1. September 18th – September 20th
GTP: Seminar #1
September 18th – September 20th
There are usually 3 offerings of each of the seminars. You must attend one.
If you do not make it during the week the seminar is offered, I will come find you.
This seminar’s format has been changed to an online format.
Please read the notes in the comments section, this is some of the information Mrs. Cooley would have given you in person.

2. Topics Today
Cooley’s contact information
Grad Plan checklist
Grad Plan Expectations
GTP Tracking Sheets (Hand in before leaving today)
What is “evidence” (evidence completion plan)
Health & Wellness Plan (on Cooley’s Website)
This is what we’re going to cover today.
The Evidence Completion Plan which you will hand in TODAY, and the exception is that you can submit it online. There are also copies available on my website, and you are welcome to print off a copy and hand it in the usual way.
To hand in work, there is a hand in basket (labelled) on my desk in my office. My mail tray also works.

3. Cooley’s Contact Info
Office: 1007 (Next door to Mr. Headley)
Remind App
Class Name: GTP Class of 2019
Class
to the number (778)
Take out your phones. I have an app to help send GTP reminders your direction.
The announcements are hard to hear in some classes, this is how I can send out mass reminders
The app is Remind (it’s free)
The class name: GTP Class of 2019
Class
If you to the number on the screen you will link to the messages

4. Cooley’s Class is my website, I post ALL assignments and deadlines on the website:
To get to the website, visit mrss.ca and click on the tab labelled “Students”. Scroll down to Graduation Transitions Plan, and on this page you will find the link at the bottom.

5. Cooley’s Website
mrss.ca Students > Graduation Transitions > Website Contact Us > Cooley (website link below)
Cooley’s Class is my website, I post ALL assignments and deadlines on the website:
To get to the website, visit mrss.ca and click on the tab labelled “Students”. Scroll down to Graduation Transitions Plan, and on this page you will find the link at the bottom.

6. Grad Plan Check-List Community Connections Career & Life
Physical Health
Transition Plan & Presentation
There are four components to GTP.
The seminars will cover these topics.
Due dates will help you avoid panic.
There is a lot to do, but it’s not hard if you keep up to date

7. * Community Connections
Career Exploration
Volunteer Activity
30 hours
Paid or volunteer
Evidence for paid work: pay stub
Evidence for volunteering: reference letter
Reflection
One activity
It can be the 30 hours instead of paid work
Evidence for volunteering: reference letter or summary of work signed by a supervisor of the activity
Reflection
I’ve added a green asterisk when there is a portion due by next seminar.
Career Exploration & Volunteer Activity plan along with your DPA plan is due before Cooley returns to work.
The Career Exploration and Volunteer Activity both have short assignments. These are currently on the website.
The DPA has a health and wellness assignment to complete (you may select 1 of the 2). These will be on the website in October.

8. * Pay Stub Example
Evidence: 30 hours career exploration (employment) if you have a Job.
PHOTOCOPY a pay stub – NO ORIGINALS
Black out the dollar amounts NEATLY (neater than this), along with any person information that is not your name.
Highlight or circle your hours. Cooley only needs to see your name, the company name and your hours.

9. *REFLECTION
Reflection on (or identification of) fundamental, personal management and teamwork skills used on the job (with examples)
This is due with your proof of Career Exploration and again with Volunteer Experience
For career exploration and volunteer experience, we want to know what you’ve gained (and given) in your experience.
Every experience has value.
The hand-outs for these are available on the Cooley’s Class website, (yes, I am intentionally repeating myself).

10. Career & Life Education Plan 3 Post Secondary Options (Seminar #3)
Career Plan
Investigate 3 Career Options (Seminar #3)
Financial Plan (Seminar #4)
Post-secondary costs … OR …
Monthly budget … OR …
Travel Plan with budget
This is what we’ll cover in Career & Life in Seminars #3 and 4

11. * Physical Health = 100 Hours
Provide evidence of an AVERAGE of 150 minutes of activity per week (100 hours)
Reflection on the benefits of regular physical activity
Ongoing plan for physical activity after graduation
Reflect on sound nutritional habits
Physical Health please submit a plan to complete your DPA for this year, (google link on the GTP page of my website)
Most of you will be submitting a plan.
Tell me what you will be doing
How you will get to the 100 hours
How you plan to document your 100 hours
And in your reflection, why is a healthy lifestyle important.

12. * Physical Health Evidence
Journals or activity logs,
Memberships to gym, etc.,
Photos,
Letters,
Other evidence…
Here are some examples of how to document your DPA requirement

13. Transition Plan & Presentation
Transition Plan (Seminar #3)
Presentation (Seminar# 5)
Also in the GTP requirements, is the completion of a Transition Plan and the Presentation. I will cover these topics in detail when the time comes.

14. Sign Up for Seminar #2 TODAY
Seminar has multiple dates, but limited seating.
Each day allows for a MAX of 30 students.
October 29th, 30th and 31st will be in the Library’s large conference room
November 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th and 7th will be in Room 1031
The link to sign up is also on Cooley’s website

15. Sign Up for Seminar #2 TODAY
The online platform is volunteersignup.org, visit:
You can use this
You can use the school phone number: ,
Cooley doesn’t need your phone number or .
To protect your privacy, you can use the provided. A confirmation is sent, but the seminar lists will be posted in the Career Centre.
Don’t use this to contact Cooley, it will never be checked, it truly is a junk-mail account.

16. * Due Sept 26th * Plan / Proof of 100 hours of physical activity
Plan / Proof of 30 hours employment / volunteer experience
Plan / Proof of one (1) volunteer activity
The following must be completed by mid-October:
Application to Graduate (give to Mr. Page)
By September 26th you must complete the following
Don’t forget your Application to Graduate must be into Mr. Page

17. Where to Hand in Work?
Cooley’s Office is 1007 next to Mr. Headley There is a hand in basket on Mrs. Cooley’s desk Questions? Don’t panic, don’t wait! Come find me! * Remember to sign up for the next seminar so I don’t come looking for you.
Online forms are submitted via those platforms. Avoid handing in assignments to Cooley’s . There are thousands of messages a year and it is easy to lose assignments in the mix. Anything handed into Cooley’s is generally considered to be NOT handed in.

18. Where to Find Marked Work?
Once your work is marked, it is filed into this bin. If Cooley gets behind on the filing, the marked assignments will be in a folder next to this bin. You are welcome to pick up anything of yours that has been marked. This is also why you must black out personal information on your pay stubs and do not use T4s as evidence. If Cooley is in the building, the door to her office is usually open.
In Mrs. Cooley’s office, the blue bin is organized alphabetically.