Transcript Pathways to Establish Programs of Study

St. Louis Park High School
Greg Goddard
Kara Mueller
Academy Coordinators
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Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR)
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Intentional Relationships/Data Verification
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Small Learning Community Grant
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Invest in Innovation (i3)
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Developmental grant
Expansion of BARR
College and Career Readiness
A challenge to restructure a public high school
Outside evaluators
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Build on the legacy of St. Louis Park High School’s success
II. Establish Collaborative Relationships
III. Create and maintain a postsecondary going culture for all
students
IV. Create a process to facilitate the student's development of
motivation, intention and implementation
V. Modernized responsive program of study blending structure
with process
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Nationally ranked High School
Strong college prep program (IB, AP)
Several nationally recognized programs and staff
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School of Innovation
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◦ BARR – Building Assets Reducing Risks
◦ Recipients of i3 Grant (Invest in Innovation)
HOWEVER
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Recognized gap in meeting the needs of “ALL”
Weak in the development and delivery of college and
career programming
Disconnected Electives
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MnScu
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Centers of Excellence
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Business
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Advisory Boards
“Tonight, I’m announcing a new challenge to redesign America’s high schools
so they better equip graduates for the demands of a high-tech economy. We’ll
reward schools that develop new partnerships with colleges and employers,
and create classes that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math
– the skills today’s employers are looking for to fill jobs right now and in the
future.” (President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union Address)
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Culture of Building (beliefs, perceptions, and intentions)
◦ Workforce development – Student and Staff
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College and Career Credit
◦ Scaffold curriculum http://www.slpsparksonline.org/
◦ Advisory (60+ High School Teachers, Every student)
 Academic and Goal Advisement (BARR)
 Classroom lessons with outside requirements (32 Lessons)
 Tech Tasks (Naviance)
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College and Career Counselor with Career Center
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Establishment of Academy (POS)
Behavioral Beliefs and Outcome
Evaluations:
 Is working hard now in school
toward a future goal worthwhile?
 Do I like going to school and
working hard?
My Overall Attitude about
Striving toward a Future
Goal
Injunctive and Descriptive
Normative Beliefs:
 Do people think I should work
hard toward a future goal?
 Do most people like me work
hard toward a future goal?
My Social Norms about
Future Goals
School-Setting
Factors
My Intention to do My
Best in School to Prepare
for a Future Goal
Control Beliefs and Perceived:
 Do I have the skills necessary
to succeed in school for a future
goal?
 If I really wanted to, could I
succeed in achieving a future
goal?
My Self-Efficacy with
Future Goals
Learning Skills and
Abilities
Striving Each
Day to do My
Best toward a
Future Goal
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Model (POS)
◦ 10th Grade
◦ 11/12th Grades
Programs of Study
HEALTH SCIENCES
ENGINEERING and
TECHNOLOGIES
BUSINESS
LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY
Started Fall of 2012
MEDIA ARTS &
COMMUNICATIONS
10TH GRADE ACADEMY FOUNDATION COURSES (2 of 4 Courses)
Health Care Core
Business Innovations
Foundations of Law
Media Arts
Starting Fall of 2013
11TH GRADE ACADEMY COURSES (1 of 5 courses)
(Articulated College Course)
Health Professions Terminology
(HLTH 1010 Health Professions
Terminology)
Introduction to Marketing
(BUSN 1210 Customer Service)
Flash Game Programming
(CSCI 1101 Introduction to
Programming)
Intro to Criminal Justice
Digital Artwork Design
(SOC 2130 Introduction to Criminal
(Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop)
Justice)
Post-Secondary Alignment to Degrees
(Normandale Community College and Hennepin West Technical College)
*MNSCU
Health Careers Informatics AAS
Business-Marketing and
Management AS,BS
Business-Marketing and
Management AAS
Computer Science AS, BS
Criminal Justice AS
Law Enforcement AS
Graphic Design Diploma, AAS
10TH GRADE ACADEMY FOUNDATION COURSES (2 of 4 Courses)
Health Care Core
Business Innovations
Foundations of Law
Media Arts &
Communication
Collaborated with Minnesota State College and University System (MNSCU)
to design academy courses.
Foundation course must haves:
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College & Career Exploration Units
Ethics Unit
Specific Course Curriculum (project based)
Relationship Establishment – BARR Training
Evaluation
Student Survey
11TH GRADE ACADEMY COURSES (1 of 5 courses)
(Articulated College Course)
Health Professions Terminology
Introduction to Marketing
(HLTH 1010 Health Professions (BUSN 1210 Customer Service)
Terminology)
Flash Game Programming
(CSCI 1101 Introduction to
Programming)
Intro to Criminal Justice
(SOC 2130 Introduction to
Criminal Justice)
Digital Artwork Design
(Adobe Illustrator
/Photoshop)
Collaborated with Minnesota State College and University System (MNSCU)
to design academy courses.
Designed 11th grade academy courses:
• Created new or redesigned courses
• Added an Engineering pathway
• Collected feedback from teachers
• College going experience
• On going staff development (SLPH, MNSCU)
• Articulation agreements
Internal and External Evaluations
(qualitative & quantitative):
 Students know about their academic standing
 Students are challenging themselves in their classes
 Students have post-graduation aspirations
 Students are informed about the knowledge and skills
needed to be ready for post-graduation aspiration and
how their ambitions are related to their academic levels
 Students have engaged in a dialog with an informed
person in and outside of school about their future
prospects following graduation
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Continued collaboration with MNSCU Deans and
Instructors
Professional learning opportunities for staff (Workforce
Development)
Create 12th grade academy courses
Build additional articulation agreements
Academy programming evaluation(s)
Identify resource needs for academy courses
Continued curriculum work (release time, summer hours)
Plan and Create Experiential Opportunities
Advisory Board(s) (Business, Industry & Post-secondary)
Promotion
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Driving the bus while building it
• Culture of the school
• Staffing FTE
• Registration numbers (free market)
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Elective offerings more focused
• Course evaluations – does it meet a program of study (modernize)
• New classes/redesign of existing courses
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Dropped classes (disconnected electives)
Teacher assignments and schedules have changed
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Academic and CTE relationship
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Growth Model for Schools
◦ Incentive for success
◦ Mechanism to share strengths of successful schools
◦ Overcoming legacy barriers
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Difficult to quickly respond to the demands of industry
Additional Resources/Reallocation of Resources
Teacher licensure
Teacher professional learning opportunities and expectations
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Structure with Process
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Workforce development
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Communication and Collaboration between Secondary, PostSecondary and Business
◦ Attribution Theory
◦ Program of Study
◦ Teacher training programs (workforce indicators)
Academy Coordinators
Greg Goddard and Kara Mueller
[email protected], [email protected]
Employment
Outlook by Industry
(2009-2019)
Percentage of
Growth In
High Demand /High
Pay
Other
Specialty
Trade
Contractors
14%
Offices of
Physicians
15%
Other Ambulatory
Health Care
Services
15%
Management &
Technical
Consulting Svc
30%
Outpatient Care
Centers
26%
BARR EXPANSION ALIGNMENT
ACADEMY PATHWAYS
BARR
COLLEGE CAREER ADVISORY
LESSON #32
BARR ADVISORY
HEALTH SCIENCE
BUSINESS
ENGINEER & TECH.
LAW & PUB. POLICY
MEDIA ARTS & COMM.
HEALTH PROF. TERM.
INTRO MARKETING
FLASH PROG.
INTRO CRIMINAL JUSTICE
DIGITAL ART DESIGN
TECH TASK #16
LESSON #31
LESSON #30
TECH TASK #15
LESSON #29
12TH GRADE
LESSON #28
NON-TRADITIONAL ACADEMY
TECH TASK #14
LESSON #27
LESSON #26
TECH TASK #13
LESSON #25
LESSON #24
LESSON #23
TECH TASK #12
LESSON #22
TECH TASK #11
LESSON #21
11TH GRADE
BARR ADVISORY
LESSON #20
TECH TASK #10
LESSON #19
LESSON #18
TECH TASK #9
LESSON #17
CHOOSE 2 of 5 Courses for 11th/12th Grade (above)
LESSON #16
TECH TASK #8
LESSON #15
LESSON #14
10TH GRADE
BARR BLOCK & ADVISORY
TECH TASK #7
LESSON #13
LESSON #12
HEALTH CARE CORE
BUSINESS INNOV.
FOUND. OF LAW
TECH TASK #6
LESSON #11
LESSON #10
TECH TASK #5
LESSON #9
CHOOSE 2 of 4 Courses for 10th Grade (above)
LESSON #8
TECH TASK #4
LESSON #7
LESSON #6
9TH GRADE
BARR BLOCK & ADVISORY
TECH TASK #3
LESSON #5
LESSON #4
EXPLORATION
TECH TASK #2
LESSON #3
LESSON #2
LESSON #1
TECH TASK #1
MEDIA ARTS