Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and
Technology
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A Brief Historical Context

• 1985
• Nation at Risk Report
• Business Technology explosion in Maryland
• Population Growth
• No. VA a bedroom community

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A Brief Historical Context

• Political pressure to support growing populations
  base
• Business interest in better preparing a work
  force
• Education challenged to develop private public
  sector partnerships

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Mission Statement

• Working with the belief that science/technology
  is a process or a way of thinking and acting that
  blends human functions and needs with knowledge,
  tool use, and skills, our school has a four-fold
  mission

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Mission Statement

• Excellence
• Lab School
• Outreach
• Partnership Model

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Philosophy

• Pre-collegiate
• Linear Approach
• Math Content
• Science Content
• English
• Foreign Language

Courses and Content
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Philosophy

• Pre-Vocational
• Business Ed.
• Trade Industrial Ed.
• Technology Ed.
• Consumer Homemaking
• Marketing
• Technical Communications
• Health Occupations
• Agriculture
• Computer Applications

Skills and Tool Use
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Philosophy

• Self Esteem
• Cooperation
• Responsibility
• Citizenship

• Internalization
• Independence
• Leadership

The Affective
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Philosophy
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Skills and Tool Use
Courses and Content
Computer Applications
Science and Technology
History Government Fine Arts
Team Work Job Skills Internship
The Affective
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Philosophy
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Skills and Tool Use
Courses and Content
Computer Applications
Business Ed. Trade Industrial Ed. Technology
Ed. Consumer Homemaking Marketing Technical
Communications Health Occupations Agriculture Comp
uter Applications
English Math Social Studies Science Foreign
Language P.E. Fine Arts Electives
Science and Technology
History Government Fine Arts
Team Work Job Skills Internship
The Affective
Self Esteem Cooperation Responsibility Citizenship
Internalizaton Independence Leadership
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Educating the Whole Child

• Six Goals
• to acquire Communication Skills

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Educating the Whole Child

• to develop collaborative skills

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Educating the Whole Child

• to understand dynamic and complex systems

in order to ask larger questions and define
problems
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Educating the Whole Child

• To work with real projects and real problems
• Experience-based learning

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Educating the Whole Child

• to learn how to manage change

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Educating the Whole Child

• Ethics

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Technology as a tool
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The Business Connection
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Success Stories

• IBET
• Geo Science
• Senior Lab Projects
• Mentorship Program

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Integrated Biology, English and Technology
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Integrated Learning
Integrated Biology, English and Technology

• Communication, collaboration, and problem-solving
  are key components to work success in and out of
  school
• The world of work
• shows students what skills and behaviors are
  required to be successful
• provides role models

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Integrated Biology, English and Technology
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Integrated Biology, English and Technology
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Integrated Biology, English and Technology
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Integrated Biology, English and Technology
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Integrated Biology, English and Technology
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Community partnership

• Students learn about local issues through
  community work
• Students are active partners with community
  agencies and teachers in authentic research

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Integrated Biology, English and Technology

• Dear Mr. McFaden,
• Im flipping though the cable stations and as
  usual with 120 channels to choose from there is
  nothing worth watching. So I find myself
  watching C-SPAN....Congressman Jim Moran was
  talking, and all of a sudden he is talking about
  deer hunts at Mason Neck.... He mentioned that
  managers there had given him data saying ...that
  the data collections had been done by students
  ....

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Integrated Biology, English and Technology
Integrated Biology, English and Technology

• It occurred to me that this was the first time
  in 10 years of school that something I had done
  was used to more than the purpose of grading, but
  for something that actually made a difference.
  I want to thank you for the opportunity. It has
  given me more incentive to work than anything
  else that I have ever done in school.
• Sincerely,
• Jay Briar

• It occurred to me that this was the first time
  in 10 years of school that something I had done
  was used to more than the purpose of grading, but
  for something that actually made a difference.
  I want to thank you for the opportunity. It has
  given me more incentive to work than anything
  else that I have ever done in school.

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IBET IS HOW WE INDUCT FRESHMEN

• INTO A LARGE, COMPLEX HIGH SCHOOL
• It provides a safe-haven a school home for
  half of each day
• It gives every student a group of 72 classmates
  and four adults to really get to know
• It allows the counselor to learn about their new
  counselees as they work and interact with each
  other in the field

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IBET IS HOW WE INDUCT FRESHMEN

• INTO THE JEFFERSON WAY OF THINKING
• Knowledge is and should be integrated
• There are exciting real-life problems to solve
• Problem solving is often better as a team effort
• Even teachers do better in teams and model
  teaming regularly for their students
• Teams require flexibility, listening, sharing,
  support, humor

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IBET 2003

• WHERE ARE WE NOW IN FULFILLING THE VISION?
• HAVE WE RESEQUENCED THE CURRICULUM TO COMPLEMENT
  THE INTERDISCIPLINARY FOCUS?
• DOES EVERY IBET FOCUS ON AN INTEGRATED PROJECT
  AS THE FOURTH COURSE?
• ARE WE MODELING TEAM PLANNING AND TEACHING?

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