SJHS Specialist High Skills Major
The Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) enables students to customize their high school experience to suit their interests and talents, and prepare for a successful post-secondary transition to apprenticeship training, college, university, or employment, while meeting the requirements of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). The SHSM enables students to gain the sector-identified preparatory credits, skills and knowledge, and make informed career decisions. This makes the learning experience more engaging for students, focuses them on graduation and prepares them to pursue their career goals.
Health & Wellness
The demand for professionals in the Health and Wellness sector in Ontario and across Canada is increasing as the age of our population increases. As such, this sector has both a wide variety of career opportunities and employs close to 2 million people across Canada. Personal support workers (PSW), Child Care Worker, Fitness Instructor, Radiologist, Nurse, Veterinary Technician, Hospital Porter and Medical Technician are just some of the numerous occupations that the SHSM Health and Wellness program prepares students to pursue.
The Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program in Health and Wellness gives students an opportunity to specialize, gain qualifications, and plan a career pathway in various areas of the Health and Wellness sector while still in high school. The SHSM Program has a number of required components, designed to give students a “leg-up” to pursue post-secondary opportunities in each of the identified sectors, valuing apprenticeship, college, community, university and the workplace.
What are the required components of this program?
1. COURSES
A bundle of nine credits in Grade 11 and Grade 12:
Mandatory: TPJ3C OR TPJ3M
Any TWO: GPP3O, HPC3O, HRF30/HRT3M, HSP3C/HSP3U, PPL3O, PPZ3C, SBI3C/SBI3U, SCH3U, SPH3U
Any TWO: HHS4C/HHS4U, HSE4M, HZT4U, IDC4U, PLF4M, PPL4O, PSK4U, SBI4U, SCH4C/SCH4U, SPH4C/SPH4U
One English credit
One Math credit
One Other credit in either Science, Social Science or Humanities
2. CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION
Two Co-operative Education credits to gain workplace experience that enables students to refine, extend and practice sector-specific knowledge and skills. Examples of Health & Wellness Co-op Placements: dental Office, physiotherapy and other clinics, pharmacies, retirement homes, child care centres, fitness and wellness centres.
3. CERTIFICATIONS
Provided to students FREE of charge, certifications, trainings and workshops led by industry professionals, help students develop their skills and discover more information about their future career.
Seven certifications/training/workshops related to the industry. Examples include: Standard First Aid & CPR-C, Infection Control, Customer Service, Lifting & Ambulation, Conflict Resolution, Personal Training, Nutrition, Specialized Care: Dementia, Leadership skills & more!
Non-Profit Education
The Non-profit SHSM enables students to develop skills in the areas of problem solving, analysis, communication, cooperation, ethical values, consciousness, and citizenship.
The Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program in the Education Stream of Non-Profit gives students an opportunity to specialize, gain qualifications, and plan a career pathway in various areas of the Education sector while still in high school. The SHSM Program has a number of required components, designed to give students a “leg-up” to pursue post-secondary opportunities in each of the identified sectors, valuing apprenticeship, college, university and work.
What are the required components of this program?
1. COURSES
A bundle of eight credits in Grade 11 and Grade 12: COMING SOON!
2. CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION
Two Co-operative Education credits to gain workplace experience that enables students to refine, extend and practice sector-specific knowledge and skills. Examples of Non-Profit Education Stream Co-op Placements: elementary school, daycare centre, community living, library programs.
3. CERTIFICATIONS
Provided to students FREE of charge, certifications, trainings and workshops led by industry professionals, help students develop their skills and discover more information about their future career.
Seven certifications/trainings/workshops related to the industry. Examples might include: fundraising, behaviour management, equity and inclusion, leadership training, event coordination, standard First Aid & CPR-C training, WHMIS & more!
Manufacturing
The SHSM–Manufacturing enables students to build a foundation of sector-focused knowledge and skills before graduating and entering apprenticeship training, college, university, or an entry-level position in the workplace. Students are exposed to a wide variety of careers in the manufacturing sector, from broad areas such as programming, operation, service, and repair to more specific areas such as robotics and advanced manufacturing.
What are the required components of this program?
1. COURSES
A bundle of nine credits in Grade 11 and Grade 12:
Mandatory: TMJ3E/TMJ3C/TMJ3M, TTJ3O/TTJ3C, TMJ4E/TMJ4C/TMJ4M, and TTJ4E/TTJ4C/TTJ4M
Any TWO: SCH3U, SPH3U
Any TWO: SCH4C/SCH4U, SPH4C/SPH4U, IDC4U, MCV4U, MHF4U
One English credit
One Math credit
One Other credit in Science
2. CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION
Two Co-operative Education credits to gain workplace experience that enables students to refine, extend and practice sector-specific knowledge and skills.
3. CERTIFICATIONS
Provided to students FREE of charge, certifications, trainings and workshops led by industry professionals, help students develop their skills and discover more information about their future career.
Seven certifications/trainings/workshops related to the industry. Examples include: Working at Heights, Health & Safety, Electrical Safety, Lockout/Tagging, Confined Space Awareness, CAD/CAM Software Training, WHMIS, Standard First Aid & CPR-C, and more!
