Transcript Mirror Image: High School and Middle School or the Value of Early Engagement

and a little extra…
 7 years ago...
 1 year ago…
 Money would be nice, but it wasn’t the real problem
 Better teacher to student ratio
 Teacher aides, good volunteers, 2nd teacher, etc.
 Money for good quality machines instead of just what
we can afford
 A in-house repair man
 And a crew of… I don’t know… maybe 32 custodians…
 Or….
 Mirror Image
 The vision of Mirror Image is to become an engaging,
innovative program by blending strong mentoring
relationships with personalized opportunities while
generating sustainable CTE interest in student lives.
 A program that transports interested 7th and 8th grade
students from the middle school to the high school
and has Junior and Senior students in their prospective
CTE areas work with them and train them.
 Logistics
 Frequency
 Money
 Transportation
 Teacher expectancy and time
 Safety
 ROI
 Meaning – Students will find a niche or something
they are “good at”.
 Immediacy – Students are actively participating and
“buying-in” or “getting hooked” on CTE through
hands-on activitites and seeing a finished product.
 Relevance – Students are introduced to carrers that are
readily available to them specific to their geographic
region.
 Relationships – Students will form a bond with their
mentors and instructors and will see the large picture
of academic and career success.
 Optimism – Student swill gain hope for their future by
working with older mentor students who are ready to
now enter the workforce or college.
 Realism – Students will learn that they can choose a
CTE program and continue on to college. It does not
have to be either/or.
 If you are interested, email me and I will send you the
ppt and the paperwork that I have that shows a design
phase through implementation framework.