Curriculum Updates 2024-2025
The new compulsory credit is in this curriculum area
Technology (TAS1O/2O)
The acronym SHSM stands for this
Specialist High Skills Major
Number of online credits required to graduate
2
The number of volunteer hours students need to graduate
40
Guidance Teacher
The number of compulsory credits needed for OSSD
19
Coop Credits in this overall sector are covered under OYAP
Skilled Trades
Learning online that is not delivered in real-time
Asynchronous
The number 18/12 represent this
Compulsory and Elective Credits
Most BWDSB students chose this pathway
College
The course code for the new Grade 9 Business course
BEM1O
Coop and Skilled Trades
The learning management system that BWDSB uses to support online learning
Brightspace (D2L)
Students will use one of these two methods to meet the Ontario Literacy Requirement
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test or Course
The school year in which the student turns 18 has this pathway option within BWDSB
Adult and Continuing Education
The new destreamed course for Grade 9
CGC1W (Geography)
The percentage of students who use Dual Credit as their final credit to graduate, thus far.
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 30%
B) 20%
The school that allows students to take one complete credit to help them graduate
Summer School
Students in Grade 8 and Grade 12 are encouraged to complete this to track data on next steps
MyBlueprint Exit Survey
The credit accumulation amount to enter OYAP
14 credits
Grade 11 and 12 will count towards tech graduation requirements
No
The number of SHSM programs in BWDSB
37 (soon to be 38)
The program that allows Indigenous students to complete credit recovery and/or a credit
Landing Success
The document that dictates the SHSM courses
Pathways Chart
These are the five identified pathways
University, College, Workplace, Apprenticeship, Community