{"id":333,"date":"2020-04-27T23:29:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T23:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/pathways\/health-wellness\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:55:12","slug":"health-wellness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/pathways\/shsm_home\/health-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"Health &#038; Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Specialist High Skills Major allows you to focus on a career that interests you while you earn your high school diploma. No matter what education you plan to pursue after high school &#8211; apprenticeship, college, university or workplace training &#8211; a health and wellness major can help you focus on a future career.<\/p>\n<h3>A Specialist High Skills Major in health and wellness offers:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>high school courses in Grade 11 and 12 tailored to the career you want to pursue<\/li>\n<li>the chance to gain hands-on experience in health care, fitness, childcare or family services<\/li>\n<li>experience working in the sector you&#8217;re interested in, while you&#8217;re still in high school<\/li>\n<li>recognition on your high school diploma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A Specialist High Skills Major in health and wellness includes the following components:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>In the health and wellness major, you will take nine credits in Grade 11 and 12:\n<ul>\n<li>four health and wellness major credits<\/li>\n<li>one English credit, two mathematics credits and one science credit, each with activities focused on health and wellness<\/li>\n<li>two co-operative education credits to gain workplace experience that helps you refine, extend and practice your health and wellness knowledge and skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sector-recognized certifications and\/or training courses\/programs (four compulsory and a choice of two electives)<\/li>\n<li>Experiential learning and career exploration activities within the sector<\/li>\n<li>Reach ahead experiences connected with the student&#8217;s post-secondary plans<\/li>\n<li>Completion of a Sector-Partnered Contextualized Experience<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Sector-recognized certification and training<\/h3>\n<p>As part of the health and wellness major, you will earn six certifications, including the following four that are compulsory:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>infection control<\/li>\n<li>standard first aid<\/li>\n<li>CPR, Level C<\/li>\n<li>hazardous materials &#8211; Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (WHMIS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Future career paths for health and wellness majors<\/h3>\n<p>For health and wellness majors, possible careers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>apprenticeship<\/strong> &#8211; early childhood educator, child and youth worker, educational assistant<\/li>\n<li><strong>college<\/strong> &#8211; paramedic, dental hygienist, pharmacy technician, practical nurse, athletic trainer<\/li>\n<li><strong>university<\/strong> &#8211; audiologist, dentist, dietician, pharmacist, kinesiologist, registered nurse, sports medicine doctor<\/li>\n<li><strong>entry level workplace<\/strong> &#8211; certified personal trainer, lifeguard, hospital admitting clerk, doctor&#8217;s office receptionist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Get more information<\/h3>\n<p>Call the guidance department at the following schools that offer the program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bci.wrdsb.ca\">Bluevale Collegiate Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eds.wrdsb.ca\">Elmira District Secondary School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gps.wrdsb.ca\">Glenview Park Secondary School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrh.wrdsb.ca\">Huron Heights Secondary School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kci.wrdsb.ca\">Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sss.wrdsb.ca\">Southwood Secondary School<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Specialist High Skills Major allows you to focus on a career that interests you while you earn your high school diploma. No matter what education you plan to pursue after high school &#8211; apprenticeship, college, university or workplace training &#8211; a health and wellness major can help you focus on a future career. 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