1. Welcome to Middlefield Collegiate Institute!

2. Your Guidance Team… Ms. K. Morin Ms. J. Tang Mr. N. Escoffery
Ms. M. Shanmugarajah
Ms. K. Morin
Ms. J. Tang
Mr. N. Escoffery

3. Creating Pathways to Success

4. Course Request : Career Cruising Grade 8 Information Night @ MCI
Learning Goal: To prepare our incoming Grade 9 students with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively request courses for your first year of high school..
Part ONE:
Course Request 1O1:
“The Basics”
Nov. 5th, 2014
Part TWO:
Course Request : Career Cruising
Jan. 7th-14th, 2015
Part THREE:
Grade 8 Information MCI
Jan. 15th, 6:30pm

5. Diploma Requirements (O.S.S.D.) for your 4 years
18 Compulsory Credits +
12 Optional Credits =
30 Total Credits
Successful Completion of the
Ontario Secondary School
Literacy Test
40 hours of Community
Involvement

6. Understanding Course Codes
ENG1P1
Course Type
Grade
Subject
MCI Specific
Understanding Course Codes

7. Applied
Academic
Open
Locally-Developed
Grade 9 & 10 Course Types

8. Applied (P) A practical, more hands-on approach with some theory
Smaller class size
More teacher interaction to ensure focus and direction of task
e.g. CGC1PL

9. Academic (D) Theoretical in Approach Abstract Thinking
Self-Directed Learning/Independent Learner
Larger Class Size
e.g. SNC1D1

10. An opportunity to explore an area of interest for all students
Examples: Art, Music, Drama, Integrated Technology, Family Studies, Business, Physical Education, Learning Strategies (GLS)
Choose your area of interest/strength/need
e.g. PPL1O8/PPL1O9
Open (O)

11. Courses Requiring Special Permission and/or Advice
Grade 9:
Locally-Developed
ESL
Learning Strategies (GLE)
Later:
Co-Op
e-Learning
Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) – 3 Sectors
Dual Credit
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
Advanced Placement

12. Advanced Placement Advanced Placement: Grade 12 – Exams
For highly-motivated students
Great interest in Math & Science
Pre-AP: Grade 11
Advanced Placement: Grade 12 – Exams

13. Course Planner/Course Request
6 or 7 compulsory +
2 or 1 electives
3 additional music IF desired
If no music, maximum of 3 spares entered
3 alternates
Submit electronically
Print – Signatures - Hand to homeroom teacher
Course Planner/Course Request

14. Research Consult Reflect
How do you wisely determine which courses are best for YOUR Grade 9 year?
Research
Consult
Reflect
ASK LOTS OF
QUESTIONS!
Courses can be found in :
MCI Course Offering
Booklet
(Inside the Planning Guide)
Career Cruising Website via YRDSB Website
York Region
Course Directory
(online)
Passion, Career, Ability

15. Plan Ahead in Career Cruising!
Make entries into your Individual Pathways Planner (IPP)
Start Tomorrow
Explore course offerings on
Career Cruising
Start Dec. 20th
Create a rough draft of your course requests before January’s classroom visits and MCI Open House.
Start December 21st

16. IPP-Individual Pathways Plan
Helps YOU plan your current and future pathways
within Career Cruising
Educational information for ALL of Canada – Apprenticeships, Colleges, Universities
Careers
Assessments
Resume-building

17. Thursday January 15th, 2015 6:30p.m. to 8:00p.m.
What’s next?
Guidance Counsellors will visit your school
January 7-14th, 2015
See you and your
parents/guardians
Thursday January 15th, :30p.m. to 8:00p.m.
Where?
Middlefield C.I. Cafeteria

18. Grade 9 Registration Booklets
HOOLEY
Grade 9 Registration Booklets
All registration booklets due to MCI on
Mon. February 2nd, 2015
PRINT NEATLY !!!
Booley

19. course requests due on February 23rd, 2015.
All
electronic Career Cruising
course requests due on February 23rd, 2015.
Signed hard copy course requests forms due on the same day
February 23rd, 2015.
We LOVE to meet deadlines!!!

22. Creating Pathways to Success