1. Dorothy Creel, Heather Bender, Shelton Cobb, & Susan Moon
Career Readiness
Dorothy Creel, Heather Bender, Shelton Cobb, & Susan Moon
February 18, 2016

2. Why Career & Technical Education?
Student Interest
Industry Interest
Student Aptitude
CTE provides students the opportunity to apply knowledge gained in core classes to real world situations. – They can in effect try on different careers prior to committing post high school time and funding to a specific career field. -- Industry interest = High Demand & High Wage Careers as determined by Region 2 Workforce Development Data.

3. Career Academies Advanced Manufacturing Biomedical Sciences
Building Science
Cyber Security
Culinary Arts
Esthetics & Spa Management
JROTC
Microsoft Office IT
Pathway to Engineering
Precision Machining
Television Production
Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics – Heavy Equipment Operation
Welding
All of our career academies prepare students for either entry into the workforce or advanced studies.

4. College & Career Readiness Indicators
Benchmark scores on reading & math section of ACT
Qualifying score on AP or IB exam
Approved transcripted college of postsecondary credit while in high school
Benchmark level on the ACT WorkKeys Assessment
Approved industry credential
Enlistment in military

5. Career Readiness Student Certification Trends

6. Career Readiness Student Certification Trends

7. Career Readiness Students

8. PLTW Launch – Huntsville City Elementary Schools
More than 11,000 elementary students receive PLTW instruction.

9. Engineering Design Modules
K Structure and Function
Exploring Design
Pushes and Pulls
1st Light and Sound
Observing Earth, Sun,
Moon, and Stars

10. Modules 2nd Materials Science 3rd Motion and Stability
Properties of Matter
Form and Function
3rd Motion and Stability
Science of Flight
Forces and Interactions

11. Modules 4th Energy Collisions Energy Conversion
5th Robotics and Automation
Challenge

12. Project Lead The Way Launch
Aligns with the Alabama State CCRS ELA and Math Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards
Provides a cohesive pathway into our middle and high school PLTW programs

13. PPG Grants
Eight elementary schools have received over $32, to replenish kits or purchase additional kits
Challenger Elementary
Goldsmith-Schiffman Elementary
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
Monte Sano P-6
Morris Elementary
Mt. Gap P-8
Providence Elementary
Whitesburg P-8

14. Project Lead The Way
Huntsville City Schools is the only district in Alabama to offer PLTW at the Elementary, Middle, and High School Levels.
All HCS PLTW students have access to technology such as robots, 3D printers, CAD systems, and more.
All Huntsville City Schools high schools will offer at least 3 courses of PLTW Engineering.

15. Gateway to Technology

16. Gateway To Technology
All of our middle schools currently use this MakerBot Replicator 2X 3D printer.

17. Greenpower USA April 23, 2016 Team USA Greenpower Car Exhibition
Goblin Drag Races
Goblin Slalom
Formula 24 Race

18. Advanced Manufacturing Expands
Jemison will open with:
Advanced Manufacturing Equipment List
1-Fortus 450 3D Plastics Printer
1-Fortus 450 Ultrasonic Cleaner
1-EOS M290 3D Metal Printer
1-EOS M290 Filter Station
1-EOS M290 Transformer
1-EOS M290 Air Water Cooling Station
1-EOS M290-Argon Tank and Manifold
1-Autoclave
1-Autoclave Cooling System
1-Autoclave Nitrogen Tanks and Manifold
2-Downdraft Tables
1-Eoval-400 Composites Oven
1-Vacuum pump
cubic Chest Freezer
Misc. Composite Lab Equipment
1-FARO Edge, 9 Foot
1-FARO Laser Line Probe HD for Edge
1-Geomagic Design X Software
1-CAM2 Measure 10 Software
1-CAM2Q/ Measure 10 License - No Portlock

19. AFA CyberPatriot Center of Excellence
Huntsville City Schools - Founded September 2015
Huntsville City Schools is honored by its selection as one of the first CyberPatriot Centers of Excellence in the Southeast United States. CyberPatriot provides students with a challenging, competitive environment stimulating the development of skills and knowledge relevant to national security interests and personal online security.  Leadership, team work, communication, and problem-solving skills emerge as a natural outcome of the competition.  STEM programs like CyberPatriot establish the link between academics and career in the high demand Cyber workforce. Placing both an Open Division and All Service Division team in the 2015 national finals, winning first place in the Open Division, and winning CyberPatriot Coach of the Year (CP-VII)  is a testament to the success of our students and teachers in the CyberPatriot program.

20. Cyber Security Program Expansion
PLTW Computer Science
Introduction to Cyber Security
Foundations of Information Security
Principles of Information Security
Cyber Forensics
Cyber Security Advanced
Penetration Testing (Fall 2017)

21. Cyber Patriot National Finals

22. VILT Labs
Purchase of VILT Labs funded through Career & Technical Education Innovative Programs Grant.
Grant proposal awarded to service Cyber Security programs.
Introduction Video - VILT Labs

23. Coming Summer 2016 SEC 4 Robotics Summer Camp HCS
NSBE Partnership: 450 students on three campuses
High School Cyber Camp HCS
Cyber Huntsville Partnership: 75 Students