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Academy teachers have a minimum of 30 hrs./school year of team planning (supported by school administration). Academy team earn a minimum of 18 in-service hours in academy related topics.
CTE Contact to ask for assistance: Kelly Amy
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Plan or status:
July 24th- Action plan
July 25th- Project writing
July 26th- Project writing
July 27th- business partners and project writing
PLC- meet twice a month for planning -TBD
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Academy articulates with middle schools through awareness activities:
High School Showcase – required
Curriculum fair/Orientation night/Open house
8th grade high school registration
8th grade shadow day
HS/MS collaboration
Mentoring/Volunteering
Future Freshman Night
Other:
CTE Contact to ask for assistance: Kelly Amy
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Plan or status:
High school showcase, 8th grade registration, 8th grade shadowing, Open House, FFEA middle school/high school make and take night
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Standard 8: Career Focus/Work-based Learning
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90% of students at each grade level participate in 3 real world experiences, on or off campus vis such activities as guest speakers, field trips (including virtual), internships, job shadowing, capstone project, CTSO, school-based enterprise, etc.
CTE Contact to ask for assistance: ALL
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Standard 9: Marketing
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Marketing activities to promote academy awareness:
Required: Social media presence
Required: Academy logo
Academy Promotional video
Academy Promotional events (Bar-B-Que, Golf Tournament, Partner Appreciation Event, Other)
Brochures/Flyers/Newsletter, etc.
Other:
Other:
BONUS: Alumni Representative/Association – 2 points
CTE Contact to ask for assistance: Kate Barnette, Dr. Dan Cox, Debra Dumas, Dr. Kristin Pierce
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Plan or Status:
Complete: In Progress:
Twitter Logo
Brochures Shirts
Donut fundraiser
Promotional video
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Appendix Operating Budget
When planning, the Academy Team, along with the district and school based assistance, begins to build a list of equipment, textbooks, and additional materials that will be needed to operate for the year. Cost considerations include marketing, competitions, academy activities, etc.… This is only a suggested format, and can be edited for your needs. Please know that this also allows for talking points and conversations with your business partners.
Deposits
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Bank Account
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Academy Competitions
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Academy Activity 1
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Academy Student Association
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Equipment
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Item 2
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Item 3
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Total Equipment
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Opening Inventory
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Other (list):
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Item 2
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Total Expenses
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Rationale for Career Academy Cohort Scheduling: Supporting Standards 1 and 2 VITAL AREA | CONSIDERATION |
District Investment
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Integrated Team Planning/Curriculum Writing workshops occur annually. Academy teacher teams of CTE and Core instructors are paid to write/update integrated curriculum projects to be delivered to students for the upcoming school year.
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National Best Practice Approach for Student Achievement
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The Integrated Curriculum project approach is a vetted data driven method for increasing student achievement. Several professional and national associations from around the country consider this model a best practice for students.
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Volusia is a Nationally Recognized Ford NGL Community
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Volusia as a Next Generation Learning Community that has been nationally recognized as a leader in career academy development, integrated curriculum delivery, and academy progress monitoring
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Complements the District VSET Highest Performance Standards
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Academy teacher teams build and allow for high VSET domain gains. Through the integrated curriculum and project based learning – academy teacher teams avail themselves of more than half of the 9 Power Components: Setting instructional outcomes, assessing student learning, creating an environment of respect and rapport, establishing a culture of learning, engaging the students in learning and reflecting on teaching.
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District Florida Standards Connection
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Teacher teams are strengthening the Florida Standards connections via rigorous and relevant project based learning.
The integrated curriculum projects are a vehicle for connecting Florida Standards with career and college ready skills
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Academy Evaluations
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Evaluation considers Pure Scheduling at a minimum of 50% of identified academy students at each grade level should be scheduled into a corresponding identified core course.
Integrated curriculum, pure schedule, and common planning are the three key components that separate an academy from any other CTE program, and yield the highest documented student success rates
A total of 20 points out of 100 points total are awarded for meeting the 50% standard for scheduling.
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Crosspointe Technical Assistance Paper: How to Enter/Exit Academy Students
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