SMBCP is a partnership between San Mateo County educators (SMCOE-ROP, SMUHSD, SUHSD, SMCC), industry, and the community San Mateo Biotechnology Career Pathway Giving motivated students marketable lab skills and a variety of academic and career options

This is the Age of Biotechnology It is our responsibility to prepare our students for the business and science of biotechnology. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs requiring science, engineering, or technical training will increase 24% between to 6.3 million.

San Mateo Biotechnology Career Pathway is a San Mateo County ROP Program Technical Lab Training supported by high level science concept development > SMHS - Biotechnology 1-2, 3-4, Biotech IR > Aragon HS - Biotechnology 1-2 > Capuchino HS - Biotechnology 1-2 > Carlmont HS - Biotechnology 1-2, 3-4 (SSP/demo site) > Sequoia HS - Biotechnology 1-2 > Mills HS - Biotechnology 1-2 (next year) Workplace Experiences including Career Exploration Field Trips, Job Shadows, and Summer Industry Laboratory Internships Over 700 students take SMCOE-ROP Biotech SMHS has after school and evening courses open to all county high school students

San Mateo Co. ROP Biotech Since 1994

SMBCP Curriculum/Classes Biotechnology 1 –Standard Lab Operating Procedures Biotechnology 2 –recombinant Protein Production Biotechnology 3 –Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 4 –Protein and DNA Diagnostics Biotechnology Services Internship –Unpaid (minimum) 180 hr industry lab position Biotechnology Independent Research (optional) –Mentor-guided, independent lab research

ROP Biotech Services Industry Internship Students are placed into unpaid or paid lab internship 60 hours of additional training before placement Summer Internship = hrs/wk for 8 weeks ROP provides Workman’s Comp & Liability Insurance Many interns continue into employment

Partnerships with Industry and Academia

Page 8 Student parking New SMBTC - Biotechnology Lab Building E POPLAR AVE N DELAWARE ST. Students from any county high school can enroll in SMCOE- ROP Biotechnology 1-2, 8° or 9°

San Mateo County ROP Biotechnology Successes and Accomplishments Biotech Education National Model since 1994 Over 5,000 students have been trained in the SMCOE-ROP Biotechnology courses Over 750 students have completed industry laboratory internships. Formal and informal partnerships with over 25 biotech companies and research institutions within a 30 min commute Program is being duplicated at several CC/HS sites all over the country Several regional and national awards Working on articulation/alignment with local college programs

For more information about biotechnology offerings at each high school, contact: San Mateo High School Jimmy Ikeda, Carlmont High School Kristina Doss, Aragon High School Katie Ward, Capuchino High School Michael Dunn, Sequoia High School Kirstin Milks, Mills High School Mary Rustia, For after school or evening biotech courses at SMBTC, contact: Ellyn Daugherty For more information about SMCOE ROP, contact: Ken San Filippo