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Specialist High Skills Major

• What is an SHSM?
• A Ministry approved, specialized program
• Allows students to focus on knowledge, skills and
  experiences specific to certain economic sectors
• Offers industry-recognized certifications and
  training courses

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• What are the benefits?
• Students can explore, identify, and refine their
  career goals
• Students can customize their education while
  meeting the requirements of the Ontario Secondary
  School Diploma (OSSD)
• Students are prepared for success in their chosen
  postsecondary destination, whether it be
  apprenticeship, college, university or workplace

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• Whats your major?
• SHSM programs include major credits that
  provide sector-related knowledge and skills
• Students will complete learning activities in
  English and Mathematics contextualized to the
  knowledge and skills relevant to the sector

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• What are the components of a Specialist High
  Skills Major?
• The framework for the Specialist High Skills
  Major has five required components
• Bundled credits in grade 11 and grade 12
• Sector-recognized certifications and training
  courses
• Experiential learning activities within the
  sector
• Reach Ahead experiences in the area of the
  students postsecondary destination of choice
• Development of essential skills and work
  habits required in the sector, with use of the
  Ontario Skills Passport (OSP) for purposes of
  documentation

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• Bundled Credits
• SHSM Construction
• Shaded boxes indicate credits required to meet
  the components of the Specialist High Skills Major

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DRAFT

• Bundled Credits
• SHSM Manufacturing
• Shaded boxes indicate credits required to meet
  the components of the Specialist High Skills
  Major

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DRAFT

• Bundled Credits
• SHSM Hospitality and Tourism
• Shaded boxes indicate credits required to meet
  the components of the Specialist High Skills
  Major

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• 2. Sector-recognized certifications and training
  courses
• Enable students to acquire knowledge and
  skills related to safe work habits
• Provide students with an advantage when
  entering the workforce
• Construction SHSM
• 8 Certifications and Training Programs Required
• (5 compulsory and 3 selected from a prescribed
  list)
• Manufacturing SHSM
• 6 Certifications and Training Programs Required
• (3 compulsory and 3 selected from a prescribed
  list)
• Hospitality and Tourism SHSM
• 5 Certifications and Training Programs Required
• (4 compulsory and 1 selected from a prescribed
  list)

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• 3. Experiential Learning Opportunities
• Planned learning experiences that take place
  outside of the traditional classroom setting
• Allow students to connect their learning in
  school to work in the sector

ONTARIO YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM The Ontario
Youth Apprenticeship program (OYAP) gives high
school students a head start on their career as a
skilled trades professional. Students can become
an apprentice and earn credits towards their
apprenticeship and their diploma at the same time
with no delay in their graduation! Hundreds of
DSBN graduates have started their postsecondary
education while still in high school by
participating in OYAP. Students in the SHSM will
be given the opportunity to sign to an
apprenticeship so that all of their hours and
skills learned will be applied to their
certification in the skilled trade of their
choice.
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The District School Board of Niagara
Technological Skills Challenges

• 10th year of the DSBN Challenges
• Two different levels of competition
• Elementary (grades 7-8)
• Secondary (grades 9-12)
• 3800 DSBN students participate
• Over 30 different contest areas related to
  the skilled trades and technologies
• DSBN gold medalists advance to the provincial
  level competitions

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The District School Board of Niagara
Technological Skills Challenges

• Skills challenges provide opportunities
  forExperiential Learning by allowing students
  to
• apply and further develop their skill set and
  technical knowledge
• make connections between in-school learning and
  work in the sector
• make contacts and receive valuable feedback
  from mentors and judges working in industry or
  from postsecondary educational institutions
• explore careers in the skilled trades and
  technologies
• Tech Tuesdays provide additional
  opportunitiesfor skills training and mentorship

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• 4. Reach Ahead Experiences
• opportunities for learning experiences directly
  related to the students desired postsecondary
  destination
• enable students to gain confidence in their
  ability to be successful, refine their skills
  and work habits, and make an informed choice
  about future careers and next steps
• Examples
• job-shadowing someone for a day or more in a
  career the student is considering
• attending a number of college or university
  classes in their area of interest
• attending a conference or workshop held by the
  economic sector for their SHSM
• completing a ministry-approved dual credit
  course/program or apprenticeship training

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• 5. Development of Essential Skills and work
  habits required in the sector, with use of the
  Ontario Skills Passport (OSP) for purposes of
  documentation
• skills that are transferable from school to
  work, job to job, and sector to sector
• skills that enable people to perform tasks
  required in their jobs and participate fully in
  the workplace and community
• the Ontario Skills Passport (OSP) work plan is
  used to track students demonstration of
  essential skills and work habits and to
  help students plan further skills development

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• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Hospitality Tourism

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