Specialist High Skills Major – Sports
The Specialist
High Skills Major (SHSM) in Sports 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.
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 competitive and
recreational sports, sports management, or sports media and broadcasting. 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 sports 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 sports sector. The three credits include:
- one in English;1
- one in mathematics; and
- one in science or business studies or social sciences and
humanities (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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Three (3) compulsory
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Level C –
includes automated external defibrillation (AED)
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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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advanced training in a technique (e.g.,
fundamental skills in sport, fundamental movement skills, paddling technique,
Spinning)
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anti-oppression and allyship training
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coaching – performance
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coaching – theory
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communication skills
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compass/map/global positioning system (GPS)
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concussion awareness
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conflict resolution
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customer service
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equity and inclusion
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ergonomics
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ethical considerations
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event coordination
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geographic information system (GIS)
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group dynamics
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health and safety – basic
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HIGH FIVE
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incident management |
instructor certification
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leadership skills
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life-saving (Bronze Cross or higher)
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marine safety/marine first aid
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officiating
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personal training
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Pleasure Craft Operator
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portfolio development
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project management
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risk management
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sector-specific software 1
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sport nutrition
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sport program design
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sports team trainer certification
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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 sports sector (an
example of job twinning)
- a day-long observation
of an employee in the sports 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
sector (an example of work experience)
- a volunteer experience
at a community sports facility or at a professional sports team event
- an experience coaching
an elementary school student or team in an extracurricular activity
- participation in an
exercise class at a fitness facility
- a tour of an athletic
facility
- attendance at a sports
sector career fair
Sector Partnered Contextualized Experience (SPCE)
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