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Best Practices for Increasing Business & Industry Partnerships
Missouri PLTW ConferenceOctober 27, 2012
St. Louis
Lee’s Summit School District
GTT program in all 3 middle schools PLTW Engineering Students
• IED – 4 sections• POE – 2 sections• CEA – 1 section
Offered at Summit Technology Academy• DE/CIM – half day program (2 hrs 5 min)• EDD – half day program first sem only
PLTW Biomedical Sciences• PBS – 3 sections at each high school• HBS – 4 sections at each high school
Offered at Summit Technology Academy• MI – half day program (1st sem)• BI – half day program (2nd sem)
Collaboration Efforts
Students from IED, POE, PBS, HBS tour the Academy
Teachers do vertical collaboration as part of the curricular team
STA Portrait 372 students enrolled from 18 area
comprehensive high schools
87% of 2011 graduates attend 2-4 year college
83% of those graduates in 2011 reported continuing education related to training
86% passed a Technical Skill Assessment
Professional Learning Community
Mission, Vision, Collective Commitments - • Commitment to learner-centered
education and inquiry-based approached to teaching
• Commitment to developing a learner profile of a successful student
• Commitment to responsible actions within and beyond the school
4 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONSThese guide the work at STA
WHAT DO WE EXPECT STUDENTS TO LEARN? National Curriculum
HOW WILL WE KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED? Data
HOW WILL WE RESPOND TO STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT LEARNING? Pyramid of Intervention
HOW WILL WE RESPOND WHEN THEY ALREADY KNOW IT? Pre Assessments, Differentiated Instruction
Technology Centers That Work
Culture of high expectations Improvement model based upon
HSTW framework of goals & key practices to improve student achievement
Site development workshop Action plan, focus on literacy &
numeracy
Work-based Learning
TCTW outlines what makes a quality work-based learning program• Classroom and work-site assignments
that are correlated to career field• Work-site experiences connected to
career goals• Work-site mentor
Pre-Professional Nursing
State-of-the Art Medical Simulator
Pre-professional Educator Cadet
Partner with Elementary Schools
Industry Outreach Efforts
Advisory Teams
Career Pathway Teams are organized around 6 areas• Arts & Communication• Business Management & Technology• Health Services• Human Services• Industrial & Engineering Technology• Natural Resources
Invite core teachers, CTE teachers, counselors, administrators and industry experts to your meetings
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Career Events
Centered around enrollment time Student Professionalism Conference
Professional Development for Teachers
Devote time to let teachers develop partnership with industry experts• Agenda created by teacher and experts• Report back to all staff
Meet and Greet
Shorter time-frame to just network with business community members• Single purpose event• Exchange business cards and allow time
for each to share
Roundtable Discussion with Specific Industry Groups
“Placement” discussions One or two questions Take notes Leave with “next steps”
Classroom Project Partners
Juried panel to provide feedback to projects• Save the date notifications early in
semester• Easy-to-use feedback form for visitors to
use
Digital Electronics/Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Computer Integrated Manufacturing declared a P.R.I.M.E. site
Engineering Design & Development
Industry partnerships a must.
Engineering Field Experience – PLTW best practice.
Where academics
converge with skills
where
professionals
receive
ideas from
STUDENTS!
Showcase Events
KC STEM Alliance – EDD showcase
Robotics Competitions
IED Competitions
Biomedical Science
Biomedical Science
Five-minute mentoring activity• Contact local hospital• 5-minutes with each professional staff
person
Biomedical Innovations – science poster projects• Statistical research
Re-design an Emergency Room
Biomedical Innovations – all project-based learning
Contact Information:
Elaine Metcalf, EdSDirector, Summit Technology
AcademyDistrict PLTW Coordinatorelaine.metcalf@leesummit.k12.mo.us
816-986-3415
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