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What’s Out There?
0Mix of credit and non-credit programs/services
0Enrichment Withdrawal (ELOPE)
0Curriculum Compacting
0WISE and AP (Advanced Placement)
0SPARK! Conferences
0Outreach, Community Partners
0IDC 3O, 4O, 4U
0 Extended Learning Opportunities through Progressive Enrichment
0 Completely voluntary
0Workshop-style IN the school
0 Student-interest driven
0 Can lead to larger outreach opportunities
0 Range of activities: novel studies, debates, philosophical discussions, guest speakers, poetry, critical thinking, problem-solving, among others
0 COMPACTING: accommodation
(acceleration + enrichment)
0 Student works through the curricular material at a quicker pace
0 Completes all assessment criteria
0 Remains in teacher’s class (on role) or on roll of a gifted teacher*, but can work in an alternate area (supervised)
0 Frees up time to complete other elective courses, AP, enrichment opportunities, study for SATs, among others
0 *Importance of planning backward!
0 New! Course bank through D2L/online
0 Advanced Placement
0 University level credit (and/or advanced standing) by exam
0 Various phases of support/delivery
0 Students:0 Purchase study guide/text0 Pay for exam fee ($91 USD 2015)0 Are set up with a mentor/master teacher in the subject area0 Write an exam in May0 Levels 4 and 5 are typically rewarded with a transfer credit*0 Postsecondary institutions decide what credit to award once
you are a university student
FYIWISE
0 Western’s Initiative for Scholarly Excellence
0 Who can apply: high school students in Grades 11-12 (must have min 22 credits achieved)
0 What: pursue a university level credit at the university campus or distance studies while in high school (FREE tuition!)
0 Please note that students must be nominated by a guidance counsellor, teacher, and/or principal, which is part of the application process
0 Interdisciplinary studies; currently the only consistent enrichment programming for credit at secondary; some* designated enriched classes at select schools (1.0 credit each)0 IDC 3O/4O “Scholarly Productions”
0 IDC 4U(T) “Honours Thesis”
0 Three strands:0 Theory and Foundation (reading, concepts, perspectives, organization)
0 Process and Methods of research (research, planning, and presentation of information)
0 Implementation, Evaluation, Impacts, and Consequences (critiquing, evaluating, analysing, communicating, writing, real-world applications)
0 Student-interest focus for summative (ISP)
0 Develop and consolidate the skills required for knowledge of different subjects/disciplines:0 How to conduct proper research
0 How to properly write about research conducted/ formulate effective research questions
0 How to communicate findings and defend position
0 NEW! Honours Thesis course; course housed in D2L b-learning
0 Extension of ELOPE sessions; based solely on student-interest0 LARGE-scale enrichment conferences0 Again, completely voluntary0 Like-minded peers across the board0 Some currently available:
0 The Study of Food SPARK! (Science, Business, Health & Nutrition) at Brescia UC;
0 Interdisciplinary Studies SPARK! (SJPS, SW, DS, CSI) at King’s UC;0 The REAL Criminal Law SPARK! (Crown, Justice, Defence; AIDWYC; CCLET;
IHL/RedCross);0 The Representation of Crime through Lit and Soc SPARK! at King’s;0 Engineering SPARK! with PEO and IEEE;0 Physics and Art of Sound SPARK! (Drummer and DJ);0 Earth Sciences SPARK! (Geophysics/Seismic Hazards; Soft Rock
Exploration; Paleontology; Meteorites) with Western;0 Ologies SPARK! with Brescia UC (Psych, Crim/Soc, Anthro, Poli Sci);0 Among others!
0 Different faculties at universities (i.e. Western University: CPSX, Ivey, BMI, Music, etc.) and community partners
0 Conducted onsite or offsite at the universities0 Some currently available:
0 Linguistics Outreach at Western0 Gamer Outreach with Mikutech0 Dragon’s Den/Entrepreneurship at Ivey0 Engineering* challenges with PEO0 Foundation Year/Liberal Arts with King’s0 Waterloo Unlimited (grades 10-12)0 Queen’s ESU (formerly E-MC2)0 Shad Valley0 House of Commons Page Program (Jr. and Sr.)0 Encounters with Canada0 Among others…
