san mateo biotechnology career pathway
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SMBCP is a partnership between San Mateo County educators (SMCOE-ROP, SMUHSD, SUHSD, SMCC), industry, and
the community
San Mateo Biotechnology Career Pathway
www.smbiotech.com
Giving motivated students marketable
lab skills and a variety of academic and career
options
This is the Age of Biotechnology
It is our responsibility to prepare our students for the business and science of biotechnology.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs requiring science, engineering, or technical training will increase 24% between 2004 - 2014 to 6.3 million.
San Mateo Biotechnology Career Pathway is a San Mateo County ROP Program
• Technical Lab Training supported by high level science concept development > SMHS - Biotechnology 1-2, 3-4, Biotech IR> Aragon HS - Biotechnology 1-2> Capuchino HS - Biotechnology 1-2> Carlmont HS - Biotechnology 1-2, 3-4 (SSP/demo site)
> Sequoia HS - Biotechnology 1-2> Mills HS - Biotechnology 1-2 (next year)
• Workplace Experiences including Career Exploration Field Trips, Job Shadows, and Summer Industry Laboratory Internships
• Over 700 students take SMCOE-ROP Biotech
• SMHS has after school and evening courses open to all county high school students
San Mateo Co. ROP BiotechSince 1994
SMBCP Curriculum/Classes• Biotechnology 1
– Standard Lab Operating Procedures
• Biotechnology 2– recombinant Protein Production
• Biotechnology 3– Agricultural and Pharmaceutical
• Biotechnology 4– Protein and DNA Diagnostics
• Biotechnology Services Internship– Unpaid (minimum) 180 hr industry lab
position
• Biotechnology Independent Research (optional)– Mentor-guided, independent lab
research
ROP Biotech Services Industry Internship
• Students are placed into unpaid or paid lab internship• 60 hours of additional training before placement • Summer Internship = 25-30 hrs/wk for 8 weeks• ROP provides Workman’s Comp & Liability Insurance• Many interns continue into employment
Partnerships with Industry and Academia
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Students from any county high school can enroll in SMCOE-ROP Biotechnology 1-2, 8° or 9°
San Mateo County ROP Biotechnology Successes and Accomplishments
Biotech Education National Model since 1994
• Over 5,000 students have been trained in the SMCOE-ROP Biotechnology courses
• Over 750 students have completed industry laboratory internships.
• Formal and informal partnerships with over 25 biotech companies and research institutions within a 30 min commute
• Program is being duplicated at several CC/HS sites all over the country
• Several regional and national awards
• Working on articulation/alignment with local college programs
For more information about biotechnology offerings at each high school, contact:
San Mateo High School Jimmy Ikeda, [email protected] High School Kristina Doss, [email protected] High School Katie Ward, [email protected] High School Michael Dunn, [email protected] High School KC Jones, [email protected] High School Mary Rustia , [email protected]
For after school or evening biotech courses at SMBTC, contact:
Ellyn Daugherty [email protected]
For more information about SMCOE ROP, contact:Ken San Filippo [email protected]