1. INTRODUCTION
A new senior high school program, with revised graduation
requirements, has been developed for the province of
Newfoundland. The new program will have major curricular changes
in the subject areas of English Language Arts and Mathematics and
the addition of new courses in some of the other subject areas.
These changes will reflect the Essential Graduation Learnings
which have been established by the Atlantic Provinces Education
Foundation (APEF) as the basis for the K-12 program throughout
the region.
The existing High School Certification System, which has been in
operation for the past ten years, must therefore be adapted to
accommodate both the program changes and the revisions to the
graduation requirements. It should be noted, however, that
although the revised graduation requirements will be implemented
for students entering the high school program in 1998, the
revised courses in the subject areas of English Language Arts,
Mathematics, and Science will not be ready for full
implementation until September 2000. Therefore the revisions to
the system will have to take this delay into consideration and it
will mean that the first cohort of students to proceed through
the program in the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 school years will
essentially use existing courses to graduate under the new
regulations.
2. PROGRAM STRUCTURE
The Senior High School Program comprises the final three
years of study of a thirteen-year, Kindergarten-to-Senior High
Graduation education system. These final three years are referred
to as Levels I, II, and III. The program is structured on
a course credit basis entailing the accumulation of credits over
three years or more, culminating in the acquisition of a Senior
High Graduation Diploma.
2.1 Definition of a
Credit
Credit is determined and awarded on the basis of attainment of a
passing grade in the senior high school courses as follows:
2.2 Course Numbering
Senior high school courses are organized by general subject
categories identified by a 2-digit number from 01 - 99. Within
each subject category, each course is denoted by a four-digit
number constructed as follows:
- 1st digit:
- 1,2,3 or 4 denoting "course
level", where 1,2,3 designate secondary level
courses and 4 designates advanced courses normally
recognized for postsecondary credit or advanced placement
- 2nd digit:
- the "credit value" i.e. the
number of credits awarded for successful completion of
the course
- 3rd digit:
- a digit from 0-9 denoting the
"type" of course, the following types are
presently designated:
- 4th digit:
- a digit between 0 and 9 distinguishing
courses in a subject area having the same level, credit
value and type
2.3 Courses for
1998-99
Appendix 1 provides a list of all
provincial courses, including pilot courses, authorized for
1998-99. With the exception of Advanced Placement courses and
courses in Cooperative Education and Native Languages, local
courses are not included in this list since approval is required
each year for such courses. The following changes in course
categories or course numbers should be noted for 1999-2000:
- Computer Education courses that were formerly listed in
subject category 20 have been moved to subject category
08 Technology Education. Note:
Category 20 does not exist anymore. Please do not use it
for computer courses.
- Accelerated French 2221 and 3221 have been renumbered
2203 and 3203
- Canadian Issues 1201 has been renumbered 1209 since
Canadian History 1201 has been introduced for 1998-99
- Français 1220, 2220 and 3220 have been renumbered 1230,
2230 and 3230
- Earth Systems 3213 has been renumbered 3209
These new numbers must be used in the COURSE Registration
Process in February 1999.
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