Specialist High Skills Major – Non-profit
The Specialist
High Skills Major (SHSM) in Non-profit enables students to build a foundation
of sector-focused knowledge and skills before graduating and entering
apprenticeship training, college, university, or a position in the workplace.
Students will develop skills in the areas of problem solving, analysis,
communication, cooperation, ethical values, consciousness, and citizenship.
Where local
circumstances allow, boards may elect to offer one or more variants of the SHSM
in a given sector, each with a particular area of focus. This SHSM may be
designed to have a particular focus – for example, on international development
or community action. This focus is achieved through the selection of the four
major credits in the bundle.
A bundle of nine Grade 11 and Grade 12
credits
These credits make up
the bundle:
- four non-profit major credits that provide sector-specific knowledge and skills. The four
courses must include at least one Grade 11 and one Grade 12 credit, and may
include one cooperative education credit related to the sector. (This
cooperative education credit would be additional to the two that are required
in the bundle; see below);
- three other required credits from the Ontario curriculum, in each of which some expectations
must be met through a contextualized learning activity (CLA) for the non-profit
sector. The three credits include:
- one in English;1
- one in mathematics; and
- one in science or business studies (or a cooperative education
credit related to the sector, which would be additional to the two cooperative
education credits required in the bundle; see below);
- two cooperative education
credits that provide authentic learning
experiences in a workplace setting, enabling students to refine, extend, apply,
and practice sector-specific knowledge and skills.
Note: that a compulsory
English credit is required in Grade 11 and in Grade 12 for graduation with an
OSSD. Schools may determine whether the CLA, required
Sector-recognized certifications and/or
training courses/programs
This SHSM
sector requires students to complete a specified number of compulsory and elective sector-recognized
certifications and/or training courses/programs, as indicated in the following
table.
NOTE: Where an item in the table is capitalized, it is
the proper name of the specific certification or training course/program that
is appropriate for the SHSM. Where an item is lower cased, it is the name of an
area, type, or category of training for which specific certifications or
training courses/programs should be selected by the school or board. The
requirements are summarized in the table below.
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Four (4) compulsory
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Level C –
includes automated external defibrillation (AED)
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ethical considerations
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Standard First Aid
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Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
(WHMIS) – generic (i.e., not site-specific) instruction
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Three (3) electives from the list below
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anti-oppression and allyship training
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behaviour management
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communication skills
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compass/map/global positioning system (GPS)
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conflict resolution
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customer service
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environmental awareness
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equity and inclusion
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event coordination
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fundraising
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group dynamics
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incident management |
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legal/administrative procedures
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leadership skills
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non-violent crisis intervention
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personality inventory
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portfolio development
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project management
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proposal/grant writing
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SafeTALK
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sector-specific software 1
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self-defence
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social media networking
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successful exhibiting
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wilderness first aid
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Experiential Learning & Career
Exploration
Experiential learning
and career exploration opportunities relevant to the sector might include the
following:
- one-on-one observation
of a cooperative education student at a placement in the non-profit sector (an
example of job twinning)
- a day-long observation
of an employee in the non-profit sector (an example of job shadowing)
- a one- or two-week work
experience with a member of an industry association or a professional in the
non-profit sector (an example of work experience)
- a volunteer experience
with a non-profit organization or for a special event in the school or
community
- organization of an
awareness or fundraising initiative in the school or community
- attendance at a
conference or a workshop presented by a non-profit organization
Essential
Skills & Work Habits
Innovative, Creativity & Entrepreneurship
Training (ICE)
The ICE
training in SHSM programs will allow students to understand the world from the
perspectives of others, generate new ideas, and give students the confidence to
develop strategies to implement and sustain their ideas while considering the
impacts and consequences their innovation has on the world around them.
Or
Sector-delivered Contextualized Coding
(e.g. SHSM-Agriculture: GPS, GIS, Computer-controlled Devices with
Ontario Federation of Agriculture)
Or
Sector-delivered Contextualized Mathematical literacy
(e.g.
SHSM-Horticulture and Landscaping: estimating, measuring, and budgeting with
Landscape Ontario)
Reach Ahead Experiences
Students are
provided one or more reach ahead experiences – opportunities to take the next
steps along their chosen pathway – as shown in the following examples:
- Apprenticeship: visiting
an approved apprenticeship delivery agent in the sector
- College:
interviewing a college student enrolled in a sector-specific program
- University:
observing a university class in a sector-related program
- Workplace:
interviewing an employee in the sector