GLE 1O1/2O1

Learning Strategies: Skills for Success in Secondary School

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The GLE 1O1/2O1 courses are designed to help students become stronger, more independent learners. Students will develop and apply literacy and numeracy skills, personal management skills, and interpersonal and teamwork skills to improve their learning and achievement in their school, community, and workplace. The course helps students build confidence and motivation to pursue opportunities for success in secondary school and beyond.

Course Description

The Learning Strategies Course (GLE 1O/2O) is designed for learners identified with a Learning Disability. In small classes, students with Individual Education Plans (IEPs) learn skills and strategies that best support their learning style and then apply these skills and strategies to all other courses. Students are provided a broad range of opportunities to demonstrate their understanding of the curriculum and to work on assigned tasks independently, one-on-one with their teacher, and collaboratively with their peers. Students will learn how to develop and apply literacy and numeracy skills, personal management skills, and interpersonal and teamwork skills to improve their learning and achievement in school, the workplace, and the community. This course helps students build confidence and motivation to pursue opportunities for success in in secondary school and beyond and develops not only knowledge and skills for the learner, but also the values, attitudes, and actions that constitute a way of life rooted in the Christian call to discipline and service. This course also helps students to meet the Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations by enabling each student to become a self-directed, responsible, life-long learner who examines and reflects on one's personal values, abilities, and aspirations influencing life's choices and opportunities.

Areas of Study

LEARNING SKILLS

By the end of this course, students will:

identify and use a variety of literacy skills and strategies to improve reading, writing, and oral communication in every day contexts;
identify and use a variety of numeracy skills and strategies to improve their practical application of mathematics in everyday contexts;
demonstrate an understanding of learning skills and strategies required for success in school.

PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS

By the end of this course, students will:

apply knowledge of their personal skills and learning strengths to develop strategies for success in secondary school;
identify and describe personal-management skills required for success and explain their use to help maximize learning;
demonstrate the use of personal-management skills and strategies to enhance learning.

INTERPERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

By the end of this course, students will:

identify and describe the knowledge and skills necessary for successful interpersonal relations and teamwork;
assess their interpersonal and teamwork skills and strategies, and explain how those skills requiring further development affect their learning;
demonstrate the ability to apply appropriate interpersonal and teamwork skills in a variety of learning environments.

EXPLORATION OF OPPORTUNITIES

By the end of this course, students will:

apply their knowledge of school, work, and community involvement opportunities to develop a personal learning plan;
demonstrate an understanding of school and community resources and how these can be utilized to support their learning needs;
develop a portfolio of documents pertaining to self-assessment, research, and career exploration that are necessary for planning a pathway for secondary success.

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