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“Engineering” Your Ideas Into Reality
Laura HickleCoordinator of Special ProjectsSierra Sands Unified School [email protected]
Educating for Careers ConferenceMarch 4, 2011
Mark PierceSierra Sands Unified School DistrictMath and PLTW [email protected]
StudentsSierra Sands Unified School District
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What is your primary role?
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1. Core Academic Teaching staff
2. CTE Teaching staff3. Counselor4. Administrator5. Parent6. Other
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Goals for this sessionParticipants will gain knowledge and tools that will enable them to:•Assist in positioning an organization for proactive movement•Understand how a program (using engineering as an example) can be infused into an educational system•Institute curricular changes at their level of responsibility•Seek out grant resources to aid in implementation
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Which is more rigorous and valuable for students?
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1. College preparatory coursework
2. Career Technical Education
3. Both- depends upon the quality of the instruction
4. No opinion
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Burroughs High SchoolDavid Ostash- Principal
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Career Technical EducationROP ProgramsAuto, Construction, Criminal Justice, Retail Coop, TV Video Production, and Health CareersOther CTE CoursesIndustrial Arts (Wood, Metal, Mechanical Drawing)Engineering (Project Lead the Way)- Introduction to Engineering Design, Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics, Civil Engineering and ArchitectureGrants SB 70 Strengthening CTE Grants (3), Prop 1D CTE Facilities Programs (3), Health Science Building Capacity Grant (3 years), Tech Prep Demo (Engineering), Industry Donations
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K12-Employer-College Partnerships
• Cerro Coso College• Naval Air Warfare
Center – China Lake• Sierra Sands Unified
School District (SSUSD)
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Does your school district have formalized educational partnerships with industry/ businesses or higher education?
Yes No
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1. Yes2. No3. Unsure
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Define a Common Vision
• Define a Common Vision involving all stake holders
• Determine mutual needs• Define Trends
– What is coming up in the future?– What will meet your local needs in the future?– Define demographics
• Define expectations, roles and responsibilities
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Common Vision (continued)
• Create short and long term MEASURABLE goals
• Align with goals and policies of all participating organizations
• Draft MOUs and Letters of Agreement• Formulate evaluations and reporting
mechanisms
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Our Common Vision
• Home Grow our Own- Engineering and Technical Employees
• Expand opportunities in our valley for Renewable Energy
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STEPS
• Identified curriculum• Active grant writing efforts in partnership• Secured startup funding and FTE
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Project Lead the Way- Engineering
• Principles of Engineering• Intro. Eng. Design• Digital Electronics• Civil Engineering and ArchitectureCourses are UC/CSU approved
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Gateway to Technology
• •Middle School level• •6 modules• •Intensive summer professional development
• www.pltw.org
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Middle School Summer Robotics and ASES programs
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PLTW
The Teacher Perspective
Mark Pierce
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PLTW
The Student Perspective
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Leveraging Funds and Other Resources•SB 70-require involvement by at least one
high school per application•Collaborating to prepare grant applications•Collaboration and combining funds to avoid
duplication and redundancy•Joint purchases make funds go further for all
partners•Leveraging funding sources to purchase
equipment
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Getting the Grant
• The SECRET Start EarlyCompletelyRead (the “musts” and the “gotyas”)Expand the grantTime Commitment
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The Cardinal Rule!
NEVER, EVER make the reader search for the
information
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GOALS
• SMART GoalsSpecificMeasurableAchievableRelevantTime specific (and timely)
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Graphs and Charts
Some effective charts:•Current research regarding your proposal•Show current success or highlight needs•Resources available•Outcomes •Timelines •Organization charts
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BudgetEvaluation and AnalysisSustainability
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Sustainability• Need support and trust from highest levels of all
partners• Communication needs to be ongoing, informal
and formal• Blend email updates with face to face contact-
both are important• Provide for private and public recognition-
celebrate successes• Measurable success that is communicated and
disseminated on a regular basis
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Some Measures of Success • Student achievement• Increased funding• Increase in school to career transitions• Student scholarships• Increase in involvement/ collaboration• Increased publicity• Better prepared workforce• Satisfaction surveys (all partnership participants)• Other ideasAdapted from The Council for Corporate & School Partnerships “Guiding Principles for Business and School Partnerships ((2000)
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Take the TIME to proofread and critique
Submit on time
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Did this session meet your expectations?
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1. Greatly- learned a lot
2. Yes- gathered some new ideas
3. So- So- only a few ideas were new to me
4. No
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