The Career-Related Program at Central
Career Pathways
Business
Computer Science
Education
Engineering
Health Science
Hospitality, Tourism, and Culinary Management
Media
The Arts
Courses at OTC
Go Caps
The Career-Related Core
Personal and professional skills (PPS)
Personal and professional skills is designed for students to develop attitudes, skills and strategies to be applied to personal and professional situations and contexts now and in the future.
In this course the emphasis is on skills development for the workplace, as these are transferable and can be applied in a range of situations.
Reflective Project
The reflective project is an in-depth body of work produced over an extended period of time and submitted towards the end of the CP. Through a reflective project students identify, analyse, critically discuss and evaluate an ethical issue arising from their career-related studies.
The reflective project is intended to promote high-level research, writing and extended communication skills, intellectual discovery and creativity.
Service Learning
Service learning is the development and application of knowledge and skills towards meeting an identified and authentic community need.
In this research-based approach, students often undertake service initiatives related to topics studied previously in their academic disciplines, utilizing skills, understandings and values developed in these studies.
Earning the Career-Related Certificate
To obtain the IB Career-related Certificate, students must:
Complete at least 2 IB courses in the 6 subject areas
Take the Personal & Professional Skills course:
PPS is a two year course that does not count towards the required DP courses
Take 2 Career-related courses in their selected pathway:
minimum of one course in 11th grade, minimum of one course in 12th grade
Complete the Reflective Project (RP): a research project in which the student explores an ethical dilemma within their career-relate pathway
Complete and reflect on Community Engagement experiences (CE):
Students engage in collaborative service within the community
Complete the Language & Cultural Studies component:
Students engage in a combination of independent and guided learning through a journal, supervisor reviews, and reflections.
The candidate has not received a penalty for academic misconduct from the Final Award Committee.