curriculum database for career academies and linked learning pathways
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Curriculum Database for Career Academies and Linked Learning Pathways. Annie Johnston and Erin Fender College & Career Academy Support Network (CCASN), UC Berkeley, Graduate School of Education Go To: casn.berkeley.edu Produced for presentation at the - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Curriculum Database for Career Academies and
Linked Learning PathwaysAnnie Johnston and Erin Fender
College & Career Academy Support Network (CCASN), UC Berkeley, Graduate School of Education
Go To: casn.berkeley.eduProduced for presentation at the
Educating for Careers Annual ConferenceSacramento, CA
March 2014
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Introductions:Annie Johnston
Erin FenderCCASN
Go To: casn.berkeley.edu
Who is in the Room?
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Formed in 1998 by a group of practitioners and researchers
A secondary school reform center based at UC, Berkeley & Irvine
Promotes researched-based practice to improve students’ preparation for college and careers through direct technical and coaching support to states, districts, schools and teachers
Conducts practice-based research and documentation
Informs local, state and national policy
Worked in over 20 states
About CCASN
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– Over 20 implementation guides
– National repository with 650+ lesson plans, units and projects that link academic disciplines to specific industry sectors
– Research reports
– National directory of academies
– Toolbox of downloadable materials
– Videos, and more
http://casn.berkeley.edu
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Teaching and Learning
Find Curriculum opens up the database search page
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Teaching and Learning
Instructional Resources opens an annotated list of links for working with teams on major areas of career pathway instructional program development.
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Teaching and Learning
Click on a + to expand a section.
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• Integrate the academy theme into an academic core class
• Find curriculum to for a specific integrated project
• Find key resources to anchor a team interdisciplinary project
• Find course outlines for pathway programs of study
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Start by selecting just the industry sector to see what is available, and how it is organized. SUBMIT
Searching
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Organization of Curriculum Resources• Resources are grouped
by type of resource, with some overlap.
• To see the multi-disciplinary projects in your industry sector, click on the +
• To find a lesson on a specific topic for a specific subject area, you will need to narrow the search.
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Narrowing The Search
Use “Subject area” to find curriculum specific to a subject within an industry sector. Search broadly before narrowing.
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Working with Search Results
Expand a section to see an abstract, briefly describing the resource.Below each find links to the actual resource, and to a more complete description.
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The Complete Description
The complete description includes alignment with standards, expected outcomes and a detailed description of the activities and assessments.
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Narrowing the SearchLet’s say you are looking for a specific area within a subject to connect to your industry field…
Arts, Media & Entertainment,English, and Poetry.
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More constraints = fewer results
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Gold Star Curriculum
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Advanced Search
Most useful if you want something very specific
Only 9th gradeOrOnly CTE CapstoneOrOnly NAF Academy Course Offerings
Dive in - choose your focus
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1. Connect individual team member to pathway themed curriculum
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2. Work with team to find curriculum for an interdisciplinary project
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