Schools of Study

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Schools of Study

• Science?

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The School of Visual/Performing Arts and Media
(VPAM)

• Jobs
• composer
• musician
• stage director
• writer
• interior decorator
• actor/actress
• event coordinator
• reporter
• artist
• photographer
• advertisement executive

• Characteristics
• complicated
• emotional
• expressive
• idealistic
• imaginative
• impulsive
• independent
• introspective
• intuitive
• nonconforming

Abilities writing musical artistic
Schools of Study--The Kenton County School
District--Dixie Heights High School
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Science, Technology, Engineering Math
(STEM)
The School of

• Characteristics
• analytical
• cautious
• complex
• critical
• curious
• intellectual
• introverted
• methodical
• precise
• rational

• Jobs
• mechanic
• aircraft controller
• surveyor
• farmer
• electrician
• doctor
• pharmacist
• wildlife management
• anthropologist
• geologist
• med tech

Abilities mechanical mathematic scientific
Schools of Study--The Kenton County School
District--Dixie Heights High School
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Law, Education, Health Human Services (LEHHS)
The School of

• Characteristics
• cooperative
• generous
• helpful
• idealistic
• patient
• responsible
• social
• sympathetic
• understanding
• warm

• Jobs
• teacher
• religious worker
• counselor
• psychologist
• social worker
• speech therapist
• police officer
• lawyer
• nurse
• nutritionist
• physical therapist
• sociologist

Abilities social verbal emotional
Schools of Study--The Kenton County School
District--Dixie Heights High School
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Business Information Technology (BIT)
The School of

• Characteristics
• inquisitive
• adventurous
• agreeable
• ambitious
• extroverted
• energetic
• attention-getting
• impulsive
• optimistic
• popular
• self-confident

• Jobs
• manager
• salesperson
• business executive
• accountant
• sports promoter
• buyer
• bookkeeper
• stenographer
• financial analyst
• banker
• cost estimator
• tax expert

Abilities leadership speaking clerical
Schools of Study--The Kenton County School
District--Dixie Heights High School
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So What?
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Teaching to the Schools of Study

• Make references to careers or jobs with in the
  SOSs
• Teach lessons like they would be taught in a
  specific SOS
• Design Projects with roles or student choices
  tailored to the SOSs

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STEM-Science

• Pretty much everything you do in science
• Logically organized information
• Going step by step
• Asking Why?
• Normal Math
• Appling math to real-life
• The collection and compiling of data
• Using mathematical formulas/equations on real
  structures
• Use of surveys/opinion polls
• Use of statistical figures
• Discussion of inventions/ Industrial revolution
• Time-lines
• Visual representations
• The newest technology and how it relates
• Presentations or video production on topics

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VPAM-Science

• Visual representations
• The newest technology and how it relates to media
• Presentations or video production on topics
• Anthropomorphizing
• Angles in art or architecture
• Design and sketch
• Topology relations
• 3-D sketches and visual illusions
• Discuss art of various eras or cultures
• Creative element to presentations
• Using pictures/photography in lessons
• Debates
• Creative writing
• Stage productions
• Monologue/Speech

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LEHHS-Science

• Teaching others
• Cause and effect on the environment/people
• The science behind real issues
• The latest and greatest innovations
• Statistics
• Real-life examples in related fields
• Group work with roles
• Short cuts to the answers
• Law discussions
• Use of legal documents
• Explanation of lesson plans
• Have students create lesson plans
• Foods of cultures
• Writing about public policy
• Reading historical documents
• Books such as Animal Farm
• Debate/Speech
• Write about social issues (Green?)

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BIT-Science

• Discussing finances as they relate to new and old
  science
• Nano-technology
• Presenting/learning information using technology
• The latest and greatest innovations
• How is this going to help me in the future?
• Presenting/learning information using technology
• Mathematical relations to simulations
• Finances/Statistics
• Blue Prints
• Discuss Technology Inventions
• Economics/ Types of Business
• Create a Business Project
• Add marketing element to projects
• Incorporate Business journals
• Technical writing
• Reading actual business specific documents
• Presenting information using technology

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STEM-ICE Breaker

• Name?
• Plans for the future (college, job)?
• Favorite Sci-fi book/movie?
• Percentage of time you spend studying, reading,
  watching tv. . .
• Why are you taking this class?
• . . .

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BIT-ICE Breaker

• Name?
• Plans for the future (college, job)?
• Where do you currently work-want to?
• What technology are you comfortable with?
• What is your favorite websites?
• What would you buy if you were rich?
• . . .

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LEHHS-ICE Breaker

• Name
• Plans for the future (college, job)
• What would your friends say about you?
• Who would you most like to meet?
• What does/do you have on your facebook?
• . . .
• (Dont forget to share out)

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VPAM-ICE Breaker

• Name
• Draw five pictures on this card that represent
  you without using words
• If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
• What makes you happy?
• . . .

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SOS Group Work

• Four SOSFour Roles
• Assign each person in the group to take on and
  SOS Role
• VPAM
• STEM
• LEHHS
• BIT
• Or
• Group SOS students by SOS and Taylor the lesson
  to each group

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Now You

• Meet with your team mate and discuss lessons you
  teach which could be flavored with SOS
• Decide how many and when you will teach lessons
  with an SOS flavor
• Decide how you will begin incorporating the
  language of SOS into your everyday instruction

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What Electives Should We Have

• Ask the students where there interest lie
• Ask the teachers where some of their passions lie
• Scan the media for the more popular topics of the
  day (Forensics)
• Survey the students
• Write course descriptions
• Find teachers willing to participate
• Give others the old required classes

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What Electives Do We Have?

• Electives
• Chemistry A B
• Anatomy A B
• Physics A B
• Environmental Science
• Forensics
• Zoology
• Astronomy
• Chemistry Community
• Oceanography/Marin Biology

• Medical Science
• Radio Technology
• Horticulture
• Geology
• Meteorology
• Anatomy for Artist
• AP Chemistry
• AP Biology