my

PATHWAY

planner

For Grade 10 Students

Course Pathways

Grade 9 and 10 Grade 11 and 12

Academic (D) ENG2D1 University (U) ENG3U1

Applied (P) ENG2P1 College (C) ENG2C1

Locally Developed (L) ENG2L1 Workplace (E) ENG3E1

Open (O) Open (O)

Mixed (M)

Some Pathways are interchangeable, look on My

Pathways Planner (myBlueprint) for course prerequisites or

speak with your Guidance Counsellor.

Click on “my PATHWAY planner” button

Start with the KHS Website

Students must enter the same Username and Password that they would use to log into the school computers

Each York Region student has been assigned their own portfolio account through myBlueprint for Pathway planning. You should have already activated this account.

• This is your “Dashboard” where there are excellent tools for career research and planning well as “Notifications/Messages”.

► To choose courses click on “High School”

• Scroll down to see school specific resources such as the SHSM application form

Night school courses are found under “Continuing

Education”

Summer school courses are also found under “Continuing Education” sometime in April

Browse through the course offerings in the various disciplines so that you are familiar with what is offered and where to find them.

REMEMBER: Choose once, choose wisely!

• See ALL the courses

offered in any discipline

by clicking on the arrow

• OR choose a grade filter

so that you will see only

the courses offered for a

particular grade in each

discipline –

recommended for

grades 8 and 9 students

• Go back to “Plan” to add

courses.

Features

Find and add courses easily by clicking on the “+” buttons

The blue header indicates the grade which courses will be submitted, when the button is active

Track credit totals as courses are added to the plan

Click on the “View Progress” button for a report of your graduation progress

As courses are added, the planner indicates the post-secondary programs, across Canada that you are eligible for

SHSM program information to help plan an enriched grade 11 and 12 program, should you choose this option

Typical grade 10 student

• You can see marks and courses

• The “Year 11” column is highlighted in blue

• Feel free to complete all 4 years of your Course

Planner, but only the courses in the blue column can

be submitted

• Credits: Planned, Earned and Required in each discipline.

• A grade 10 student at this point should have 12 Earned and show at least 4 Planned.

• Community Involvement Hours are updated monthly

• Indicator for Literacy requirement

• A green checkmark means that the requirement has been completed

• Check this chart again after completing your selections and see how it will have changed.

Graduation Progress

Click on the “Learn More”

tab.Then “Browse SHSM

Programs”.

Choose the sector of interest.

Choose a pathway. This can be

changed at any time.

Click on “View Requirements”

to see the list. Open any one

for more detailed information.

Click on this box to let us

know you have an interest.

This does not commit you to

anything .

Choosing SHSM

Let’s Add Courses!• This student is choosing

grade 11 courses

• The compulsories are English and Math

• Click on the “+” to see the courses you may choose

• Note that ALLcourses in that discipline show up. Choose carefully.

• Courses already taken are identified

• The only courses that will satisfy the compulsoryEnglish credit for grade 11 are:

ENG3U1, ENG3C1, ENG3E1

• Choose one and see a course description

• See the prerequisites listed

• Your choice should show “planned” in green. Choosing a course you have already completed or are currently taken will be indicated here

• Choose “Add Course” to add this course to your Plan and you will automatically be returned to your planner

Choosing an Elective or Alternate

• When choosing an “Elective” or an “Alternate”, you will see a the entire list of Disciplines

• Select a “Discipline” to get a list of all of the courses offered in that subject area.

• Some Disciplines will show sub-headings such as Technological Education or Art

• Others will give you a list of courses right away.

• As suggested earlier it is a good idea to have already researched what is under each tab

• Here is an example of a course list. This is “Social Sciences and Humanities”.

• Notice there are courses here from both the History and Family Studies Dept. This is not the only place to find History Dept. courses.

• By clicking on the Course Code you can see a description and prerequisites will be listed

• For a Discipline such as Science you may have to scroll down to see all courses

IMPORTANT!!!• As a Grade 10 student, you are making very

important course selection decisions.

• You need to plan with extra care:

– complete diploma requirements

– get prerequisites for the grade 12 courses you may

need for Post-secondary, AND . . .

• You also need to be aware of some grade 11

and 12 courses running in alternating years

2020/21 and 2022/23: CLU3M1, HPC3O1,

HZT4U1

2021/22 and 2023/24: CLN4U, HZB3M, EWC4U,

PSK4U, SPH4C, SES4U

. . . more important info.• When a student has added

the 8 courses required for

grade 11, another box

appears

• DO NOT “Add Course” here

unless you are planning a 9th

credit “Repertoire”

• Click on this box and see

“Repertoire” appears

• Students can choose a

Repertoire course or select a

different discipline as needed

• Reminder: If you have been IPRC’d for Learning Strategies, choose it as an “Elective”

• GLE is under “Guidance” and sub-heading “Special Education”

• COOP needs to be chosen as an Elective NOT an Alternate • Grade 11 Sem.1 Morning

• Grade 11 Sem. 1 Afternoon

• Grade 11 Sem. 2 Morning

• Grade 11 Sem. 2 Afternoon

Know what type of placement you want before choosing Co-op

and . . . what about Dual Credits?• A possibility a student with a

“flexible” timetable

– Co op or GLE on timetable

– for gr. 11’s – Sem. 2

• Selecting this option gives you a

choice of how many dual credits

you wish to take

• Click on any of these to get a

description of Dual Credits• If you wish to select 8 courses and Dual Credit

you will need to use the “Add Course” box

• Any of these choices will indicate that you also

need to speak with your Guidance Counsellor

• Click on the link to YRDSB info to see the credits

offered plus more

To see the Dual Credit courses – click on the .pdf

► This student has completed their course selections and is ready to “Review Course Selections”.

► A course can be deleted by clicking on the 3 little dots and choosing “Delete”.

► A blue info. icon• Information you should know about when choosing this course

• Hover the cursor over the icon for important information

Enrollment in this

course requires a

recommendation from

the Principal through

the IPRC process.

• The student also has a pink box and a red info. icon

• Do not go to “Review Course Selections” until corrected

• Hovering the cursor over the icon gives you a text box that explains the issue

Prerequisite missing

• Notice the changes to the credit totals on the Graduation Tracking Table after choosing courses

►The “Review Course Selections” button will be active from Feb 12 – 20.

►When you have carefully reviewed your selections and are sure that you have chosen correctly, click on the “Submit Course Selections” button.

►You can go “Back to High School” at this time to make changes.

►You are invited to make comments that mayassist Guidance in scheduling your courses

• If you do proceed

with issues, you

will get a warning

• Cancel and fix

the issue, or you

may choose to

continue

• If there was an

issue you could

not correct, you

MUST explain

the issue in the

box provided

• Anyone may use the comment box to pass helpful info to

a counsellor, ex. Will take English in summer school

► When you choose to

submit, an instruction box

appears with the option to

“Print Sign off Sheet”

► Ensure that you read the

information items

► One copy must be

printed, signed and

handed in to your Period

1 teacher by

February 20, 2020

► Please indicate your 1st

2nd and 3rd Alternate by

preference

213

Every Course Selection is approved by a Guidance Counsellor. You need to check the “Dashboard” on yourPathway Planner regularly for “notifications/messages” from Guidance

►You will have the option of returning to the “Plan”.►The bar across the top indicates the date of submission►Note that the little dots in all course boxes are now gone►Any attempt to make changes will result in this warning►Feel free to plan courses through to grade 12

►Only courses for the year highlighted in blue are eligible for submission

Timelines• NOW

1) Explore courses

2) Discuss options with parents/guardians, teachers and your Guidance counsellor

• Feb. 13 or 14th in period 1, your grade 10 class will have 30 minutes, in a computer lab, with Guidance Counsellor support, to make your course selections in your Pathway Planner

• Feb. 12th – 20th “Submit” button active

• Choose once, choose wisely!

QUESTIONS?

• This PowerPoint

• Quick Tip Sheet: with course selection steps

• 2020-2021 Course Selection Offerings

Handout

• KHS Course Selection Handout

• All above items will be posted on the School

website (under the “Guidance” tab) and in

your My Pathway Planner (myBlueprint)

• If you would like support, come to Guidance

10

Complete

Knowledge

Survey

Add 2 GoalsAdd an

Objective

Plan Courses

for Grade 11

Favourite 1

Opportunity

Favourite 1

Occupation

Create a Budget

(minimum 5

income/expenses)

Add 1 box

and Write a

Reflection

Handouts/Resources