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Moped Safety Class March 15
• See Mr Dalton for pre registration details.
LeMars Community High School
Technology Academy
Framing for the Future:Career Pathways Ensure All Students Plan for their Future
Shift in Skills
1970’s2010
High Skills
Low Skills
By 2008, women will make up almost 50% of the workforce.
Women – 48%Men – 52%
US Dept. of Labor, Jan. US Dept. of Labor, Jan. 20052005
Why Career Planning is Important!
Your career will influence nearly every aspect of your life!
• Work• Income• Location• Friends• Family
• Family• Leisure activities• Personal
satisfaction• Contribution to
society
How many times can a student who has just graduated from high school plan to change jobs?
10-15 times by 201010-15 times by 2010
Career Pathways provide:
• Students with a foundation and framework to help them plan for registration
• Students with an understanding as to why they need to take certain courses
• Students with information to plan
• Students, teachers, and parents with a critical connection
Career Pathways provide:
Rec ipe For Career Success
32.7%Academ ics
32.6%S kill
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20.2%C harac terbuilding
14.5%Hands-on
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The Skills You Will Need:The Skills You Will Need:•Computer literacyComputer literacy
•Higher science, math, & contextual Higher science, math, & contextual reading skillsreading skills
•Team work is criticalTeam work is critical
•Continual learning – lifelong learningContinual learning – lifelong learning
•Problem-solving & Problem-solving & critical thinking skillscritical thinking skills
•Technical reading & Technical reading & writing skillswriting skills
Career Pathways: Educating All Students for Their Futures!
Foundational Knowledge and Skills for All Students in All Career Clusters/Pathways
Academic Foundation Communication Systems Employability SkillsAcademic Foundation Communication Systems Employability Skills
Legal Responsibilities Safety Practices Ethics Technical SkillsLegal Responsibilities Safety Practices Ethics Technical Skills
Information Technology Applications Health Maintenance PracticesInformation Technology Applications Health Maintenance Practices
PreK-5PreK-5thth Grade Grade
Intro to 16 Intro to 16 Career ClustersCareer Clusters
Classroom SpeakersClassroom Speakers
High School Student High School Student DemosDemos
Reading & Sharing Reading & Sharing about Careersabout Careers
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Explore & Explore & InvestigateInvestigate
Interest InventoriesInterest Inventories
ToursTours
Exploratory ActivitiesExploratory Activities
Career FairsCareer Fairs
88thth Grade Personal Grade Personal Learning Plan for Learning Plan for
All StudentsAll Students
99thth-10-10thth Grade Grade
CTE Foundation CTE Foundation CoursesCourses
All students identify a All students identify a career cluster focus.career cluster focus.
Take as many gen ed Take as many gen ed requirements and requirements and electives as possibleelectives as possible, , allowing for advanced allowing for advanced academic and career academic and career courses later.courses later.
All students take a All students take a careers class.careers class.
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All students enroll and complete Advanced Academic and Career Technical Dual Credit Courses in a specific pathway.
Identification of 2 year and 4 year institutions that provided continuing education and training in those pathways.
Students have opportunities for internships and work-based learning experiences.
Complete a senior project to demonstrate skills across curriculum.
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Community Community College and/or College and/or
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Move seamlessly into Move seamlessly into further education and further education and training with advanced training with advanced standing.standing.
Know more definitely Know more definitely what focus their career what focus their career preparation will be in preparation will be in their postsecondary their postsecondary education and training.education and training.
Continue to improve in Continue to improve in their foundational their foundational knowledge and skills, knowledge and skills, able to compete in the able to compete in the global economy and global economy and market.market.
Be able to transition to a Be able to transition to a number of career number of career pathways as their pathways as their employment needs employment needs change.change.
Be able to access training Be able to access training for life-long learning to for life-long learning to stay competitive in the stay competitive in the global market and current global market and current with technology.with technology.
Assess student preparedness (academic & career).
Assess student preparedness (academic & career).
Identify & meet student needs.
Identify & meet student needs.
Successful Transition
• 100 students begin high school at 9th grade
• 68 of these students graduate from high school
• 40 of these students start college• 27 leave after sophomore year• 18 graduate
31 % leave with 0 credits earnedEducation Weekly, March 2005
LCHS Career Pathways
• Design Engineer • Computer Integrated
Manufacturing (CIM)• Technician
Vision
• Career preparation in three pathways
• Industry standard hardware and software
• Partnership between school, business + industry, and community college
Technician
• Tech Mods• A+ Certification• Mechanical Drawing• Designer’s Choice• Manufacturing• Electronics• Internship/
Apprenticeship
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
• Tech Mods• Mechanical
Drawing• Pro Design• Designer Choice• Manufacturing• Web Design• Internship
Design Engineer
• Tech Mods• Mechanical Drawing• Intro to AutoCAD• Intro to Architectural
Design• Production Design and
Engineering• Designers Choice• Web Design• Internship/Apprenticeship
Tech Module pictures
Tech Modules
• Tech Mods provides a career survey course for students and is strongly recommended at the 9th or 10th grade
Value of Technology modules
• Provides students with a wide range of materials and processes used in many careers.
• Provides the students with hands on real world learning.
• Recommended for 9th and 10th graders but can be taken anytime.
Mechanical Drawing College Credit (Mr Wichers)
• Highly recommended for the 9 or 10th grade.
• Take it early so you can get other Tech courses such as Intro to AutoCAD, Intro to Arch Desktop, Production Design and Engineering, Manufacturing Tech,Web Design, and Woods.
Intro to AutoCAD
• College credit• Designing 2d Mechanical drawing• Majority of class is spent with hands
on training in creating 2d object, setting up layers, object snap, modifying objects, plotting drawings in 2 d
• Fun class
Careers in Intro to AutoCAD
• Mechanical Engineering• Electrical Engineering• Industrial Design• Drafting Designer• Tool Designer• Civil Engineering• Income 40,000 and up
Intro to Architectural DesignCollege Credit Pre-requisite:Intro to AutoCAD
• 3d Object based design course for Residential and commercial use
• Fun, challenging and high income careers
• Projects include designing houses and commercial structures
Architectural Design Elements
• Floor and Foundation plans
• Front and Side elevation
• Sectional• Kitchen Details• Commercial
structures
Careers in Intro to Arch Design
• Architects• Industrial Design• Interior Design• Landscape Design• Commercial Structures • Construction • Drafting Designer• Civil Engineering• Others (too many to list)• Income 40,000 and up
Designer Choice
• New offering with no pre-requiste and no book. Offered 10th thru 12th grade.
• Students choose any combination of these areas:– Revit (House and commercial structures)– 3d Civil (Land Parcels development and
related fields of study)– Inventor (3d solid and animation)
One Designers Choice project
Web DesignRecommended 10-12th grade
Web Design (College Credit)
• Highly recommended for college bound students.
• Helps student master using the internet
• Helps facilitate the gathering of useful resources on the internet.
Web Design Projects
• Create and maintain the LCHS school web site.
• Create a commercial web site (student choice)
• Use industrial state of the art Web Developing software– Dreamweaver– Flash– Fireworks
Web Projects
• Book Exercises• Forms• Flash
• Video Highlights
• LCHS Project
Fireworks Projects
More Fireworks
Photoshop Collages/Banners
3D Cool Imaging
Careers in Web Design
• Entrepreneurship• Web Developer• Print and Web Developer• E-Business manager• Information Systems Career• Many careers to numerous to mention
that involve creative and technological careers
• Income 40,000 and up
Pro Design and EngineeringRecommended 10-12th grade
Pro Design Project
• Key Points– Sketching– Create
Features– Constraints– 2D and 3D
Drawings– Creating
Balloon Part Lists
– Creating Presentations
Pro Design Teaming Weight Machine Project
• Team 1– Craig– Eric– Ryan
• Key Points of Project– Teaming– Network
Linking and Sharing
Careers in Production Design and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering• Electrical Engineering• Industrial Design• Drafting Designer• Tool Designer• Civil Engineering• Income 40,000 and up
Production Design and Engineering
• Powerful 3d design principles will be explored.
• Very high student interest in this class, sign up early in your process and take it 11th or 12 the grade year.
• Get ready to have a blast designing-fun class.
• Supply-Demand. Engineers are in HIGH DEMAND.
Manufacturing Technologies(College)Pre-requisite:Pro Design
• More Design principles• College level units of study in Tech World
Curriculum (4 weeks each):– CNC Lathe and Mill– Mechanical Systems (Mechanism/Hydraulic)– Automation (Robotics, Programming, Sensors– Electronics (in the near future hopefully)
• Design and construct hydraulic robot arm for competition
• Manufacturing concepts with real world learning will
be covered.
Careers in Manufacturing
• Mechanical Engineering• Electrical Engineering• Industrial Design• Programmer, Line Setup.• Maintenance operator• CNC operator• Manufacturing careers are 21 percent of
jobs in Iowa.• Income 40,000 and up
Win for the Students
• Opportunity for real life training in industry standard technology applications
• Preparation for either entry level employment or jump start on post-secondary training
• Training in a career field where jobs currently exist
• Students become familiar with WITCC and it’s technology offerings