REINVENTING HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM MODELS - PROGRAMS OF INTEREST RATHER THAN JURISDICTION RESTRICTED PROGRAMS

ONE MODEL PROGRAM INCLUDES:

"Programs of Study-Each high school offers a specialized Program of Study"

(http://www.fwcs.k12.in.us/admin/files/reinvent_hs.pdf)

FORT WAYNE, IN

High School Reinvent at Fort Wayne Community Schools Programs of Study

Each high school offers a specialized Program of Study.

North Side High School – Global Studies/World Languages

Through technology and communication, our world is getting smaller. Today’s students

recognize the need to understand the world’s many cultures and multiple languages and,

with one in five jobs in the United States tied to global trade, this trend is becoming the

norm.

The Global Studies/World Languages program drives global knowledge into courses

designed to enable students to work, live and communicate in a global society. The

program emphasizes how the world’s people and institutions are interconnected and how

critical global economic, political, technological, environmental and social systems

operate interdependently around the globe.

Through the program, students and teachers have the skills to analyze and evaluate global

issues from multiple perspectives and are prepared to participate in exchange programs

with other countries. Graduates are given multiple options for post-secondary education,

work or service in the global system and emerge ready to prove themselves as leaders in

tomorrow’s world. 

Northrop High School – Project Lead the Way Engineering

Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is a nationally-known program that adds rigor to

traditional technical programs and relevance to traditional academics. Northrop offers the

PLTW engineering program, which provides real world learning and hands-on

experience to students interested in engineering, biomechanics, aeronautics and other

applied math and science areas. PLTW courses challenge students through project and

problem-based learning, creating an environment for applying engineering concepts to

real life problems. This approach helps students understand how the skills they are

learning in the classroom can be applied in everyday life.

PLTW uses the innovative Pathway to Engineering program, which offers students a

chance to find out if engineering is the career for them and offers courses that directly

prepare them to study engineering in college. Students learn to work

Programs of Study

Each high school offers a specialized Program of Study.

North Side High School – Global Studies/World Languages

Through technology and communication, our world is getting smaller. Today’s students

recognize the need to understand the world’s many cultures and multiple languages and,

with one in five jobs in the United States tied to global trade, this trend is becoming the

norm.

The Global Studies/World Languages program drives global knowledge into courses

designed to enable students to work, live and communicate in a global society. The

program emphasizes how the world’s people and institutions are interconnected and how

critical global economic, political, technological, environmental and social systems

operate interdependently around the globe.

Through the program, students and teachers have the skills to analyze and evaluate global

issues from multiple perspectives and are prepared to participate in exchange programs

with other countries. Graduates are given multiple options for post-secondary education,

work or service in the global system and emerge ready to prove themselves as leaders in

tomorrow’s world. 

Northrop High School – Project Lead the Way Engineering

Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is a nationally-known program that adds rigor to

traditional technical programs and relevance to traditional academics. Northrop offers the

PLTW engineering program, which provides real world learning and hands-on

experience to students interested in engineering, biomechanics, aeronautics and other

applied math and science areas. PLTW courses challenge students through project and

problem-based learning, creating an environment for applying engineering concepts to

real life problems. This approach helps students understand how the skills they are

learning in the classroom can be applied in everyday life.

PLTW uses the innovative Pathway to Engineering program, which offers students a

chance to find out if engineering is the career for them and offers courses that directly

prepare them to study engineering in college. Students learn to work

South Side High School – International Baccalaureate Diploma Program

Some students are ready for a challenge before they graduate. They are ready to examine

possibilities, make changes and reach beyond what is expected. For these students there

is the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma program.

Designed as a rigorous pre-university course of study, this program can result in a

diploma that is recognized by many universities internationally in their admission

process. Students can receive college credit, improve their class standing and become

eligible for scholarships.

 The IB Diploma program seeks to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring youth

who want to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding

and respect. Students are encouraged to appreciate different perspectives to understand

and respect other people and to celebrate their differences.

Students considering the IB Diploma program are expected to take honors classes in their

freshman and sophomore years with IB courses following in their junior and senior years.

Wayne High School – Business Program

The Business Program of Study allows students to explore how business operates

nationally and internationally and what skills are needed to be a successful entrepreneur.

 Students can choose from classes in business management, accounting or marketing. All

include an entrepreneurship component, and internship and mentoring opportunities are

available through partnerships with businesses in northeast Indiana. The Business

program uses project-based learning, which makes assignments relevant to real world

experiences.

This program is designed for students to easily transition from high school to college

through our close working relationship with area universities. Students in the Business

program are ready to leave FWCS with the preparation needed for further training after

high school.

New Tech at Wayne High School

Students can pave the way for today’s fast-paced and highly technological world by

attending New Tech at Wayne High School.

With our New Tech program, students realize the opportunity to learn real life content

through project-based instruction. They are engaged and challenged daily using

computers and new technologies. Working both independently and in groups, students

work through real world assignments and projects building a knowledge base that better

prepares them for college.

Using an innovative and professional environment, students learn how to use technology

as a tool to foster ideas, innovation and advancement. New Tech encourages students to

learn through a collaboration of project-based challenges and through connections with

family, business and the community.

Through advanced teaching, technology and team building skills, our students are

developing the resilience necessary to succeed in a rapidly changing world and meet the

high standards of universities and ultimately the work place.

open universities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-door_academic_policy)

A university has an open-door academic policy, open-door enrollment, or just open-door policy when it accepts to enroll students without asking for evidence of previous education, experience, or references.

The Changing Landscape of Higher Education: 1965 - 2005 , Education Week/Education Next

http://futureofchildren.org/publications/journals/article/index.xml?journalid=72&articleid=523&sectionid=3589

Journal Issue: Transition to Adulthood Volume 20 Number 1 Spring 2010

Access to higher education has been greatly expanded since the mid-1960s.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/11/13/12counseling_ep.h33.html

http://educationnext.org/floridas-online-option/

MYTHS

http://fpea.com/about-homeschooling/myth-busters

WHAT LEARNING SHOULD LOOK LIKE ( A Model of Learning, Powered by Technology) Learning: Engage and Empower

Learning: Engage and Empower http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010/learning-engage-and-empower

 

HOME SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING Transforming American Education: Learning powered by Technology

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/netp.pdf

Please contact the Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice (IEPC) if you have any questions regarding Florida School Choice Programs.
Toll-Free Information Hotline: 1-800-447-1636
Fax: 850-245-0875
Mailing Address: Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice
Turlington Building - Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Room 1044
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400



IEPC oversees the following school choice programs:

• Charter Schools
• Opportunity Scholarship Program
• McKay Scholarship Program
• Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
• Private Schools (K-12) Home Education
• Public School Choice Programs (Magnet, Controlled-Open Enrollment, and ABC Schools)

http://www.flace.org/office-of-independent-education-and-parental-choice-iepc

"Florida Alliance for Choices in Education (F.A.C.E.) provides a forum for school choice/parental empowerment organizations to discuss how best to expand and strengthen school choice so all Florida families have access to the schooling options that best meet their needs..."

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

By: Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner

Simon & Schuster / 1986 / Paperback

http://www.christianbook.com/teach-your-child-read-easy-lessons/siegfried-engelmann/9780671631987/pd/631985?event=AFF&p=1029134&

 

 

Craig Dickinson Act in 1997/Controlled Open Enrollment/Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice (IEPC)/Florida School Choice Parent Resource Centers (FSC‐PRC) in

1006.15 - Extracurricular Activities "The Craig Dickinson Act"

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Student standards for participation in interscholastic extracurricular student activities; regulation.-
     (1) This section may be cited as the "Craig Dickinson Act."
     (2) Interscholastic extracurricular student activities are an important complement to the academic curriculum. Participation in a comprehensive extracurricular and academic program contributes to student development of the social and intellectual skills necessary to become a well-rounded adult. As used in this section, the term "extracurricular" means any school-authorized or education-related activity occurring during or outside the regular instructional school day.
     (3)(a) To be eligible to participate in interscholastic extracurricular student activities, a student must:
     1. Maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the previous semester or a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the courses required by s. 1003.43(1).
     2. Execute and fulfill the requirements of an academic performance contract between the student, the district school board, the appropriate governing association, and the student's parents, if the student's cumulative grade point average falls below 2.0, or its equivalent, on a 4.0 scale in the courses required by s. 1003.43(1) or, for students who entered the 9th grade prior to the 1997- 1998 school year, if the student's cumulative grade point average falls below 2.0 4 on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the courses required by s. 1003.43(1) that are taken after July 1, 1997. At a minimum, the contract must require that the student attend summer school, or its graded equivalent, between grades 9 and 10 or grades 10 and 11, as necessary.
     3. Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the courses required by s. 1003.43(1) during his or her junior or senior year.
     4. Maintain satisfactory conduct and, if a student is convicted of, or is found to have committed, a felony or a delinquent act which would have been a felony if committed by an adult, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld, the student's participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities is contingent upon established and published district school board policy.
     (b) Any student who is exempt from attending a full school day based on rules adopted by the district school board for double session schools or programs, experimental schools, or schools operating under emergency conditions must maintain the grade point average required by this section and pass each class for which he or she is enrolled.
     (c) An individual home education student is eligible to participate at the public school to which the student would be assigned according to district school board attendance area policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to district or interdistrict controlled open enrollment provisions, or may develop an agreement to participate at a private school, in the interscholastic extracurricular activities of that school, provided the following conditions are met:
    1. The home education student must meet the requirements of the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41.
     2. During the period of participation at a school, the home education student must demonstrate educational progress as required in paragraph (3)(b) in all subjects taken in the home education program by a method of evaluation agreed upon by the parent and the school principal which may include: review of the student's work by a certified teacher chosen by the parent; grades earned through correspondence; grades earned in courses taken at a community college, university, or trade school; standardized test scores above the 35th percentile; or any other method designated in s. 1002.41.
     3. The home education student must meet the same residency requirements as other students in the school at which he or she participates.
     4. The home education student must meet the same standards of acceptance, behavior, and performance as required of other students in extracurricular activities.
     5. The student must register with the school his or her intent to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities as a representative of the school before the beginning date of the season for the activity in which he or she wishes to participate. A home education student must be able to participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement for an extracurricular activity.
     6. A student who transfers from a home education program to a public school before or during the first grading period of the school year is academically eligible to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first grading period provided the student has a successful evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to subparagraph (3)(c)2.
     7. Any public school or private school student who has been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to participate in such activities as a home education student until the student has successfully completed one grading period in home education pursuant to subparagraph (3)(c)2 to become eligible to participate as a home education student.

1002.20(18)(b) Extracurricular Activity - Eligibility

 

In accordance with the provisions of s. 1006.15:
     (a) Eligibility.--Students who meet specified academic and conduct requirements are eligible to participate in extracurricular activities.
     (b) Home education students -Home education students who meet specified academic and conduct requirements are eligible to participate in extracurricular activities at the public school to which the student would be assigned or could choose to attend according to district school board policies, or may develop an agreement to participate at a private school.



http://www.flace.org/controlled-open-enrollment