2. District Design Team
We are very excited and honored that we had 100%
participation and attendance!
• Dr. Joe Hernandez – Superintendent
• Marti Kochevar – Assistant Superintendent
• Vicky Armstrong – Director, Curriculum
• Barbara Thiesen – Director, Instructional Services
• Mike Akins – Director, Educational Technology
• Peggy Garispe – Director, Business Services
• Manjeet Dail – College and Career Coordinator
Dinuba Linked Learning Director
• Joy Soares – Dinuba District & Pathway Coach
4. Academy Development and Structure
• Engineering and Construction Management Academy
– 2014-15 1st Year
• MED Academy NAF Model Academy
– 9th – 12th grade cohorts
• Increased parent support by encouraging parents to participate in
Parent Empowerment workshops.
• Excellent rapport with our post secondary (Reedley, CSU Fresno, UC
Merced)
• Teacher Stipends Added
• Common Preps for a Strong Community of Practice
• Summer Retreats
5. Curriculum and Instruction
• California Standards & Linked Learning
– District Focus – All CA Standards
– District Focus on the Linked Learning Approach
– Graduate Outcomes Drive our Instruction
• Integrated Project Design
– Engineering – 1 Project Implemented
– MED – 5 Projects Implemented
– DHS MED Teachers Filmed a Freshman PBL Exemplar
for the TKLL Website
• College & Career Readiness
– Increased Dual Enrollment
– Naviance
– College Visits
– MED –HOSA Projects and Competitions
– ENGINEERING – MESA Projects and Competitions
6. Work Based Learning
• Engineering and Construction Management
– Focus on Career Awareness and Exploration
– ACE Mentor Program
• MED
– Expanding Career Awareness, Exploration, and Preparation
– 100% internships for all MED Seniors
– National Medical Conference for Med Students
– Former MED student is employed by one of our WBL
partners!
7. Advisory Boards
• Strong Advisory Boards – Goal for 2015-16 is to keep
them strong.
• ECM
– Chair, Kenny Lavendar
• MED
– Chair, Thatcher Wong
8. CHALLENGES
• Enough time for deep
planning and
implementation
• Ensuring that we have all
the tools we need to be
effective in all aspects of
Linked Learning
9. NEXT STEPS
• Continue to work on Post
Secondary relationships.
• Infuse work based learning
opportunities into the
integrated projects to
coordinate and align with
curriculum.
• Incorporate Proteus to secure
WBL opportunities for all
academy students.
• Continuous Improvement for
our Linked Learning
Implementation Plan.
Notes de l'éditeur
I will change the picture here so they are not all the same!!!!!
Next year
College and career expo/ recruitment
Increase parent support Parent empowerment, common prep, stipend, dual enrollment, post secondary
Top priority integrated project design.
MED teachers filmed an exemplar integrated project design for TKLL
Teaching channel releasing professional development module titled uncut classroom in fall of 2015 featuring our DHS 11th ELA med academy class
ACE
Internships with Sheryl
Strong but need to work on keeping them what are we going to do
Enough time ensure they all have the tools they need to be really effective in all accepts of linked learning
Work on post secondary
Take integrated design infusing works based learning taking the opportunity coordinated directing with curriclulm
Incorporate proteousues to secure WBL opportunities for all academy students
Peforamnce task need to designed and incoportated into our units of study
