1. ROP Biotechnology ROP Biotechnology Sharing IS a Cool Thing!!!! By Maria Fletcher Linda Bandrowski Suzanne Cramner Barbara Denny Pauline Kelzer

2. THE PROBLEM We teach a quickly changing industry and use a restricted curriculum outline……

3. STEP ONE Share resources –What we are doing in our classrooms. –Labs –Student skills and career developement –Topics –Field trips –Movies and web sites

4. STEP TWO We want more industrial community support to supply academic rigor and relevance. –R–RNAI TECHNOLOGY MICROARRAYS QUANTITATIVE PCR COMPARATIVE GENOMICS

5. STEP THREE With the support of ROP we plan to met in a buy back day ( and a free lunch) to revise a bit and update the student expected outcome skills and objectives.

6. ONLINE CAREER ACTIVITIES Use linked Web Site Exploration 1.Global – www.biospace.comwww.biospace.com 2.National – www.biotech-register.com 3.Statewide – www.massbio.org –Mass.www.massbio.org www.calbio.org 4.Bay Area - hotlinks to firms: www.sci.csuhayward.edu/~pkelzer/biotech firms.shtml www.sci.csuhayward.edu/~pkelzer/biotech firms.shtml 5.University – www.csueastbay.edu/healthcareers

7. SO WHAT ???? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE????? Collaborate and implement strategies Keep in touch, keep connections and keep our promises to share our “STUFF”

8. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR GREAT RESOURCES AND SUPPORT YOU HELP MAKE US BETTER EDUCATORS