INDIVIDUAL PATHWAYS PLANNING SESSION GOALS

● Access ‘My Pathway Planner’ and further develop my High

School Plan prior to Course Selection

● Learn how to use ‘My Pathway Planner’ as a ‘Forwards

Planning’ tool

● Learn how to use ‘My Pathway Planner’ as a ‘Backwards

Planning’ tool

● Explore and compare post-secondary opportunities and

eligibility requirements as they relate to my High School Plan

● Document and reflect on this learning in ‘My Pathway

Planner’ portfolio

EXPLORING & PLANNING FOR POST SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES WITH

MY PATHWAY PLANNER

COURSE SELECTION REMINDERS

Gr 9-12 SUBMIT COURSES in My Pathway Planner: Feb 12th to 24th

Gr 12 Students

NOT planning to return to

NHS in September 2020

are asked to submit their

plan during IPP today!

Sign-Off Sheets due to Guidance

by Wednesday, February 26th!

COURSE SELECTION REMINDERS

Refer to the ‘TIPS FOR ONLINE COURSE SELECTION’ section of the NHS Course Selection Handout

if you need help. This can be found in the NHS Guidance Webpages.

IPP Session 2Newmarket High School

cFrom the NHS website click

on My Pathway

Planner icon…

…then use your YRDSB student

number and YRDSB password

to log in.

Be sure to use EDU as the

Domain.

Exploring Post-SecondaryOpportunities

NHS IPP Session 2

Planning FORWARDS

• Complete your High School Planner with the NHS courses that best meet your

graduation requirements, interests, and abilities.

• Use the ‘Pathway Eligibility’ tool to explore the post-secondary opportunities

available to you should you stick with that high school plan.

• Create more than one plan to see how your opportunities might change.

Unsure what you would like to do after high school?

Interested in exploring a variety of options?

From your Dashboard,

click “Portfolios”.

On the next page, click

on “Add Portfolio”.

Type in a title:

e.g. “Exploring

Post-Secondary

Opportunities – IPP

Session 2”, then click

“Add Portfolio”.

In the navigation menu,

click “High School”

then “View Plans”.

If you already have a

high school plan, click

“Add New Plan”

OR click on the three

dots next to an existing

plan then select

“Copy Plan” to adapt it.

Be sure to name it as

“My “Forwards” Plan”.

Create a full high school

plan that meets all

graduation requirements

based on your interests

and academic

preparation.

Click on the course

boxes to explore the

course options that will

meet your graduation

requirements.

Use “Search” to find

courses that you know

or click on the

different disciplines to

find courses related to

your interests.

HINT: Not sure what to add?

Check out the

KNOWLEDGE SURVEY

(go to ‘Who Am I’ in the navigation menu)

to learn more about which courses are a

good match for you!

If you add a course and

it appears red in your

plan, then there is an

issue with the selection.

Place your cursor over

the red circle to clarify

the issue (e.g. a

prerequisite course

might be missing), then

correct it accordingly.

Click on “View

Progress” on your

“Graduation Indicator” to

make sure your plan

meets all graduation

requirements. If any

check marks are grey,

update your high school

plan to include these

courses.

Now look at your

“Pathway Eligibility”.

Click on the number

beside the different

pathways to see a list of

post-secondary

programs that you are

eligible for based on the

courses in your plan.

Review the programs in

the list and find two that

interest you. Click the

heart on those program

boxes to add them to

your list of “Favourites”.

Use the filters and

keyword search at the

top of the page to

narrow down the list of

program options.

Click on the three dots

in the top-right corner of

each program and

select “Compare”. At

the top of the screen,

click the “Compare”

button to see a side-by-

side comparison of both

programs.

Review the program

details (program length,

tuition, education

required, and so on).

Click on the pin button

for each program to add

them to your portfolio.

While reviewing and

comparing programs, be

sure to scroll down each

page to explore the

different occupations

you could transition to

as a graduate from this

program. Click “View

More” to see even more

related occupations.

Click on the occupations

to learn more about

them, and click on the

hearts to add them to

your favourites.

Be sure to add at least

two occupations to your

portfolio.

Using the navigation

menu, expand the

“Home” options then

click “Portfolios”).

Open the portfolio you

created earlier:

“Exploring Post-

Secondary

Opportunities – IPP

Session 2”. You should

see the all of the

programs and

occupations you have

added to this portfolio.

Click “Add Box”, then

select “Add from

myBlueprint”. Add your

High School Plan to

your portfolio.

Click on “Add Box” and

select “Add Journal”.

Respond to the

following questions:

1. “How did planning

FORWARDS help you

find an occupation that

caught your interest?”

2. “What are the pros

and cons to this plan?”

Planning for Post-SecondaryOpportunities

NHS IPP Session 2

• Identify occupations of interest and their required education

• Browse, review, and compare potential post-secondary programs

• Identify specific programs of interest and their admission requirements

• Review and update your High School Plan to include any missing

requirements

Planning BACKWARDS

Does a particular occupation interest you? Perhaps more than one?

Want to be sure you are selecting the ‘right’ high school courses to be

eligible for specific post-secondary opportunities?

In the navigation menu,

click on “Work” and then

select “Occupations”.

Use the search bar to

find the occupation(s)

that you want to

explore.

Click on the occupation

and read through the

information provided.

Click the heart on the

occupation boxes to add

them to your list of

“Favourites”. Be sure to

also add them to your

new portfolio.

HINT: Not sure what to pick?

Try choosing from the list of

Occupation Matches unlocked by

the LEARNING STYLES,

PERSONALITY, & INTERESTS

SURVEYS that you completed in

our IPP Session 1.

(Go to ‘Who Am I’ in the

navigation menu)

Click on “Requirements”

and read through the

information provided.

Scroll down to “Potential

Programs” and click

“View More”.

Review the programs in

the list and find two that

sound interesting. Click

the heart on those

program boxes to add

them to your list of

“Favourites”.

If there are too many

options, scroll to the top

and use the filters and

keyword search to

narrow down the list of

program options (for

example, the province

that you want to study

in, subjects that you

like, and so on).

Click on the three dots

in the top-right corner of

each program and

select “Compare”.

At the top of the screen,

click the “Compare”

button to see a side-by-

side comparison of both

programs.

Review the program

details (program length,

tuition, education

required, and so on).

Click on the pin button

for each program to add

them to your portfolio.

Click on one of your

“Favourite Program”

boxes. Scroll down the

page and then click

“View More”.

When the next page

opens, click on

“Requirements”. Make

note of any course

requirements not

currently met by your

existing high school

plan (the are grey and

don’t have a green

checkmark).

From the navigation

menu, select “High

School” and then click

“View Plans”.

If you already have a

high school plan, click

“Add New Plan” (or click

on the three dots next to

an existing plan then

select “Copy Plan” to

adapt it).

Start adding the missing

required courses to your

plan. Add the grade 12

courses first, followed

by the prerequisite

grade 11 courses.

Any courses that are

missing prerequisites

will be flagged in red.

Continue adding

courses working

backwards to your

current grade.

Click on “View

Progress” on your

“Graduation Indicator” to

make sure your plan

meets all graduation

requirements.

If any check marks are

grey, update your high

school plan to include

these courses.

Return to “My Education

and Career/Life Plan” in

your “Portfolios”.

Click on “Add Box” and

select “Add Journal”.

Respond to the

following questions:

1. “How did planning

BACKWARDS help you

create a plan that leads

to an occupation you

are interested in?”

2. “What are the pros

and cons to this plan?”

All finished?

Try customizing your

portfolio with an avatar

and banner. You

might also opt to move

the boxes around into

an organization that

works for you!

IPP Session 2Newmarket High School

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CONGRATULATIONS!

You have completed

IPP Session 2: Exploring

and Planning for Post-

Secondary Opportunities

in

MY PATHWAY PLANNER!