Sussex Technical High School “Excellence in Technical, Career, and Academic Education” PROGRAM of STUDIES Revised for the Graduates of 2018
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Sussex Technical High School “Excellence in Technical, Career, and Academic Education” PROGRAM OF STUDIES Revised for the Graduates of 2018 Sussex Technical High School is a member of the Southern Regional Education Board’s High Schools That Work school improvement framework. Key practices are aimed at raising student achievement and graduation rates by integrating career-technical and academic education. Si desea interpretacion del programa de estudios en Español por favor llame a la oficina de Servicios de Estudiantes - 302-854-2820. The Sussex Technical School District retains the right to modify, add, or delete courses and/or programs at any time. Curriculum modifications are made on a continuing basis due to enrollment patterns, state mandate, business and industry needs, and state and national employment trends. This may result in an increase in credit requirements for programs, promotion, and/or graduation. Table of Contents WELCOME TO SUSSEX TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL TECHADEMIC Education ........................................................................................................ 3 Postsecondary Options ..........................................................................................................4-5 Graduation Requirements and Gold Seal .............................................................................. 6 Senior Projects ............................................................................................................................ 6 Widener University ECCP .....................................................................................................7-8 Dual Credit (TECH PREP) ........................................................................................................ 9 Sample Program of Study Chart ............................................................................................. 9 Career-Technical Programs .......................................................................................11-43 Automotive Technologies Automotive Technologies ........................................................................12 Collision Repair Technologies .................................................................14 Communications and Information Technologies Business, Finance and Marketing Technologies ...................................16 Digital Publishing and Design Technologies ........................................18 Electronics/Computer Information Systems Engineering ................20 Media Broadcasting Communications Technologies ..........................22 Health Services Technologies Athletic Health Care - Physical Therapy ...............................................24 Dental Services and Technologies ..........................................................26 Health Professions .....................................................................................28 Human Services Technologies Cosmetology ..............................................................................................30 Early Care and Education ........................................................................32 Legal Support Services and Criminal Justice Technologies ...............34 Industrial/Engineering Technologies Carpentry/Mill and Cabinet Technologies ...........................................36 Electrical and Green Energy Technologies ............................................38 Landscape Management and Environmental Technologies ...............40 HVAC-R Engineering ...............................................................................42 Supplemental Education .......................................................................................43 Academic Courses ..............................................................................................................44-51 Related Technical Courses .................................................................................................52-55 Additional Courses .............................................................................................................56-59 Supplemental Programs .....................................................................................................59-60 DECLARATION OF NON-DISCRIMINATION The Sussex Technical School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, disability, national origin, genetic information, or other legally pro- tected categories in its programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding Title IX, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 504 and non-discrimination policies: Curt Bunting, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, P.O. Box 351, Georgetown, DE 19947, telephone 302-856-2541. EL AVISO DE NONDISCRIMINACION El Distrito Escolar de Sussex Tech no discrimina en base a raza, color, sexo, religión, edad, incapacidad, origen nacional, estado nacional, informacion genética, otras, categorías protectoradas legalmente en sus programas o actividades. Las preguntas concernientes al Titulo IX, el Acta para Americanos con inhabilidades (ADA), 504 and otras políticas discriminatirias pueden ser dirigidas a: Curt Bunting, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, P.O. Box 351, Georgetown, DE 19947, teléfono 302-856-2541. Si desea interpretacion del programa de estudios en español por favor llame a la oficina de Servicios de Estudiantes - 302-854-2820. 2 WELCOME Sussex Technical High School provides a unique, focused, and rigorous educational program for each student who chooses to attend. This booklet provides students, families, and community members with information regarding specific courses and programs within Sussex Tech’s comprehensive educational program, or “program of study.” Please contact any Sussex Technical High School counselor or principal should you have questions regarding the Program of Studies or need any further information. TECHADEMIC Education Sussex Tech’s unique and challenging vision is for all students to graduate career- and college-ready with successful placements in postsecondary employment, education, or further training. Sussex Tech envisions graduates well-prepared to enter the world of work and to continue their education in postsecondary institutions. This vision links to Sussex Tech’s mission: “Excellence in Technical, Career, and Academic Education.” The integration of technical, career, and academic knowledge and skills is referred to as TECHADEMIC Education. Sussex Tech partners with the Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB) to engage in comprehensive school reform. As an active participant in SREB’s High Schools That Work (HSTW) initiative, Sussex Tech adopts their ten key practices in offering high levels of TECHADEMIC Education throughout all of its programs. The HSTW ten key practices are as follows: • High expectations: Motivate more students to meet higher standards by integrating high expectations into classroom practices and providing frequent feedback. • Program of study: Require each student to complete an upgraded academic core and a concentration. • Academic studies: Teach more students the essential concepts of the college-preparatory curriculum by encouraging them to apply academic content and skills to real-world problems and projects. • Career/technical studies: Provide more students access to intellectually challenging career/technical studies in high-demand fields that emphasize the higher-level academic and problem-solving skills needed in the workplace and in further education. • Work-based learning: Enable students and their parents to choose from programs that integrate challenging high school studies and work-based learning and are planned by educators, employers and students. • Teachers working together: Provide cross-disciplinary teams of teachers time and support to work together to help students succeed in challenging academic and career/technical studies. • Students actively engaged: Engage students in academic and career/technical classrooms in rigorous and challenging proficient-level assignments using research-based instructional strategies and technology. • Guidance: Involve students and their parents in a guidance and advisement system that develops positive relationships and ensures completion of an accelerated program of study with an academic or career/technical concentration. • Extra help: Provide a structured system of extra help to assist students in completing accelerated programs of study with high-level academic and technical content. • Culture of continuous improvement: Use data continually to improve school culture, organization, management, curriculum and instruction to advance student learning. 3 Immediate Employment and Apprenticeship Programs Ashley Trinidad Nathan Bradley Oceanova Salon State of Maryland Game Warden is all about John Burton Elizabeth Wright Univ. of Delaware Lotus Blossom OPTIONS Coop. Extension Learning Center Sussex Tech seniors who have applied themselves to their 4-year program of study find they have a variety of post-high school options. Sussex Tech is proud of the success of its graduates. Military Service including Academy Appointments Joseph Yawn Salina Schirtzinger Dylan Varrato United States U.S. Marines United States Coast Guard Military Academy, Academy West Point Trade and Industry Degree Programs Sara Hall Gavin Navert Krystin Gibson Savannah College Universal Antonelli Institute of Art and Design Technical Institute of Art and for Automotive Photography 2-year and 4-year College and University Degree Programs