Specialist High Skills Major- SHSM for Business
What is a Specialist High Skills Major?
- The Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) is a specialized program that allows students to focus on a specific economic sector (Business) while earning credits towards the diploma.
- Students will earn an SHSM red seal on their diploma by completing:
- 8-10 courses in the selected field
- Earning industry certifications (CPR, Project management, Customer Service etc.)
- Gain skills on the job through cooperative education placements.
- Contains experiential learning and career exploration withing the business sector.
- Reach ahead experiences are included that cater to the student’s chosen postsecondary pathway.
- Develops essential skills and work habits that are required in the business sector.
What are the benefits of a Specialist High Skills Major?
- Experience a variety of learning opportunities that suit the student’s interests and engage them in learning.
- Allows the student to explore career opportunities to make informed decisions about post secondary education.
- Students will receive a portfolio containing evidence of sector-recognized certification and training programs to show prospective employers and postsecondary learning institutions.
- Allows students to see connections between their studies and the world beyond high school.
- Flexibility to shift between pathways if goals or plans change.
- Engage in activities to develop innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurial skills.
- The experiential learning activities provide opportunity for students to develop skills and problem solving abilities needed after high school.
Business SHSM at St Roch
- Have worked with many community partners in the past i.e. Raptors 905, Pizza Nova, Bad Boy, and The Humane Society. SHSM looks to build on and expand our community partnerships.
- Focus on experiential learning where Business SHSM students will develop fully-costed and creatively marketed business plans.
- General program to meet the needs of all St. Roch students and the needs of our community partners. Each stream will have a different focus.
- University and college the focus is on Finance and Accounting.
- Apprenticeship the focus is on entrepreneurship.
- Workplace the focus is on retail and management.
- Students will create and run Raven’s Nest (School Store) They will be responsible for all aspects of running the business with the difference pathways focusing on their area of specialization.
- Look at how technology is changing business and using technology to develop 21st century skills required in the workplace.
For more information click on the links below or contact your guidance counsellor.
SHSM Presentation.pdf
Course Options.pdf
If you are interested in being a part of the St. Roch Business SHSM, please complete the application below and submit it to your guidance councellor.
Business SHSM Application.pdf
Please visit The Government of Ontario website for more information: SHSM Business