{"id":26125,"date":"2024-08-29T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T17:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/?page_id=26125"},"modified":"2024-08-29T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T17:06:12","slug":"shsm-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/our-programs\/shsm-program\/","title":{"rendered":"SHSM Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Outdoor and Environmental Education (OEE) Department of the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) values and supports all forms of experiential education.\u00a0 To this end we are pleased to offer certifications, cooperative education placements, experiential opportunities and reach ahead activities in support of the Specialist High Skills Major Program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sectors we support: Agriculture, Environment, Non-profit.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certifications we current provide:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Positioning Systems &#8211; Advanced Map <\/span>Skills<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seed Saving &#8211; Small batch processing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plant ID<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Species ID<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weed ID<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Habitat Restoration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wilderness Survival<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experiential opportunities:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every semester we run an event centered on habitat restoration and trail maintenance.\u00a0 All WRDSB agriculture\/environment\/non-profit SHSM classes are invited.\u00a0 This is a larger event with multiple schools participating and an excellent opportunity for students to network with their peers in the WRDSB.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also offer \u2018career talk\u2019 once a year to interested schools.\u00a0 OEE staff and our chosen community partner go \u2018on tour\u2019 to talk careers in the Environment and Non-profit sectors.\u00a0 This event is offered in partnership with the Environment Faculty of the University of Waterloo and the TD Walter Bean Sustainability Fellowship. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0We will advertise this event in the spring semester.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cooperative Education<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our four Environmental Education Centers each take a cooperative education student each semester.\u00a0 These students are involved in all aspects of running an OEE site and support field trips, school visits, and community events offered by the OEE department.\u00a0 These placements are offered centrally to all coop students though SHSM students are prioritized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reach Ahead<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twice a semester OEE partners with the Earth Science Museum, Science Faculty and Environment Faculty at UW to offer a \u2018conference style\u2019 engagement opportunity where our students meet current UW students, participate in a hands on workshop, learn about the universities dual credit programs, sit in on a lecture and get a tour of campus.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Outdoor and Environmental Education (OEE) Department of the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) values and supports all forms of experiential education.\u00a0 To this end we are pleased to offer certifications, cooperative education placements, experiential opportunities and reach ahead activities in support of the Specialist High Skills Major Program.\u00a0 Sectors we support: Agriculture, Environment, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\" role=\"complementary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/our-programs\/shsm-program\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>SHSM Program<\/cite> 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