Development Team

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Development Team

• Bill Campbell, Chair
• Patty Embree
• Marti Hinton
• Nancy Moran
• Martha Stefenoni
• Lisa Stuckey
• Helen Ramstad

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Focus Tonight

• 21st Century Schools
• The Career Academy
• Student and Parent Expectations
• Enrollment Procedures

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State Supt. OConnell

• We need to improve our high schools from the
  inside out, OConnell said. Far too many of our
  1.7 million high school students are woefully
  under prepared for either college or the
  workplace when they leave our K-12 system.
  (Press Release 4/20/04)

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Research Shows

• of 100 Student entering 9th grade
• 76 Graduate from high school
• 24 Graduate from college

• American middle and high schools not meeting
  needs of students

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Research Gap Analysis

• Students want
• Caring adults in their lives
• Health and counseling services
• Career development
• Job seeking skills
• Youth leadership opportunities

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Research StC Studies

• Students engaged in their learning
• Stay in school longer graduate
• Go on to postsecondary training
• Become employed at higher wages

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Why a New Design?

• Students want relevant education
• Students want engaged learning
• Parents want smaller, safer, more personalized
  schools
• Employers want prepared workforce
• All want students prepared for life

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Research Bill Melinda Gates Foundation

• High Achieving Schools
• common focus
• high expectations
• personalized
• respect and responsibility
• time to collaborate
• technology as a tool
• performance based

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The Career Academy

• grades 7-12
• standards based education
• academic preparation for postsecondary education
  or training
• personalized education
• career exploration and development
• work-based learning
• workplace skills
• technology

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Master Schedule

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Instructional Strategies

• Personalized
• Technology infused
• Reading/writing in all curricular areas
• Workplace attitudes skills
• Portfolios
• Work-based application

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Career Development Activities

• Career Exploration mini-courses
• Service Learning
• Community Service
• Job shadowing
• Internships
• Mentors
• Work Experience

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School Location

• Fall, 2004
• Grades 7 8 (2 classes)
• Olivet School
• Grade 9
• to be determined based on enrollment
• Future
• Advisory Council Governing Board
• parents, staff, student input

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Student Expectations

• Academic
• Engaged learners
• School-based learning
• Work-based learning
• Community service
• Fulfill individualized learning plan

• Behavioral
• Responsible and respectful
• Zero tolerance - drugs, alcohol, violence
• Dress Standard - workplace norm clean, neat,
  covered

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Parent Expectations

• Advocate Role
• Support to student
• Parent/student conferences
• Support schools expectations, philosophy and
  programs
• School meetings

• Volunteer Role
• Create work-based learning opportunities
• Project review panel
• Advisory Council
• Field Trips
• Committees
• Workdays

Individualized Plan for Parent Engagement
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Application Process

• Application Packet
• available Wednesday, May 5th
• POUSD School Offices
• POUSD District Office
• Web site www.pousd.k12.ca.us
• accepting only complete applications

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Application Deadline

• Postmarked by May 14th or
• Delivered by May 14th, 4pm
• to
• POUSD District Office ONLY
• POUSD School Offices will not accept applications
• Applications will be date/time stamped

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Enrollment Protocols

• Steps
• Completed signed application
• In-district students -1st level, 3 groups
• Out-of-district students 2nd level, 3 groups
• Public Lottery if too many in one level
• Wait List Remaining applicants

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Enrollment Protocols -2

• Letter of Notification accepted or wait listed,
  date of interview by May 21st
• Enrollment interview parent student
• end of May, first of June
• Possible openings - summer

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