Course Profiles for Grade 9
Curriculum Services Canada is pleased to display the secondary school Course Profiles for Grade 9. These sample courses of study were prepared for teachers to use in meeting local classroom needs, as appropriate. They are not a mandated approach to the teaching of the course. See the note at the bottom of this page for further details.
Catholic Schools
The Arts
Business Studies
Canadian and World Studies
English
English As a Second Language and English Literacy Development
French As a Second Language: Core, Extended, Immersion French
Guidance and Career Education
Health and Physical Education
Mathematics
Religious Education
Science
Social Sciences and the Humanities
Technological Education
Public Schools
The Arts
Business Studies
Canadian and World Studies
English
English As a Second Language and English Literacy Development
French As a Second Language: Core, Extended, Immersion French
Guidance and Career Education
Health and Physical Education
Mathematics
Native Languages
Native Studies
Science
Social Sciences and the Humanities
Technological Education
Locally Developed Courses
The new Ontario Secondary Schools, Grades 9 to 12: Program and Diploma Requirements (OSS), 1999, enables school boards to develop three local compulsory-credit courses for Grade 9, one in each of the following subjects: English, Mathematics, and Science. For Grade 10, optional-credit courses can be developed for the same three subjects. To provide a model of how these courses could be developed, the Ministry of Education has funded the creation of the sample Course Profiles listed in the links below.
The Guide to Locally Developed Courses, Grades 9 to 12: Approved Requirements and Procedures provides information to assist school boards in preparing their requests to the Ministry of Education for approval of their own locally developed courses, under OSS. The document is available on the ministry's website at http://www.edu.gov.on.ca.
Essential English
Essential Mathematics
Essential Science
Note:
The Course Profiles may be used in their entirety, in part, or adapted. The Course Profiles, funded by the Ministry of Education, have been developed by partnerships of school boards and subject associations. They have been written specifically for teachers by teachers by teams of secondary teachers across Ontario who were selected for their expertise in a particular subject area and for their ability to help with the implementation of the new Ontario Curriculum.
OCC (Ontario Curriculum Centre, now the Ontario service of Curriculum Services Canada) was asked to lead a peer review of each profile, examining them for consistency with the curriculum policy and for accuracy and currency of content, sound methodology and assessment, suggestions for accommodations, and inclusivity. The Ministry of Education also examined the Course Profiles for consistency with policy.