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Our Lady of Lourdes:
54 Westmount Road
Guelph, Ontario N1H 5H7
Telephone: (519) 836-2170
Fax: (519) 823-1010
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Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM)
Sample Pathways: Specialist High Skills Major – Manufacturing
The shaded boxes indicate credits that are required to meet the components of a SHSM – Manufacturing.
(c) – compulsory credits for the OSSD.
‘Recommended’ in consultation with guidance, depending on postsecondary destination and local circumstances.
Notes on sample pathways
Grades 7 and 8: Awareness
1. Students in Grades 7 and 8 benefit from programs and activities that encourage them
to make connections with areas of interest. Strategies include:
- field trips, competitions, and activities in the community specific to SHSM –
Manufacturing, attend presentations or engage in career exploration with guest speakers and
mentors from the manufacturing sector.
2. Some students may be interested in the opportunity to reach ahead to obtain secondary
credits. This provides them with greater flexibility to select additional recommended
courses in the SHSM – Manufacturing. Reach ahead opportunities include:
- online learning for courses such as English and mathematics;
- attending secondary school to earn specific credits (e.g., technological education);
and
- attending summer school before entering secondary school.
Year One: Exploration
1. Integrated Technology (TTI 10), a recommended course for all destinations, provides
students with opportunities to explore a variety of technologies.
Year Two: Exploration
1. The first required credit in the SHSM – Manufacturing is Year 2 Career Studies/Civics or,
if a substitution is made, Discovering the Workplace. Content in this credit raises students’
awareness of the SHSM programs available in the school/board and provides
opportunities for students to explore occupations in the sector through experiential
learning. Manufacturing Technology (TMJ 20), a recommended credit for all destinations,
provides students with opportunities to explore manufacturing technology, to
identify personal interests and aptitudes, and to consider the pursuit of the SHSM –
Manufacturing.
2. If a student selects Manufacturing Technology (TMJ 20) in year 2, Science year 2 can be
taken in semester one, year 3 to fulfill the prerequisite for senior physics or chemistry.
Years Three and Four: Specialization
1. Students acquire the sector specific knowledge and skills required to earn a SHSM –
Manufacturing in the Manufacturing Major credits. Listed below are key considerations
related to Manufacturing Major credits:
i. The Major credits may be the Ontario curriculum for Manufacturing Technology, or
approved locally developed course(s), or Ministry of Education approved Equivalent
Learning (e.g., Level 1 Apprenticeship In-School Curriculum Standards);
ii. Students may earn equivalent learning credits for learning situations that fall outside
of the instruction traditionally provided by a board/school. These credits may include
sector-developed and delivered training, ministry-approved dual credits, courses
or certifications that may be recognized by the ministry for credit as policy and
programs are developed.
iii. Where students earn the Manufacturing Major credits depends on local circumstances
including the availability of equipment, teachers’ qualifications, and partnerships/
agreements. Depending on these factors, this learning may occur in a secondary
school, in a college, in a training centre, or in a not-for-profit organization, or in
other sites outside the student’s school.
2. Other required credits in the framework’s bundle: English, mathematics, Civics/Career
Studies, and science, are delivered in the context of the manufacturing sector in order
to provide students with sector focussed skills and knowledge.
3. Students, in consultation with guidance counsellors, are encouraged
to select theappropriate course types that best link to their postsecondary destination.
4. Some students pursuing the SHSM–Manufacturing’s University pathway may
need to consider earning some of the framework’s required credits (e.g., cooperative
education credits) through night school, e-learning, and/or summer school.
5. The sector contacts identified the knowledge of entrepreneurship and basic business
practices as important for students to possess as they prepare themselves for careers in
this sector. It is recommended that in either Year 3 or 4, students participate in either
an in-school entrepreneurship course or component of a course, or become involved in an
extra-curricular experience related to entrepreneurship (e.g., Junior Achievement’s Company Program.
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