2. Educational Vision
O Offer 2 academies – to draw families to yhs!
O To give students more real world challenges in the classroom.
O To graduate students with skills necessary to go directly into post-secondary
education, or provide the skills necessary for students to enter the work force
with a viable certification.
O To graduate students from high school with college credits.
O Increase core subjects (math, history, science and English) to a 4 X 4 model.
O To provide project based learning for all students.
O Continue to offer electives such as band, choir, PE and Spanish.
O Begin to look at adult learning opportunities for our community.
3. The Academy Approach
O What is an academy?
O Originally conceived forty years ago.
O Provides curriculum based on a career theme.
O Develops partnerships with employers.
O academies also help students develop skills beyond
academic achievements that are important to career and life
success.
4. STEM
O STEM is a curriculum based on the subjects of science,
technology, engineering and mathematics
O Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate
subjects, STEM integrates them into a vision based on
real-world opportunities.
5. Project Based Learning
O What is PBL?
O Project-based learning is a dynamic classroom approach.
O A project is meaningful if it fulfills two criteria.
O A classroom filled with student posters may suggest that
students have engaged in meaningful learning.
6. The importance of STEM education
O According to a report by the website STEMconnector.org, by 2018, projections estimate the need for 8.65
million workers in STEM-related jobs. The manufacturing sector faces a large shortage of employees with
the necessary skills — nearly 600,000. The field of cloud computing alone will have created 1.7 million
jobs between 2011 and 2015, according to the report. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by
2018, the bulk of STEM careers will be:
O Computing – 71 percent
O Traditional Engineering – 16 percent
O Physical sciences – 7 percent
O Life sciences – 4 percent
O Mathematics – 2 percent
O STEM jobs do not all require higher education or even a college degree. Less than half of entry-level
STEM jobs require a bachelor's degree or higher. However, a four-year degree is incredibly helpful with
salary — the average advertised starting salary for entry-level STEM jobs with a bachelor's requirement
was 26 percent higher than jobs in the non-STEM fields, according to the STEMconnect report. For every
job posting for a bachelor's degree recipient in a non-STEM field, there were 2.5 entry-level job postings
for a bachelor's degree recipient in a STEM field.
7. The YHS Academies
OUnleash Your power
OPre-engineering
OInvent the future
OInnovation & Design
OWhy Not fine arts???
8. Dual Academy Approach
Pre-Engineering Academy Innovation & Design Academy
Partner with UCC and OSU Partner with Cisco
Certifications and Degree Programs Certifications
Electrical Engineering Entry Networking Technician
Mechanical Engineering Certified Technician
Environmental Engineering Certified Design Associate
9. Possible Certificates/Training Available
O UCC Engineering
O Certifications available
O Engineering and drafting Technician (One year certificate)
O Drafting Pathways Certificate
O Water Quality Pathways Certificate
O Surveying Pathways Certificate
O Cisco Networking Academy Program
O On-line courses
O HP IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software
O HP IT Essentials II: Network Operating Systems
O Networking basics/routers and routing
O WAN Technologies (Wide Area Networks)
10. Examples of possible Classes
O Elements of Art
O GPS and Surveying
O Intro to Architecture
O Computer Graphics
O Public Speaking
O CAD (Computer Aided Design)
O Green technology
O Robotics and design
11. What this will do for the community.
O Provides collaboration with local businesses.
O Builds a culture of community first.
O Citizenship
O Respect
O Integrity
O Perseverance
O Adult learning opportunities
O Bring in students from around the area.
12. This PowerPoint was created by Yoncalla
High School Principal Brian Berry and
presented to about 40 people who
attended the Yoncalla School District on
June 17, 2015
The presentation was loaded to SlideShare by DD Bixby, the Douglas
ESD communications specialist serving Douglas County schools, with
permission from Brian Berry and the Yoncalla School District, in order to
make the information more accessible across digital platforms.
Editor's Notes
academies address academic rigor, relevance of instruction, and build relationships between students and adults. Academies have thrived because of their dual objectives of career and college preparation.
that helps students see relationships and connections between academic subjects and their application in the real world of work and a specific career pathway. (STEM)
the community, and colleges which draw upon their resources and increases opportunities for students to engage in internships and workbased learning and provides adult mentors to motivate students and spur achievement.
in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire a deeper knowledge.
First, students must know the work is meaningful, as a task that matters and that they want to do well. Second, a meaningful project fulfills an educational purpose. Well-designed and well-implemented project-based learning is meaningful in both ways.
But it is the process of students' learning and the depth of their cognitive engagement— rather than the resulting product—that distinguishes projects from busywork
