Curriculum and Development

Industrial & Engineering Technology Curriculum Action Team Date, Place & Time of Meeting: ABSENT: MISSION VISION Our Purpose Our Priorities November 2, 2011 Ronnie Smith We succeed when all our students and South High – Room 1528 Todd Pannett The mission of the graduates are: 3:15-5:15 p.m. (HS) Lee Manna  able to transfer their prior learning to new Parkway School District 4:00-6:00 p.m. (MS) Jeff Bolin demands, is to ensure all students  in and out of school Gary Lindhorst  fully prepared for their next educational Todd Pannett are capable, curious and challenges  creative, thoughtful and effective problem confident learners who solvers TEAM NORMS: Individual Role & Responsibilities:  increasingly self-directed, skilled and understand and respond persistent as learners To collaborate (practicing the seven norms  literate and critical consumers of to the challenges of an information and ideas See Handout: “The Seven of collaborative work) with the coordinator  articulate speakers and effective listeners ever-changing world. Norms of Collaborative and Technology & Engineering Teachers to  acting out of a strong sense of personal, clarify and promote shared understanding social and civic responsibility Work”  always seeking to understand the views, and implementation of curriculum priority values and cultures of others goals.  working skillfully with others to achieve common goals  pursuing a personal direction based on an understanding of their talents and interests TASK – TIME – WHO NOTES/DECISION/TIMELINES TRANSFER ALIGNME 2011-16 CSIP Goals & Measurable NT Objectives Approved by the Board of Education on May TO 4, 2011 STRATEGI C PLAN 2011-12 Priorities – 10 Measurable Objectives – Speaker’s Series Plan and promote Goal 3, 4 Planning Goal 1: All students are Capable Learners  Speaker’s Series – For those buildings interested in guest speakers, teachers need to contact events to enhance who transfer their prior learning to Jennifer and she will work to find an engineer that meets the purpose of the awareness of new demands, In School Field visit. If you coordinate a speaker on your own (Ex: SH Architecture student Technology and in and out of school. Trip (Dates TBA) at Kansas), please contact Jennifer so that we can maintain a list of partners. Engineering Vision: All students and graduates will be  Programs in fully prepared for their next educational Administrator and challenges. Parkway. Counselor Administrator/Counselor Appreciation Breakfast  All students will meet or Appreciation  In an effort to increase attendance, we will host “open house” events in demonstrate growth toward each of the Technology & Engineering classrooms at the high schools, ongoing rigorous transfer goals, Breakfast rather than host a district-wide event at ISC. as measured by assessments within and across all Parkway (December 9, 2011)  Jennifer will create an invitation that can be “tweaked” to reflect the curricular areas.  Girls in correct date/time for each building.  All students will meet Missouri's Engineering  Students will distribute invitations to those required proficiency or growth Workshop teachers/administrators/counselors that they would like to invite. targets on state exams.  PLTW building ambassadors will greet guests (working on a rotational  All students will take the ACT and (February 1, 2012) achieve a composite score above the schedule) national average, with the district  Jennifer will put together a list of “To-Do’s” for the event and will average ACT composite score rising coordinate some type of snack/food for each building. to at least 25.  It would be best for schools to pick a time frame that overlaps lunch  All students who take an Advanced shifts so teachers can still stop by even if they have plan at the opposite Placement exam will score qualified time in the day. to extremely well-qualified.  All students will graduate and be  Jennifer will create a “Master Invitation” to send to district Industrial & Engineering Technology Curriculum Action Team

representatives, board members and industry partners inviting them to well-prepared for their future as one or more of the open houses. measured by the district graduate survey as well as career and college  The following months/dates have been discussed for the events: readiness data. December, January 19-20, February (National CTE Month) A decision Goal 2: All students are Curious Learners on the date will be made on Friday, November 4. who understand and respond to the challenges of an ever-changing world. Vision: All students will offer creative, Girls in Engineering Workshop thoughtful, and effective solutions when  Jennifer will research and locate some sample agendas for similar faced with challenging problems. events throughout the country. Then we can come back together  All students will improve their ability and “tweak” one or more agendas to meet our needs. to develop potential solutions for West High Decisions Goal 1 relevant problems in their community Information Sharing and the world. Sending 3 counselors and an administrator. PLTW Teachers PLTW Counselor &  All students will sustain high will share Administrator Conference levels of creativity and expand South High information with the capacity for divergent Rob Lappin and Gary Mazzola went in 2009, so they meet the requirement, counselors and thinking they exhibited in their early childhood years. however, it was recommended that Robin Seuc attend (as the CTE administrators in their respective Goal 3: All students are Confident Counselor). Jennifer will send a personal invitation to Robin. Learners who are increasingly self- building. directed, skilled, and persistent as North High learners. Vision: All students will act out of a strong Scott Phillips will attempt to work to identify a counselor to attend the event. sense of personal, social, and civic responsibility. Central High  All students will improve in their A counselor and an administrator attended last year’s event, so they meet the confidence, self-direction, and requirements of PLTW. persistence as learners.  All students will report that they Curriculum Work ROBOTICS Focused Stage 1 Goal 1 are physically and emotionally  Review Current http://www.princetonreview.com/careers.aspx?cid=139 Curriculum for safe in Parkway. http://education-portal.com/robotics_career.html Construction  All students will monitor and make Course http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-engineering- Tech, Robotics adjustments to achieve their personal goals, including academic, health, Curriculum careers/ApMech_roboticsengineer_c001.shtml and Tech Explo  social, and civic goals. Research Current http://dese.mo.gov/divcareered/documents/te_program_planning_handbook Goal 4: Develop and support strong Reality of _chapter_5.pdf professional communities that utilize Industry/Industry http://www.iteaconnect.org/TAA/PDFs/xstnd.pdf data, knowledge, experience and research to improve practice and Needs/Standards accomplish goals. CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY  Endorse Current  All staff members will provide http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs003.htm evidence that their professional Units or Propose http://www.constructmyfuture.com/ learning and collaboration has had a positive impact on their effectiveness New Unit http://constructionmanagementdegree.org/states/missouri-mo/ in their role. Structure http://www.iteaconnect.org/TAA/PDFs/xstnd.pdf  All staff members will engage in  See Production http://dese.mo.gov/divcareered/documents/te_program_planning_handbook professional learning and Targets for Stage 1 _chapter_5.pdf collaboration that positively impacts Parkway’s diverse Handout student population. MIDDLE SCHOOL Goal 5: Recruit, employ, develop and http://www.ete.usu.edu/htm/programs/engineering-technology-education retain an exceptional staff dedicated http://www.iteaconnect.org/TAA/PDFs/xstnd.pdf to and representative of Parkway’s diverse community. http://dese.mo.gov/divcareered/documents/te_program_planning_handbook  Every classroom will be staffed _chapter_4.pdf with an effective teacher as measured by Parkway's teacher Industrial & Engineering Technology Curriculum Action Team

For each of the three courses (Robotics, Construction, and Tech Explo), the evaluation model. units offered are aligned with national, state and industry standards. At this  All employees will be effective in time, we will need to begin looking within each unit to determine the their roles as measured by Parkway’s evaluation models. essential skills, identify learning targets and explicitly state rigorous transfer  The diversity of our teachers, goals in each course. administrators, and supervisors will mirror that of our students. In the middle school Technology & Engineering program, we need to look at Goal 6: Responsibly and efficiently “slimming down” the curriculum and determining what is essential for 7th allocate resources including finances, facilities, personnel and time. grade and 8th grade. Currently, there is more GTT curriculum then time.  All programs, schools, and Therefore we will need to either eliminate units or “slim down” and pull out departments will maintain fiscally the essentials of each unit for GTT in an effort to be consistent and focus our responsible practices to effectively Stage 1 desired results. accomplish the Mission.  All personnel, time, and facility space will be allocated responsibly and flexibly based on the Mission-related needs of students and the financial realities of the district.  All financial practices will be approved by an external auditor, and Parkway will annually receive the Certificate of Excellence from the Association of School Business Administrators.  All capital improvement projects will be completed successfully, and funding will be secured for future capital improvements. Next Meetings: Additional Information: Those in attendance at the meeting “It’s no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what November 4, 2011 – received the CD for the Basic Circuits is necessary.” ~Winston Churchill Professional Development Challenge, Digital Challenge and DC Day (8-11 a.m.) – HS Only Circuits Challenge (the license key As long as I can conceive something better…I cannot be easy unless I am striving information will be sent in an email to all to bring it into existence or clearing the way for it. ~George Bernard Shaw teachers on 11/3/11). If you were not in attendance at the meeting, we will send your CD via interoffice mail.