CAREER-TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. Educational Planners Dublin, OH

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1 CAREER-TECHNICAL SCHOOLS DeJONG Educational Planners Dublin, OH

2 THIS PRESENTATION Changes in career-technical education New strategies and practices Educational context Emerging practices Examples of facility planning Selected examples to show an emerging field

3 Changes in career-technical education Parallels high school reform of last 15 years Improved connections to local communities Increased expectations in career-technical education (CTE) outcomes Reduced distinction between CTE and academic standards and programs Stronger pathways to postsecondary education and further training Numerous CTE formats

4 New strategies in career-technical education Tech Prep School-to-Work programs Work-related experience Focused academies, or schools within larger schools Competitive and appealing facilities Career academies and magnet programs Articulation agreements with post-secondary schools

5 Emerging practices in careertechnical education Integration of academic and technical learning Interdisciplinary instruction/accountability Common teacher planning time Small learning communities with career focus Contextual, project-based learning Research-based learning Authentic assessments to improve learning Entrepreneurial spirit

6 educational context Breaking Ranks New Designs for the Comprehensive HS Rigor & Relevance

7 NEW DESIGNS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 1992 Learning process should be relevant to student s life experience Learning process should be active and experimental for each student Learning process aligned with learner outcomes Learning process should be personalized to each student Learning process should be freeing and empowering for each student

8 BREAKING RANKS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS 1996 Teacher is coach and facilitator/ student is worker Integrate assessment with instruction Small learning units/banish anonymity Reorganize traditional departmental structure to meet needs of more integrated curriculum Alternatives to tracking and ability grouping

9 RIGOR AND RELEVANCE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION 2002 Future expectations and needs require higher level of student preparation Workplace and society demand higher order learning USA leads top 10 countries in content requirements USA at bottom in applying knowledge in real world situations Research supports learning through application

10 Rigor/relevance framework EVALUATION 6 SYNTHESIS 5 C D ANALYSIS 4 Assimilation Adaptation APPLICATION 3 COMPREHENSION 2 A B AWARENESS 1 Acquisition Application International Center for Leadership in Education KNOWLEDGE IN ONE DISCIPLINE APPLY IN DISCIPLINE APPLY ACROSS DISCIPLINES APPLY TO APPLY TO REAL-WORLD REAL-WORLD PREDICABLE UNPREDICABLE SITUATIONS SITUATIONS

11 Lowest order learning (a) Practice SAT vocabulary words Read important works of literature Write an essay on an historical topic Solve and graph linear equations Predict the probability of events using ratios Conduct laboratory experiments to observe chemical reactions High School Examples International Center for Leadership in Education

12 highest order learning (D) Write and perform a radio play Develop guidelines for publishing content on Internet pages Create formulas to predict changes in stock market values Design support posts of different materials and size to handle stress load in a building Design and construct a robot High School Examples International Center for Leadership in Education

13 Franklin County Technical school Turner s falls, ma 4 year home-base school serving students from 19 towns Founded in students, growth projected to 750 Traditional trades-based shops High percentage of Special Education students Dore & Whittier Architects

14 Franklin County Technical school Turner s falls, ma New building concepts to support new learning structure Integrate technical and academic learning Interdisciplinary Driven by state testing standards Dore & Whittier Architects

15 Franklin County Technical school Turner s falls, ma Culture change supported by facility change Faculty to have home-bases in shared, interdisciplinary planning centers Dore & Whittier Architects

16 Franklin County Technical school Turner s falls, ma Reorganize functions to improve sharing and integration of academics and technical learning Create career clusters of related learning areas Dore & Whittier Architects

17 Franklin County Technical school Turner s falls, ma Focus on community participation throughout school day Dore & Whittier Architects

18 Franklin County Technical school Turner s falls, ma Create Freshman house Students choose career cluster at Sophomore year Dore & Whittier Architects

19 Cass technical high school Detroit, mi Examination high school Collaboration Integration of hands-on and academic instruction TMP Associates Inc

20 Cass technical high school Detroit, mi 2200 students Founded 1917 Seven career pathways : Science and Arts Engineering & Manufacturing Business & Marketing Arts & Communication Natural Resources Health Sciences Human Services TMP Associates Inc

21 Cass technical high school Detroit, mi TMP Associates Inc

22 Cass technical high school Detroit, mi TMP Associates Inc

23 Cass technical high school Detroit, mi A new landmark for Detroit TMP Associates Inc

24 Oxford hills comprehensive hs South paris, me 1200 students Combines a regional high school and a regional technical & career high school Six clusters, or academies developed in 1990 s Seamless integration of tech/career and academic PDT Architects

25 Oxford hills comprehensive hs South paris, me Academic classrooms (HELMS) interwoven with career-technical labs PDT Architects

26 Oxford hills comprehensive hs South paris, me Three neighborhoods Three teacher planning centers History, English, language, math, science (HELMS) everywhere PDT Architects

27 Oxford hills comprehensive hs South paris, me Large scale shops share Tech Sheds for flexibility in future rearrangements PDT Architects

28 Oxford hills comprehensive hs South paris, me Culinary arts, graphics and other labs located throughout building PDT Architects

29 Oxford hills comprehensive hs South paris, me Cluster concept changed for gender balance Now four clusters and Freshman house Tech and academic teachers share three interdisciplinary teacher planning centers PDT Architects

30 School for environmental studies Apple valley, minnesota Poster Child for New Designs and Breaking Ranks Choice school Located on Minneapolis Zoo campus Students attend homebase school for period 1 (PE and music), then attend Zoo School Research-based, project based, hands-on school Centrum: flexible presentation/tutorial/computer area HGA Architects

31 School for environmental studies Apple valley, minnesota Wet Lab Teacher Offices Classroom Student Offices Computers Centrum One of four houses HGA Architects

32 School for environmental studies Apple valley, minnesota Each student has an office in a student pod Three teachers team teach 100 students, assisted by an ecologist The entire curriculum is project-based Student offices HGA Architects

33 Canby APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CENTER Canby, oregon, HIGH SCHOOL Interdisciplinary As real as it can be Model the world outside Application of knowledge Exhibition of work Authentic evaluations Immediate feedback Self-contained addition to existing building Dull Olson Weekes Architects

34 Canby APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CENTER Canby, oregon, HIGH SCHOOL Dull Olson Weekes Architects

37 Canby APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CENTER Canby, oregon, HIGH SCHOOL ATC Resource Center Student Rotunda Dull Olson Weekes Architects

38 Canby APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CENTER Canby, oregon, HIGH SCHOOL Student Lounge Omni Room Dull Olson Weekes Architects

39 Canby APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CENTER Canby, oregon, HIGH SCHOOL Conference Room Dull Olson Weekes Architects

40 Canby APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CENTER Canby, oregon, HIGH SCHOOL Materials Testing Bio-Ag Lab Dull Olson Weekes Architects

41 MET SCHOOL PROVIDENCE, RI State-wide special school district At-risk students Personal learning plans students in 4 schools ½ student time spent in businesses Project-based learning School 1 School 2 Playfield/Park Advisories Commons School 3 School 4 Admin Concordia Architects Project Lab

42 MET SCHOOL PROVIDENCE, RI Advisors not teachers 95+% graduation rate 95+% post-secondary rate Concordia Architects

43 Cooloola institute for tafe Queensland, australia Hospitality Culinary Arts Information Technology Designed to attract students Active community outreach CSIT Architects Classrooms Information Technology Meeting Room Exterior Courtyard Admin Meeting Room/ Bar Dining Concourse Library Culinary Arts Classrooms Video Viewing Entry Lecture Hall

44 Cooloola institute for tafe Queensland, australia CSIT Architects

45 Cooloola institute for tafe Queensland, australia CSIT Architects Entry Hall Concourse

46 Cooloola institute for tafe Queensland, australia Exterior Courtyard CSIT Architects

48 Cooloola institute for tafe Queensland, australia CSIT Architects Teachers Office looking into IT Hardware Repair Room Concourse

49 Cooloola institute for tafe Queensland, australia Library CSIT Architects

50 Cooloola institute for tafe Queensland, australia CSIT Architects Dining

51 Cooloola institute for tafe Queensland, australia CSIT Architects Concourse looking to Entry Video Viewing at Entry

52 Cooloola institute for tafe Queensland, australia Bar Serving CSIT Architects

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