Health Pathways: Linking High School to College Preparing students for college sciences and health professions Presenters: Natalie Ray Program Director, Grossmont College Jewyl Clarke Medical Chemistry Teacher, Sweetwater Union High School District HASPI Curriculum Design

Barriers to College and Career Success Lack of career awareness* Lack of career awareness* Limited availability of science prerequisite courses: Limited availability of science prerequisite courses: Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology High attrition rates in prerequisite courses* High attrition rates in prerequisite courses* up to 60% up to 60% Waiting lists/selection criteria*/TEAS Waiting lists/selection criteria*/TEAS Limited clinical placements Limited clinical placements Attrition in licensure/training programs Attrition in licensure/training programs Workforce retention Workforce retention

(A few) Barriers defined… College program awareness County-wide training program inventory Nursing program admission criteria Attrition in pre-requisite courses “Allied Health Skills”

Increase awareness of health career opportunities Improve science proficiency Strengthen post-secondary transitions Project Goals

How does this apply to you? Are you a: middle school science instructor? high school science instructor? CTE/ROP instructor? math, English, PE instructor? college instructor? administrator?

Resources Bring rigor and career relevance to core science classes to support CTE pathways High School Medical Biology Medical Chemistry Anatomy and Physiology Middle School Medical Life Science Medical Physical Science Community College Contextualized Health Pre-major general education sequence

How can this fit with your Linked Learning Pathway?

Our lab curriculum can be used to meet your D level lab science needs.

Applying the labs to your classes Labs are designed to be smoothly integrated into the Biology, Chemistry and Anatomy & Physiology UC a-g classes you are already teaching Aligned with Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards The name on the class does not have to be changed as it is consistent with the curriculum you already teach Use one or all of the labs – there is no minimum requirement

Applying our labs to your classes The curriculum is free to any teacher: The supplies needed are listed in the teacher guide and you can obtain the supplies as you normally would for your lab Curriculum Lab Kits are available to purchase* if you plan to implement all of the labs for a subject. Let us know if you are interested! *supplies are limited

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Students will be prepared to pursue ANY health training program of their choice, from technician to physician. Courses are intended for students of ALL academic levels and backgrounds THE VISION

College… …here I come!!

College Pre-major: GE English: College Composition (3.0) Critical Reasoning and Writing (3.0) Communication: Public Speaking (3.0) Math: Statistics (4.0) Social Sciences: Introductory Sociology (3.0) Introductory Psychology (3.0) Child Development or Development Psychology (3.0)

College Pre-major: Science General Biology (4.0) Anatomy & Physiology (8.0) Microbiology (5.0) General, Organic, or Biological Chemistry (5.0 or 4.0) Ref: “Allied Health Skills” document

Health and Human Services Majors San Diego State University Exercise & Nutritional Sciences Nursing Public Health Social Work Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences CSU San Marcos Education Human Development Kinesiology Nursing Social Work Speech-Language Pathology

Health Pathways: Linking High School to College Preparing students for college sciences and health professions Complex Problems… Comprehensive and Collaborative Solutions Questions? Suggestions? Contact: Natalie Ray: Jewyl Clarke: