12, Bi 12, Chem 12, Physics other 12 academics)

Math Examples Continued  UBC Okanagan  No blanket requirement  Science and Engineering – Pre-Calc 12  Arts – none  Nursing – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12  Management – Pre-Calc 12  Human Kinetics – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12

More Math...  SFU  Foundations 11 for all Arts-based programs  Pre-Calculus 12 for Science & Business  UVic  Business, Science, Engineering – Pre-Calc 12  Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences –  Foundations 11 or Pre-Calc 11

Math Again  TRU  Arts – any math 11  Nursing – Foundations 12 preferred  Science – Pre-Calc 12  Business Administration – Foundations Math 12  BCIT – Program-specific

Second Language in Relation to Post- Secondary  UBC Vancouver – grade 11 language required  UBC Okanagan – no 2 nd language required  SFU – Beginner language 11 or language 11  UVic - No second language requirement  Fine Arts requirements asks for 3 of the following 4: approved math 11, approved science 11, approved fine art 11 or second language 11

Provincial Scholarships & Provincial Exams  Top 5000 students in BC, based on 5 exams  Must have completed courses to qualify  B overall in English 12  Recipients will be informed in October following graduation.  If a student wishes to rewrite an exam, s/he must do so by August 31 of the year in which s/he graduates.

Career & Post-Secondary Searches  educationplanner.ca educationplanner.ca  careercruising.com  Username: Elphinstone Password:careers  ArtEdOptions.ca  tradestrainingbc.ca  discovertradesbc.ca  learnnowbc.ca/trades/TradesFinder.aspx

ACE-IT, SSA & WEX

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