“Engineering” Your Ideas Into Reality Laura Hickle Coordinator of Special Projects Sierra Sands Unified School District Educating for Careers Conference March 4, 2011 Mark Pierce Sierra Sands Unified School District Math and PLTW Instructor Students Sierra Sands Unified School District

What is your primary role? 1. Core Academic Teaching staff 2. CTE Teaching staff 3. Counselor 4. Administrator 5. Parent 6. Other

Goals for this session Participants will gain knowledge and tools that will enable them to: Assist in positioning an organization for proactive movement Understand how a program (using engineering as an example) can be infused into an educational system Institute curricular changes at their level of responsibility Seek out grant resources to aid in implementation

Which is more rigorous and valuable for students? 1. College preparatory coursework 2. Career Technical Education 3. Both- depends upon the quality of the instruction 4. No opinion

Burroughs High School David Ostash- Principal

Career Technical Education ROP Programs Auto, Construction, Criminal Justice, Retail Coop, TV Video Production, and Health Careers Other CTE Courses Industrial Arts (Wood, Metal, Mechanical Drawing) Engineering (Project Lead the Way)- Introduction to Engineering Design, Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics, Civil Engineering and Architecture Grants SB 70 Strengthening CTE Grants (3), Prop 1D CTE Facilities Programs (3), Health Science Building Capacity Grant (3 years), Tech Prep Demo (Engineering), Industry Donations

K12-Employer-College Partnerships Cerro Coso College Naval Air Warfare Center – China Lake Sierra Sands Unified School District (SSUSD)

Does your school district have formalized educational partnerships with industry/ businesses or higher education? 1. Yes 2. No 3. Unsure

Define a Common Vision Define a Common Vision involving all stake holders Determine mutual needs Define Trends –What is coming up in the future? –What will meet your local needs in the future? –Define demographics Define expectations, roles and responsibilities

Common Vision (continued) Create short and long term MEASURABLE goals Align with goals and policies of all participating organizations Draft MOUs and Letters of Agreement Formulate evaluations and reporting mechanisms

Our Common Vision Home Grow our Own- Engineering and Technical Employees Expand opportunities in our valley for Renewable Energy

STEPS Identified curriculum Active grant writing efforts in partnership Secured startup funding and FTE

Project Lead the Way- Engineering Principles of Engineering Intro. Eng. Design Digital Electronics Civil Engineering and Architecture Courses are UC/CSU approved

Gateway to Technology Middle School level 6 modules Intensive summer professional development

Middle School Summer Robotics and ASES programs

PLTW The Teacher Perspective Mark Pierce

PLTW The Student Perspective

Leveraging Funds and Other Resources SB 70-require involvement by at least one high school per application Collaborating to prepare grant applications Collaboration and combining funds to avoid duplication and redundancy Joint purchases make funds go further for all partners Leveraging funding sources to purchase equipment

Getting the Grant The SECRET Start Early Completely Read (the “musts” and the “gotyas”) Expand the grant Time Commitment

The Cardinal Rule! NEVER, EVER make the reader search for the information

GOALS SMART Goals Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time specific (and timely)

Graphs and Charts Some effective charts: Current research regarding your proposal Show current success or highlight needs Resources available Outcomes Timelines Organization charts

Budget Evaluation and Analysis Sustainability

Need support and trust from highest levels of all partners Communication needs to be ongoing, informal and formal Blend updates with face to face contact- both are important Provide for private and public recognition- celebrate successes Measurable success that is communicated and disseminated on a regular basis

Some Measures of Success Student achievement Increased funding Increase in school to career transitions Student scholarships Increase in involvement/ collaboration Increased publicity Better prepared workforce Satisfaction surveys (all partnership participants) Other ideas Adapted from The Council for Corporate & School Partnerships “Guiding Principles for Business and School Partnerships ((2000)

Take the TIME to proofread and critique Submit on time

Did this session meet your expectations? 1. Greatly- learned a lot 2. Yes- gathered some new ideas 3. So- So- only a few ideas were new to me 4. No

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