Naviance is a college and career planning program that has been adopted by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for sixth through twelfth grade students. CPS defines it as “Naviance is a software tool that enables students in grades 6 through 12 to conduct comprehensive college and career planning. It is also a powerful data collection and analysis tool for school staff and administrators.” I am the lead facilitator for this program at Stowe Elementary. Upon receiving a professional development workshop on the ins and outs of navigating the program and the required “tasks” assigned to each grade level, I had to train each assigned grade level teacher to oversee the completion and utilization of the program by each student within the respective grade
Proposition three is “teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning” (“National Board Certification”). NBCTs provide productive instruction. They use techniques to keep the students focused, engaged, and motivated. They know how to make a disciplined learning environment, and also how to put together the instructions so the students will follow them. NBCTs know how to measure the growth of an individual student and the whole class as well. They use various techniques for assessing student growth, and they can explain the parents about students’ performance with
Subsequently what is done is that selected high schools develop a curriculum that is organized around a specific career cluster, which are like a specialized charter school. The goal is to feature a series advanced “pathway” courses that can help students to enrich their knowledge through work-based learning and academics. In turn, this specialized education will allow student to demonstrate their understanding through assessments and industry credentialing opportunities. As well these schools are enrolled in a learning exchange that have partnerships that are organized to support the programs of study by coordinating statewide networks of education partners, businesses, industry associations, labor, and other organizations (2013, p. 21-23). Consequently, the program is driven to help high school students develop a career path and to receive exploratory education that will given them an advantage in either college endeavors or in the job market.
Career and technical education courses are intended to prepare high school students to enter the work force in a skilled trade. It equips the students with the experience and education necessary to succeed in an average skill level job while maintaining the student’s interest. In an article that focuses on an aviation CTE program, a “senior policy analyst at the Morrison Institute, said that Career and Technical Education provides another opportunity for students who struggle in high school.” The assumption is that students who struggle in high school presumably do not want another four years of education to attain a bachelor’s degree. Until recently, schools have been excessively geared towards college readiness. The dogma was elementary school, high school, college, without exception. With this “one size fits all” education system in place, a different education course had to evolve. CTE courses offer a break from the tedious grind by introducing career readiness as an alternative. In place of the four years in a college, CTE programs gives student...
“When schools, parents, families, and communities work together to support learning, students tend to earn higher grades, attend school more regularly, stay in school longer, and enroll in higher level programs.” (Van Roeckel, 2008, p. 1) Deer Valley High School in Glendale, AZ is the first high school built in the Deer Valley Unified Scholl District, and with a population around 1800 students, the high school is one of the bigger schools in the state. It has a tradition of family on its’ campus, where there are still teachers teaching that were there when the school opened in 1980. A number of former students have become new teachers on campus and just about all the teachers’ children have attended and graduated from the campus. With a school like ours, there are many connections to the community around it and it is demonstrated by the programs that bring in parent and community to help with the development of our students. There are numerous booster clubs run on our campus to help support student achievement on the sports fields, a school to work programs to teach the students necessary skills in different areas of either nursing, sports medicine classes, and in the culinary arts classrooms, and funding to our school to help ensure all students graduate on time. There are many programs on our campus, but I will discuss four of the programs: baseball booster club, C2G program, “school-to-work”, and the special education program sponsored by Arrowhead Hospital. These programs are designed to improve the relationships between the campus and the people in the community, and give all students on campus every opportunity to succeed in their future.
Treasure Coast High School is a breaking rank, small learning community high school that was established in 2006 under the leadership of Dr. Helen Roberts. Breaking ranks is a concept that refers to schools that are stepping away from the norms in education and doing things differently. There is a strong focus on data driven school decision making and the goal is to prepare students to be successful in the twenty-first century. The school has a capacity for 2500 students and employs approximately 175 teachers, staff and administrators. Due to the large size students are teamed by their English, math, science and freshman seminar teachers during the 9th grade and their English, math, science and social studies teachers during their 10th grade. Upon entering upper school (11th & 12th grades) students are teamed by their Small Learning Communities which support their Career and Technical Education programs selected during the 10th grade. Treasure Coast High boasts three innovative Small Learning Communities that support eight Career Academies. In this paper I will conduct an evaluation critique of the Health Science Program in the Public Service Academy. The goal is to see if it meets the stringent Career and Professional Education (CAPE) Academy standards set forth by the Florida legislation, senate bill 1908.
The body rituals that I had the privilege of reading in this article among the Nacirema people group were extremely shocking. In America we are sheltered from the information on how these other people groups live around the world. We live in a generation were different ethnic food is shocking, let alone something as intense as the practices of the Nacirema group. A portion of the reading, I found extremely interesting, was the Nacirema’s take on their appearances. It seems no matter where you are in the world; apperances always seem to chain people. It was very intriguing to read about how the people go about the care of their teeth. The “holy-mouth- men” was a vivid description of a very unhealthy approach to dental care. A lack of education
My first name, surname, and, for lack of a better term, family name are all uncommon, at least in the United States.
Cole, H., Hulley, K., & Quarles, P. (2009). Does assessment have to drive the curriculum?
I chose this program because I am alarmed regarding the vaccum left by cutting out libraians and school guidance counselors. I believe I can improve this program as an instructional designer using evaluation
Marino often makes appointments with his students to talk about their plans for the future. Students use Marino as a reliable source for advice and guidance. Not only does he counsel the student advisees at the high school but he also “informally counsels economically challenged kids.”
The ASCA National Model. (n.d.). Newport News Public Schools. Retrieved June 5, 2014, from http://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/guidance/document
The FCE appointed a new Teacher Education Department Chair, Educational Leadership Program Department Chair, and established a new position for an Assistant Dean. The FCE appointed an Assistant Dean in July 2015. The Assistant Dean was tasked with the responsibility of organizing a comprehensive, systematic approach to the alignment of key assessments to the most up-to-date NCATE and Connecticut State Standards. The Assistant Dean embraced the responsibility of training all full-time and adjunct faculty in the articulation of the new, systematic approach to the collection of data and evidence of candidate skills and dispositions aligned to the NCATE and Connecticut State Standards. The Assistant Dean, in collaboration with the FCE Leadership Team, selected an online SharePoint software system and named the system FRED. FRED is an online system that allows multiple users to access data files and align the files containing key assessments to NCATE and Connecticut State Standards. In August 2015, the FCE Assistant Dean trained all full-time FCE faculty in the use of
I cannot recall a more rewarding experience than helping facilitate a child’s education while enabling parent participation alike. These experiences have drawn me to my current position as an Educational Assistant where I am constantly interacting and establishing relationships with students, learning about their goals and aspirations. It is that same desire to empower our future students that has steered me towards a career as a school counselor. By enrolling in the Masters in counseling program, I aspire to develop methods and experience to become an effective, experienced, and adaptable school counselor that promotes self-awareness, allowing students to realize their full potential and impetus them towards a promising future. I want to learn skills that facilitate personal and career development, ensuring that our students grow accomplishing their goals and ambitions. To discover techniques that help students improve in all areas of academic achievement, establishing relationships with students and parents alike. By becoming a school counselor, I am determined to become an advocate for underserved youth. I aim to become an effective agent educational reform, providing support for students in the various institutions that may disempower
Cole, H., Hulley, K., & Quarles, P. (2009). Does assessment have to drive the curriculum?
Formal guidance programs using specialized textbooks started at the turn of the twentieth century with the social reform movement (Krumbultz & Kolpin, 2003). Because so many were outraged at people living in slums and the use of child labor, the vocational guidance movement began (Krumbultz & Kolpin, 2003). When it was first started, the movement’s aim was to guide people into the workforce to become productive members of society (Krumbultz & Kolpin, 2003). The Boston Vocational Bureau, established by Frank Parsons, was the first vocational counseling service and its model was copied by many schools, private organizations, and states (“Guidance and Counseling”, para. 3). The National Vocational Guidance system was formed in 1913 which helped to increase and legitimize the number of guidance counselors (Krumbultz & Kolpin, 2003). In the 1920s and 1930s counseling roles expanded beyond working with only vocational concerns to the social, educational, and personal aspects of a student’s life (Krumb...