Curriculum Database for Career Academies and Linked Learning Pathways Annie Johnston and Erin Fender College & Career Academy Support Network (CCASN), UC Berkeley, Graduate School of Education Go To: casn.berkeley.edu Produced for presentation at the Educating for Careers Annual Conference Sacramento, CA March 2014

2 Introductions: Annie Johnston Erin Fender CCASN Go To: casn.berkeley.edu

Who is in the Room?

4  Formed in 1998 by a group of practitioners and researchers  A secondary school reform center based at UC, Berkeley & Irvine  Promotes researched-based practice to improve students’ preparation for college and careers through direct technical and coaching support to states, districts, schools and teachers  Conducts practice-based research and documentation  Informs local, state and national policy  Worked in over 20 states About CCASN

5 – Over 20 implementation guides – National repository with 650+ lesson plans, units and projects that link academic disciplines to specific industry sectors – Research reports – National directory of academies – Toolbox of downloadable materials – Videos, and more

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7 Teaching and Learning Find Curriculum opens up the database search page

8 Teaching and Learning Instructional Resources opens an annotated list of links for working with teams on major areas of career pathway instructional program development.

9 Teaching and Learning Click on a + to expand a section.

10 Integrate the academy theme into an academic core class Find curriculum to for a specific integrated project Find key resources to anchor a team interdisciplinary project Find course outlines for pathway programs of study

11 Start by selecting just the industry sector to see what is available, and how it is organized. SUBMIT Searching

12 Organization of Curriculum Resources Resources are grouped by type of resource, with some overlap. To see the multi- disciplinary projects in your industry sector, click on the + To find a lesson on a specific topic for a specific subject area, you will need to narrow the search.

13 Narrowing The Search Use “Subject area” to find curriculum specific to a subject within an industry sector. Search broadly before narrowing.

14 Working with Search Results Expand a section to see an abstract, briefly describing the resource. Below each find links to the actual resource, and to a more complete description.

15 The Complete Description The complete description includes alignment with standards, expected outcomes and a detailed description of the activities and assessments.

16 Narrowing the Search Let’s say you are looking for a specific area within a subject to connect to your industry field… Arts, Media & Entertainment, English, and Poetry.

17 More constraints = fewer results

18 Gold Star Curriculum

19 Advanced Search Most useful if you want something very specific Only 9 th grade Or Only CTE Capstone Or Only NAF Academy Course Offerings

Dive in - choose your focus Connect individual team member to pathway themed curriculum OR 2. Work with team to find curriculum for an interdisciplinary project

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