Information Technology Preparation High School/ Career Center Information Technology Preparation with Emphasis at the Local Level Mike Rehner CIS 889 Winter 2001 Dr Zweben

Two Diverse Teaching Methodologies Career Education vs. College Preparation Fundamental differences in subject matter approach Merging A technological society needs both

College Preparation Roots in Medieval Church/ University Classical education- includes culture Broad principles and theoretical knowledge Curriculum driven by what is taught in college Frequently called education High Schools Category 1 Worker

Career Education Roots in craftsmanship Difference between need to know and nice to know Hands- on Curriculum driven by job and task analysis Frequently called training Career Centers Category 2 Worker

College Prep Organizations Institute of Computer Technology (ICT)- – Intel & Microsoft partnership – Active in West and South International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) Engineering Organizations – Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGCSE Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education SIGCUE Special Interest Group for Computer Uses in Education – Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Job Analysis used for Certification

College Prep Organizations Advanced Placement College Prep – Tests developed by College Entrance Examination Board – College courses taught by high school teachers – Students tested and rated score from 5-1 – AP curriculum determined by a survey of college courses – Includes binary trees and recursive data structures in curriculum Curriculum flows downward from Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) accreditation

Career Education Organizations IT.Works- State of Ohio career based education Education Development Corporation- Assists in the development of education/industry collaborations Northwest Technology Group- Developed IT Job Analysis Studies Information Technology Association of America- Business- Education Collaboration

Cisco Corporation Plans to grow from and 18 billion dollars to 50 Billion dollars in the next 4years Needs a 40% increase in technically trained personal Globally has 6221 Academies with 180,000 students enrolled E-Learning portal has 8000 resources organized into a set of roadmaps

Local Cisco Academies at Present High SchoolWeb Page Briggs High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/brigghs/index.htm Centennial High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/centennial/index.html Delaware JVS South Campus East High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/east/index.html Northeast Career Centerwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/north_east_cc/ Southeast Career Centerwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/southeast/index.html West High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/west_hs/index.html

Career Education Teacher Education Four year business education degree Individual may be brought in from industry and agree to take career education coursework.

Computer Science Teacher Education Four year education degree Degree in computer science and then education courses ISTE recommends 12 semester hours in computer science in a 4 year program

Teacher Certification in Ohio Vocational Business Education Comprehensive – Information Services and support – Network Systems – Programming and Software Development – Interactive Media High School Computer Science – 4-5 year education degree K-12 Computer Science

Local High School/ Career Center Survey 45 local high schools and career centers surveyed 11 responded back Visited Delaware Southern JVS Survey and results at state.edu/~rehner/WS/CIS/889/Survey/ state.edu/~rehner/WS/CIS/889/Survey/

Information Sought School Profile – Number of students and computers – Computer science/computer technology department Courses taught – Course Name – Enrollment – Math requirement – Length of course

Information Sought Certification – Number of students certified – Number of teachers certified Major difficulties in managing course Comments- what kind of assistance could a computer science/computer engineering school provide

High School Profile 12 schools responded out of 45 Average number of computers- 258 Average number of students – 1083 Students/ Computer 4.19 Number of Computer Technology/Computer Science Departments- 6

Course Offerings CourseNumber of Schools Enrollment Spread Sheet-Excel9742 Data Base- Access9582 Web Design7278 Networking Cisco592 Programming C Computer Graphics4100

Course Offerings CourseNumber of Schools Enrollment Programming Visual Basic 4109 Computer Maintenance497 Computer Applications4176 Presentation- PowerPnt3550 Programming C++ AP238 Programming Java20

Course Offerings CourseNumber of Schools Enrollment Tech Design Cad/Cam2170 Networking- Novell140 Programming Java Script 45 Networking NT38

Math Requirements C++ - all required Algebra 1 AP C++ - all required Algebra 2 Visual Basic- 2 required Algebra 1 Visual Basic- 1 required 9 th grade math proficiency test Networking Cisco- 2 required Algebra 1 Web Design- 1 required Algebra 1

Curriculum Certifications Certifications Supported By Local Area High School/ Career Center Curriculums Number of Students Certified Number of Instructors Certified CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate 34 CIW Certified Internet Webmaster00 CompTIA A+113 CompTIA Network+00 MOUS Microsoft Office User Specialist 04

School Difficulties 1. Keeping teachers up to date 2. Hiring Instructors 3. Purchasing Equipment 4. Maintaining Equipment 5. Motivating Students 5. Recruiting Students 6 Low Student Math Levels 7 Developing Curriculum

Help from OSU Comments Field Trips, Projects, Guest Speakers, Guidance, Mentoring of Students and Teachers, Videos Integration of technology into curriculum Offer tuition paid classes Open course offerings to curriculum areas other than math- for example business/tech teachers AND remove prerequisite requirements to take technology classes Technology Training for Teachers We need teachers- not enough money for teachers to go into public schools

Survey Conclusions There seem to be an adequate number of computers but maintaining equipment is a problem Business driving curriculum as companies with forward looking management teams are assisting schools in delivering instruction Most of the coursework students are doing is at the Category 2 level. There are a lot of students enrolled

Survey Conclusions Math requirements are in place for AP classes but other classes have few math prerequisites Difficulty for schools to keep teachers up to date and hire competent teachers While curriculum is in place not very many students are leaving courses certified

Student Organizations Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Business Professionals of America (BPA) Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Four H JETS- Junior Engineering Technical Society Use clubs to get young women & minorities involved in computers – GirlTech – – National Society of Black Engineers- NSBE Jr.

Programming Contests American Computer Science League- monthly contests BPA local, statewide and national contests FBLA local, statewide and national contests USA Computing Olympiad- supports pre- college computing through competitions International Olympiad in Informatics- annual competition for seniors in secondary schools

Recommendations Develop long term relationships- post survey Develop summer workshops in concert with industry for teachers and/or students for Midwest region – Wright State offers NEAS+ National Engineering Search+ assessment – University of Dayton offers “Women in Engineering Summer Camp – Baldwin-Wallace offers Biotechnology summer workshop – University of Akron offers a 3 week workshop in Science and Engineering

Recommendations Develop a competition for high school students Work with a broad based group for a definable teacher certification Work with broad based group to develop standards for information technology education Work with both type of programs – Although Ohio State is involved in developing college prep should also assist in developing career education

Resources American Computer Science League Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Business Professionals of America Building a Foundation for Tomorrow Skill Standards for Information Technology. Northwest Center for Emerging Technologies. Bellevue Washington College Entrance Examination Board. Education Development Center, Inc. Future Business Leaders of America Four H- Galagan, Patricia A. Mission E-possible The Cisco E-Learning Story. Training & Development. P46-56 Feb GirlTECH International Olympiad in Informatics

Resources International Society for Technology in Education. Information Technology Association of America. itWORKS.OHIO JETS Junior Engineering Technical Society Mangini, Rick. Career Ed Dept. (itWorks) State of Ohio. Phone Conversation Feb National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering National Society for Black Engineers Northwest Center for Emerging Technologies. Strunk, Wayne, Cisco CCNA Instructor, Conversation Feb USA Computing Olympiad Young Engineers-

High School/ Career Center Resources High School/ Career Center Name Web Page Beechcroft High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/beech/index.html Bexley High Schoolwww.bexley.k12.oh.us/hs1/index.htm Briggs High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/brigghs/index.htm Brookhaven High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/brookhaven/index.htm l Canal Winchester High School Centennial High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/centennial/index.html Columbus Alternative High School

High School/ Career Center Resources High School/ Career Center Name Web Page Delaware JVS South Campus Dublin Coffman High School /Coffman/WebPages/Coffman.html Dublin Scioto High Schoolscioto.dublin.k12/oh.us/ East High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/east/index.html Eastland Career Centerwww.eastland.k12.oh.us/career_centers/ecc/index.cf m Eastmoor Academy High School Ft Hayes Metropolitan Education Center

High School/ Career Center Resources High School/ Career Center Name Web Page Gahanna Lincoln High School Hilliard Darby High School Linden-McKinley High- School tml Mifflin High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/mifflin_high/index.html Northeast Career Centerwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/north_east_cc/ Northland High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/northland/index.html Northwest Career Centerwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/northwest.nwccindex.h tm

High School/ Career Center Resources High School/ Career Center Name Web Page Pickerington High Schoolwww.pickerington.k12.oh.us/buildings/hs/ South High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/south_high/index.html Southeast Career Centerwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/southeast/index.html Thomas Worthington High School ex.html Upper Arlington High School Walnut Ridge High School ml West High Schoolwww.columbus.k12.oh.us/west_hs/index.html

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