Career Conference - October 8th and October 10th, 2014

Career development is a critical component of a well-rounded education.  As students eventually go to work, it is our responsibility as educators to expose them to occupations and career paths during their formative years.  A career conference offers students opportunities to explore their strengths and interests which can then be directly linked to occupations. 

The ER12  Family of Schools will be hosting Career exploration events on  October 8th and October 10th at the Ontario Science Centre.   This Career Awareness Project is being designed to help students discover the many pathways to success within their area of interest.  Our goal is for students to discover that there are interesting and meaningful jobs in a variety of career fields.  We want them to see that within each field there are jobs for people with high school education, jobs that require apprenticeships, jobs that need a college diploma and jobs for which a university degree is a must.  Each of the pathways; Apprenticeship, College, University & Workplace will be highlighted at the Career Conference by the staff at the Ontario Science Centre.

Connections To Creating Pathways To Success: An Education and Career/Life Planning Program For Ontario Schools 2013

Creating Pathways to Success puts students at the centre of their own learning, 

viewing them as the architects of their own lives. Students are encouraged to 

discover who they are, explore opportunities, pursue their passions, and design 

personal pathways to success. They are encouraged to express their insights in 

individual ways and to keep track of what they discover about themselves and their 

interests, passions, and opportunities over time. When students are empowered 

to design and plan their own lives, they are engaged, they achieve, and they find 

themselves applying their learning in their daily lives. In an environment that 

encourages such learning, students develop confidence in knowing that their 

school programs are created with them in mind, that the world beyond school 

has something to offer them, and that they have something to offer the world.

(Source: Creating Pathways to Success http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/policy/cps/creatingpathwayssuccess.pdf,  September 29th, 2014)

Choices for Nine and Career Conference Update

Grade 9 High School Information Nights Update

An important goal for the TDSB is that every grade 8 student and family will be equipped with the knowledge and information to make an informed and confident decision for choosing an appropriate secondary school program.  This is a process that requires a partnership between the student, parents/guardians, teachers, guidance counsellor and our secondary school representatives.  This partnership will help ensure that our students will have every opportunity for success as they transition to secondary school.  The TDSB secondary school Guidance departments have made a few changes to the High School Information Evenings  for the 2013-2014 school year.  Please click on the link on this post or on the right hand side of the Blog under the Optional Attendance and Specialized Programs section to access the most recent update.

Secondary School Information Nights are held at each school.  Here are a few:

School                                                    Info Night

Bendale B.T.I.                                       November 19
Birchmount Park C.I.                            October 30
David and Mary Thomson C.I.              November 12
RH King Academy                                 November 27
SATEC@ W.A Porter C.I.                    November 20
Sir Robert L. Borden B.T.I                   January 9
Wexford Collegiate School of the Arts   
(Performing Arts)                                   November 13
(Visual & Media Arts)                            November 14
Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute  December 4

Grade8 Career Conference

We are sending out a reminder that the ER12 Family of Schools will be sponsoring a Career Conference at the Ontario Science Centre on October 2nd and October 4th, 2013 for Grade 8 students.  Students will explore a variety of career options and learn about various postsecondary pathways and fields of work at the Ontario Science Centre.  This Career Awareness Project is being designed to help students gain valuable career planning information.  Normally this type of conference is held in the spring; however the Guidance team decided that it would be best to hold the event prior to students making their choices about which secondary school or program they would like to attend.

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Choices for Nine: Grade 8 - 9 Transitions & Career Conference Update

The grade 8 students will be working on “Choices for Nine”, their transition program to grade 9 throughout the year.  The introduction to the program will begin in the coming weeks. Each student will record important dates in their agendas.  We will be making regular visits to the grade 8 classes to ensure that information goes out in a timely manner.

As an introduction to the “Choices for Nine” program for families, there will be a parent information evenings on:

• Oct. 23rd at Birchmount C.I.  at 6:30pm
• Oct. 28th at Winston Churchill S.S.  at 6:30pm

You are welcome to attend the evening which is most convenient for your family. It is highly recommended that all families of grade 8 children attend one of these very important meeting.  This session kicks off the program by providing information about key dates, timelines, Optional Attendance procedures, Secondary School programs and requirements, Secondary School Open House dates and times, Course Selection and much more.

We would also like to send out a reminder that the Career Conference dates have been tentatively set for:

Ms. Sebbio's schools - October 2nd, 2013

Mr. Brogno's schools - October 4th, 2013  

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Rob Brogno                                                 Lisa Sebbio

(416) 396-6225                                           (416) 396-6555 ext. 20040