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. Inhin.it>ofAlbertaLibrary 1620 2248 7522 1998 AMENDMENTS to the ECS Guide to Education: to Grade 12 This documentalso is available electronically, bysections and subsections, orin its entirety, from theAlberta Education web site at <http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca> underStudents and Learning. 1 RETAIN existing front and back covers. RETAIN 2. existing dividers. REMOVE 3. all text pages from each section. 4. INSERT new front-end pages to xiv, following front cover. i 5. INSERT each new text section, following the appropriate divider.* [A blank, yellow page precedes each section.] * No Program Legislation divider is in the previous Guide to Education: ECS to Grade 12. Please DEVISE a new section divider for Program Legislation. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Alberta Libraries http://archive.org/details/guidetoedecsto1298albe . 1998 AMENDMENTS to the ECS Guide to Education: to Grade 12 This documentalso is available electronically, bysections and subsections, orin its entirety, from the Alberta Education web site at<http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca> underStudents and Learning. 1 RETAIN existing front and back covers. RETAIN 2. existing dividers. REMOVE 3. all text pages from each section. 4. INSERT new front-end pages to xiv, following front cover. i 5. INSERT each new text section, following the appropriate divider.* [A blank, yellow page precedes each section.] * No Program Legislation divider is in the previous Guide to Education: ECS to Grade 12. Please DEVISE a new section divider for Program Legislation. LB 1564 C2 A333 1998 CURR GD HIST Ex LlBRIS Universitatis Albertensis i i GUIDE TO EDUCATION: ECS TO GRADE 12 I SUMMARY OF CHANGES 1. Program Foundations: Vision, Mission, Principles and Basic Education (Pages 1-4) This section has been updated to reflect the changes in the Three-Year Business Plan. 2. Teaching Quality Standard (Page 19) This section has been added to reflect the Ministerial Order relating to the implementation of a teaching quality standard by the province. Alberta is the first Canadian province to introduce such a standard. — 3. Technology Outcomes Elementary Program Core Subjects (Page 27) Additional information has been added to the Elementary Program Core Subjects section regarding technology outcomes. 4. Career Plans (Page 31) Additional information has been added to the Planning in Junior High for Senior High Programs section to encourage students to develop program and career plans for their high school years and beyond. — 5. School Organization Access to Instruction (Pages 33-36) This section has been reorganized and expanded in order to clarify We access to instructional time. have also added a definition for instruction along with guidelines regarding the offering of a CTS course with a non-CTS course. 6. Focused, Articulated Programming (Page 37) This new section provides information regarding the cooperation between some school systems and local post-secondary institutions relating to the articulation of high school programs with post-secondary programs. Guide to Education Curriculum Standards Branch ECS to Grade 12 Page 1 Summary of Changes July 7, 1998 1 2 7. High School Summer, Evening and Weekend Programs (Page 39) All courses offered at these times will be offered for 16 hours per credit, except Work Experience and Special Projects courses. Three-credit courses in Work Experience 15-25-35 and Special Projects 10-20-30 will be offered for 62.5 hours and funded at 2.5 credit enrollment units. 8. Career and Technology Studies (CTS) (Pages 41-43) This section updates and amalgamates several sections regarding CTS from the previous guide, including the old Appendix 7. 9. Learning Plans (Pages 55-56) Information regarding learning plans has been added to the section on Work Experience 15-25-35. 10. Work Experience 3-Credit Courses (Page 55) — Work Experience 3-credit courses will now be offered for 62.5 hours the same as any other 3-credit course. Three-credit courses will be funded at 2.5 credit enrollment units. 1 . Special Projects 3-Credit Courses (Page 61) — Special Projects 3-credit courses will now be offered for 62.5 hours the same as any other 3-credit course. Three-credit courses will be funded at 2.5 credit enrollment units. 12. New Mathematics Program (Pages 63, 103 and 122) Information on the new Applied and Pure Mathematics courses has been added to several sections in the updated guide. There is also information regarding the new bridging courses. 13. Distance Learning/Learning Technologies Branch (Pages 67 and 68) The sections on the Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC) and Distance Learning have been greatly reduced now that the ADLC has been divested to Pembina Hills School Jurisdiction. However, distance learning course development is still within the mandate of Alberta Education, so the new Learning Technologies Branch was created. There also is a section in the guide on this new branch. Guide to Education Curriculum Standards Branch ECS to Grade 1 Page 2 Summary of Changes UNIVERSITY LIBRARY July 7, 1998 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA 14. Guidance and Counselling Programs and Services (Page 68) > A new section on guidance and counselling has been included for information. 15. Alberta High School Diploma Graduation Requirements (Page 78) Several additions have been made to the graduation requirements, including: • Physical Education 20 and/or 30 may be used to meet the 10-credit requirement for CTS, Fine Arts and Second Languages • two 35-level RAP courses may be used to meet the CTS, Fine Arts and Second Languages requirement • one 36-level Occupational IOP course may be used to meet the CTS, Fine Arts and Second Languages requirement • two 35-level RAP courses may be used to meet the 10-credit, 30-level course requirement. These changes to the graduation requirements do not come into effect until the 1998-1999 school year. — 16. Waiver of Prerequisites Career and Technology Studies (Page 102) > Generally, CTS courses may not be waived. However, when a student is given advanced standing upon entering high school, and the course the student is entering has a prerequisite, then the high school principal may waive the prerequisite. This is the only circumstance in which a CTS . course may be waived. > Guide to Education Curriculum Standards Branch ECS to Grade 12 Page 3 Summary of Changes July 7, 1998 i Education ECS Grade 12 Handbook to All changes to Alberta Education requirements contained in this document are effective the first day of the school year as defined by the local school authority. I, Gary G. Mar, Q.C., Minister of Education, in accordance with section 25 of the SchoolAct, authorize this guide for use in Alberta schools. ido^d.n Ou^ Minister of Education Alberta Education Cataloguing in Publication Data Alberta. Alberta Education. Curriculum Standards Branch. Guideto education : ECS to grade 12. Available in electronicformat on theWorldWide Web: URL: http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca ISBN 0-7732-9922-X — — — —1. Education Alberta Curricula. 2. Educati—on Alberta Aims and objectives. 3. Education and state Alberta. — — 4. Curricula Law and legislation Alberta. I. Title. LB 1564.C2A333 1998 392.19 Just-in-time print copies of this guide are available for purchase from the Learning Resources Distributing Centre. For suggested changes, or questions regarding content, contact the Director, Curriculum Standards Branch, Alberta Education, 403-427-2984. To be connected toll free from outside Edmonton, dial 310-0000. Email <[email protected]>. All references to the School Act are to the Statutes of Alberta 1988, Chapter S-3.1, as amended. The primary intended audience forthis guide is: Administrators </ Counsellors V GeneralAudience Parents Students Teachers •/ Copyright © 1998, the Crown in Right of Alberta, as represented by the Minister of Education. Alberta Education, Curriculum Standards Branch, 11160JasperAvenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5K 0L2. Permission is given by the copyright ownertoreproducethis guideforeducational purposesandona nonprofitbasis.