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At the December 4, 2009 meeting, we created some draft goal statements which appear below. Subject area goals can be defined as a list of subject specific broad statements identifying the knowledge, understandings,skills and attitudes that students are expected to demonstrate by the end of grade 12. Please read and reflect on the goal statements produced at the meeting. Any and all feedback is most welcome. Feel free to add or subtract from the drafts as well as rework what's here. At the bottom of the list are 3 additional topics which we may or may not wish to address in the Goals of PAA.

1. Enhancing the quality of personal life through the application (use/utilization/incorporation) of essential skills. (appendix reference to Essential Skills) 2. Provide specialized learnings to access post-secondary education and/or employment.  3. In PAA courses specific, ‘hands-on’ skills will be acquired. 4. Provide opportunities to nurture personal interests, passion, and a desire for life-long learning.

1. Engage students in a balance of theory and practice for lifelong learning. 2. Support career development by providing opportunities for career awareness, exploration and experience. 3. Provide industry standard learnings to assist students to access post-secondary education and training. 4. Develop the skills you need to enter, stay in and progress in the world of work. (Employability skills/safety).

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. All practical and applied arts courses are intended to provide life skills that will allow them to participate as family members, community members, citizens, consumers and producers in Canadian society

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. Some PAA courses are intended to provide students with introductory principles, skills and abilities that are related to specific career paths.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. All PAA courses are intended to provide students with the opportunity to explore a variety of career path options and to begin the process of career preparation.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Technology? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Safety? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">First Nations and Métis?

October 28, 2010 The finalized goals of PAA are:

<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; language: en-US; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4in; margin-top: 6pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.31in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">  Engage students in a balance of theory and practice for lifelong learning. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; language: en-US; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4in; margin-top: 6pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.31in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">  Support career development through opportunities for career awareness, exploration and experience. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; language: en-US; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4in; margin-top: 6pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.31in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">  Provide industry standard learnings to assist students to access post-secondary education and training. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; language: en-US; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4in; margin-top: 6pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.31in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">  Develop the skills required to enter, stay in and progress in the world of work.