UTSA San Antonio Ford PAS Program

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UTSA San Antonio Ford PAS Program

• Director Raul (Rudy) Reyna, Ph.D.

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San Antonio Ford PAS

• Hosted by UTSA and Supported by PREP
• City-wide BEAC
• 3 components
• Summer Academy/Training
• ISD Implementation/Support
• Replication
• Future Plans

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BEAC
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BEAC Activities

• First Two Planning Meetings
• Development of Committees
• Career Exposure Provide business learning
  opportunities for the students.
• Parent and Community Involvement Encourage
  parents and the community to learn with students
  and to support their activities.
• Development Create pools of informational and
  financial resources to support the other two
  committee activities.

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Summer Academy Component

• 30 students will take 4 modules
• 15-30 teachers will receive training
• Showcase Ford PAS

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San Antonio Ford PAS Summer Academy

• Class Structure
• 31 Students
• 29 Incoming 10th grade students (1 incoming 11th
  grade student)
• 14 Boys
• 17 Girls
• 18 Economically Disadvantaged
• 29 Hispanic
• Schools Districts
• 13 from SAISD
• 13 from HISD
• 5 from SSAISD
• One Instructor
• One Mentor

• Academic Structure
• 7 weeks
• 27 Career Speakers
• 7 Field Trips
• Module 1 From Concept to Consumer Building a
  Foundation in Problem Solving
• Module 2 Media and Messages Building a
  Foundation of Communication Skills
• Module 3 People at Work Building a Foundation
  of Research Skills
• Module 10 Reverse Engineering

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ISD Implementation Component

• September to May at 11 high schools and one
  middle school.
• Individual modules inserted into regular
  curriculum
• Incremental growth in Ford PAS adoption

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San Antonio Independent School District

• Two Instructor Applications were submitted for
  the Summer Program (Deena Francis was hired).
• 12 student applications were submitted.
• 20 teachers will be attending the National
  Conference.
• Seven of the eight high schools and an
  alternative campus will use economics, business
  and technology components from Ford PAS.
• Tim Shaunty, President of Texas Council for
  Economic Education has expressed interest in the
  Economics modules.

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Harlandale Independent School District

• McCollum High Schools, Leadership and Public
  Service Magnate School within-a-school will be
  using Ford PAS Modules in their Economics and
  Government classes.
• For 11th grade Economics, modules 13, 14 and 15
  will be used and taught by Loraine Martinez. For
  12th grade Government, modules 1, 2, and 3 will
  be used and taught by Dion Rude. Approximately
  75-100 students will be able to attend these
  classes in the school year 2005/2006.

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South San Antonio Independent School District

• Classes using Ford PAS modules are
• Skills For Living, (Kazen Middle School
  Instructor Cathy Meyer),
• Economics (SSAHS Instructor Daniel Mauldin,
  WCHS Instructor Leal Skipper-Franke),
• Career Connections (SSAHS Instructor Carole
  Hale),
• Marketing Dynamics Marketing Management (SSAHS
  Instructor Eloise Reguit).
• Future Goals
• All Eighth Grade Students will attend the Skills
  for life class.
• All Ninth Grade Students will attend the Career
  Connections Class

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Replication Component

• Beginning the summer of 2006, Ford PAS support
  model replicated at UT El Paso and New Jersey
  City University.
• Each site will host a summer academy component.
• Each site will engage two school districts in
  implementing Ford PAS modules.

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Future Plans

• In 2006
• Invite two more school districts to participate
  in Ford PAS
• Expand the Summer Academy Component to two
  classes