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Question 3
Are there any schools that have taken on serving "all students"
in their school to career system from the start?
STW Wizard Strategies
Wizard Strategy 1
All States that receive STW Implementation funds (there are currently
37) are required by the legislation to address the needs of all youth. The
STW Office has taken this issue seriously and have allocated points to the
criteria under which these proposals were reviewed and continue to provide
Technical Assistance in this area. So all States started out with a plan
for addressing ALL Students and have worked over time to enhance their plans.
Most recently the National Transition Alliance (NTA) held a Forum in which
29 of the STW States brought teams of people to specifically focus on how
their State was addressing the needs of youth with disabilities.
Wizard Strategy 2
Here are a few schools that are including all students in their STW activities.
- Silver Spring Elementary School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin which
has a career immersion program. This has been profiled in the Institute
on Community Integration's School-to-Work Outreach profiles. The goal of
the program is to maximize every student's academic achievement by providing
opportunities beyond the classroom that will help make successful connections
between school and careers. Contact person: Elcendia Nord, Principal, (414)
228-8630.
- Central Park East Secondary School in Harlem, New York which
provides work based learning for all students and has a 100 hour internship
accompanied by a portfolio of work as a requirement for graduation. Contact:
David Smith (212) 427-6230 or Anne Purdy (212) 860-5808.
- Hoover High School in San Diego, California which serves about
1900 students and has a curriculum based upon 3 broad career pathways.
Individualized learning plans are developed. Contact: Doris Alvarez, Principal
(619) 283-6281
- William Turner Technical Arts High School in Miami, Florida
which offers 7 broad career pathways to 2147 students, integrating vocational
and academic curriculum for all students. It offers students occupational
certification along with their high school diploma. Contact: Darrel Berteaux,
Principal and Alberto Carvalho, Vice Principal (305) 691-8324.
- Chicago Vocational Career Academy in Chicago, Illinois has transformed
itself into 8 schools within a school organized by broad career clusters.
In each school vocational and academic teachers meet to plan integrated
units of study. Recognized for its personalized education. Contact: Betty
Despenza Green, principal (773) 535-6099.
- St. Louis Career Academy, St. Louis MO which offers unique mix
of computer assisted instruction and project based learning using individualized
work stations and small group work. All the juniors and seniors engage
in workplace internships in the life sciences and feature their work in
portfolios and exhibitions. Contact: Vonelle Middleton, principal (314)
772-8200.
I hope that this helpful!
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