SY 2014-15 Academy Action Plan for the Biomedical Sciences Academy

Table of Contents

Career Connection Academy Executive Summary

Career Academy Team for School Year: 2014-2015

Mission Statement

Academy Highlights: 2013-14

Standard 1: Integrated Curriculum
Standard 2: Career Focus
Standard 3: Program of Study
Standard 4: Advisory Committee
Standard 5: Enrollment
Standard 6: Pure Schedule
Standard 7: Common Planning/Collaboration
Standard 8: Professional Development
Standard 9: Articulation
Standard 10: Workbased Learning
Standard 11: Industry Certification (CHANGE)
Standard 12: Marketing
Appendix

Operating Budget

Rationale for Career Academy Cohort Scheduling: Supporting Standards 1 & 6

Crosspointe Technical Assistance Paper: How to Enter/Exit Academy Students

Academy Ambassador Program SY 14-15

Career Connection Academy Ambassador Benefits:

Career Connection Academy Ambassador Roles and Expectations:

Student Ambassador Application - Sample

Career Connection Academy Executive Summary

Since 1994, Volusia County Schools have nurtured thriving career academies. The evolution of the career academy model as a part of high school redesign, continues to adapt to meet the needs of the 21st Century student here in Volusia County. With a total of 34 career academies active for 2014-15 school year, the success of the academy model is directly linked to the outstanding teachers, directors, business members, school based administrators, district staff, parents and students who have a stake in the rigorous career based curriculum.

Graduating students who have both career experience and high level academic preparation, is the ultimate goal of career academies. The reality of a world with high stakes testing and increasingly high standards for employment required that Volusia build in the highest standards of quality within their academies. Since 2005, Volusia has utilized 12 Standards for Career Academies as a means to evaluate each academy on a yearly basis. Academies must meet minimum standards to retain their gold, silver, or bronze academy status. Integrated curriculum, pure schedule, and common planning are the three key components that separate an academy from any other CTE program. The additional standards further clarify a structure for what an academy should look like. This level of standardization has helped to serve as a benchmark for academies and a way to achieve the goal of measureable outcomes related to academy success.

The following pages will outline the plan for achieving the 12 Academy Standards for SY 2014-15. As much specific detail and follow-up information is contained in this document that should be shared with school based administration, Career & Technical Education Department district personnel, and academy Advisory Committee business partners to ensure the success of the academy and it’s students.

The plan begins with the academy’s Mission Statement which outlines the goal and purpose of this academy and continues on through each of the standards. Each standard is defined and text boxes are given for the academy team to describe their approach to enacting each standard, and tables where appropriate to give more specific detail for their plan. Standards that need additional collaboration with school based administration such as Assistant Principals for Curriculum, Data and Scheduling, Guidance Counselors, and Data Processing Clerks are delineated. Standards that need guidance and participation from Academy Advisory Business Partners are also noted.

Please click here to access further information on the 12 Academy Standards, associated forms, and to further access the Academy Wiki Site.

Career Academy Team for School Year: 2014-2015

School / University High School
Academy: / Biomedical Sciences Academy
Director: / Jessica Clayton
District Liaison: / Kate Vandervoort
School Based Administrative Contact: / Guidance Counselor:
Requires Administrative Support- / Requires Administrative Support -
CTE Course: / Academic Course:
Level / CTE Course Name / CTE Course # / Section# / Teacher / Pd / Academic Course Name / Academic Course # / Section # / Teacher / Pd
9th / PBS / Clayton/Revlett / Bio Honors
10th / HBS / Revlett / Chem Honors / Saylor
11th / MI / Clayton / Anatomy & Physiology Hon / Parrish
12th / Research 3 / Clayton / Bio 2 (AP) or Chem 2 (AP)
Student Ambassador: / Malorie Kinney
Business Partner(s):

Mission Statement

Academy Highlights: 2013-14

Standard 1: Integrated Curriculum

/ A minimum of 25% of at least 1 out of 4 of the academic courses integrated with the career area. •Capstone Project/Portfolio

Bonus - Minimum of 1 Curriculum In Action Visit.
Completed Reflection for each integrated unit taught

CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Dr. Kristin Pierce
*Grade Level / Project
Name / CTE Course
Name / CTE
Teacher / Academic
Course Name / Academic Teacher / Project Summary
(2-3 sentences) / *Duration
(in weeks)
9th / PBS / Clayton/Revlett / Biology Hon. / ??? / Sickle Cell & Diabetes
9th
10th / HBS / Revlett / Chem Hon. / Saylor / Electrolytes & Chemical balance within the body
10th
11th / MI / Clayton / Anatomy & Physiology / Parrish / Immunity
11th
12th / Research 3 – Lab Prep / Clayton
12th

*Integrated curriculum must represent a minimum of 25% (9 weeks) of at least 1 academic course integrated with 1 CTE course for each grade level.

Standard 2: Career Focus

/ Students are exposed to 3 or more classroom career assignments, activities at each grade level. •Completion of Career Focus Template.
Should include input and participation of Academy Advisory Committee Business Partners.
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Dr. Kristin Pierce
Grade Level / Activity/Event/Speaker/Project/Portfolio / Date/Semester
9th Grade: / 36 Career journals, 4 guest speakers, dissections / 2014-2015
10th Grade: / 35 guest speakers, dissections / 2014-2015
11th Grade: / 8-10 guest speakers, 4 main projects / 2014-2015
12th Grade: / EMS/Military Day / Jan 2015

Standard 3: Program of Study

/ Requires Administrative Support:Include Guidance Counselor and Assistant Principal in charge of the Curriculum.
A rigorous and relevant POS is defined for grades 9-12.

DOE Program of Study for grades 9-12 & part of the school's curriculum guide

Industry Certification or technical skills attainment exam administered in final course of the program
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Dr. Dan Cox

Career Cluster: Health Science

CTE Program: Biomedical Sciences

Career Cluster Pathway:

Industry Certification:BACE

16 CORE CURRICULUM CREDITS

8 ADDITIONAL CREDITS

ENGLISH

4 credits

MATH

4 credits

SCIENCE

3 credits, 2 with lab

SOCIAL STUDIES

3 credits

/ OTHER REQUIRED COURSES
FINE ARTS (1 credit)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
(1 credit) /

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES

/ RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES
(ALIGNED WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE & STATEUNIVERSITY SYSTEM PROGRAMS)

HIGH SCHOOL

Students are encouraged to use flchoices.org to explore careers and postsecondary options.

Students are also encouraged to participate in dual enrollment courses which may be used to satisfy high school graduation or Bright Futures Gold Seal Vocational Scholars course requirements.
One course within the 24 credit program must be an online course. Cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale for 24 credit program

9th

/ ELA 1 Hon. / Geo. Hon / Bio Hon / PBS

10th

/ ELA 2 Hon. / Alg. 2 Hon / Chem Hon. / HBS

11th

/ ELA 3 Hon / Trig / A&P Hon. / MI

12th

/ AP Eng. / Stats / Bio2/AP
Chem2/AP / Research 3/BI

POSTSECONDARY

/ Based on the Career Cluster of interest and identified career and technical education program, the following postsecondary options are available.
TECHNICAL CENTER PROGRAM(S) / COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM(S) / UNIVERSITY PROGRAM(S)
Biomedical Sciences or Pre-Med

CAREER

/ Sample Career Specialties (The Targeted Occupations List may be used to identify appropriate careers.)
EMT
CNA
Phlebotomist
Biotech Assistant
Pharmacy Tech
Hearing Aid Specialist / RN, Radiology Tech, General Med Tech, Dental Assistants, LPN, Midwife, Paramedic, Fire & Rescue, etc. / Onto Medical School, PA, RN, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Ther. Assistant, Physical Therapy Assistant, Audiologist, Ophthalmologist, Athletic Trainer, Med Lab Tech, Sports Medicine, etc.

CREDIT

/ Articulation and CTE Dual Enrollment Opportunities
Secondary to Technical Center (PSAV)
(Minimum # of clock hours awarded) / Secondary to College Credit Certificate or Degree
Nurse Practitioner / PSAV/PSV to AAS or AS/BS/BAS
(Statewide and other local agreements may be included here)
Internship/Work Experience Recommendations
OJT – Florida Hospital, Halifax, Nemours, Independent Medical Facilitators or facilities
I anticipate to take the level 4 BI training. I also anticipate students to go out into the community workforce via OJT/internships. Pure scheduling is needed in order to facilitate many of the plans I intend to implement. Currently we don’t have Pure scheduling, level 4 training, or OJT in place. I’m meeting with Kristen Pierce for the OJT training on Monday, August 11th. As soon as the PLTW calendar comes out, I’ll be scheduling my level 4 training, already discussed with Dan Cox on August 4th. We’ve gone through PLTW training over the past couple of years.

Standard 4: Advisory Committee

/ An active advisory committee is established with at least 8 members.

A minimum of 2 meeting agendas with minutes
A business person chairs the committee

A representative is named to sit on the Cadre
Please see detailed information/directions the Career Connection Academy Advisory Committee Booklet.
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Kate Vandervoort / Marianne Blair
Plan to meet towards the end of the first Quarter and mid of last quarter. This is a STEM Advisory Board. We are beginning with this until we are able to cross check schedules and plan accordingly for future years.
Jessica Clayton
Perry Revlett
Steve Perri
Geeta Laloo
Heather Flynn
Fred Urquhart
John Devito – UHS AP
Karen Chenoweth – UHS AP
Laura Marracino – Guidance Dir.
Mrs. Jennifer Hamilton – Nemours
Rafael Diaz – Halifax Hospital
Tammy Hollis – Robotics
Javier Sabin – Robotics
Dr. Walters – UCF (Biology)
David Griffis – UF Extension Services
Ginger Adair – VCS Environ
Amy Manoham – VCS STEM
Leanna Parrish
Ariel Gibson – Environ Tech Ambassador
Denise Montenegro – G&S Ambassador
John Hamilton - Engineering Ambassador
Kayla Hollis – Robotics Ambassador
Malorie Kinney – Biomed Ambassador
Amber Kelso – Biomed Ambassador (school-only)

Standard 5: Enrollment

/ Goal of 90+ students in all grades with less than 50% of students from out-of-zone.
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Dr. Dan Cox
Plan or status:
We don’t take out of zone variances at UHS
Is there a way for this standard to not count against us as we have no control over being able to take out of zone students due to zoning issues within the district?
Grade Level / Enrollment Total / In Zone % / Out of Zone %
9th Grade: / 0
10th Grade: / 0
11th Grade: / 0
12th Grade: / 0

Standard 6: Pure Schedule

/ Requires Administrative Support:include Guidance Counselor and Assistant Principal in charge of the Master Schedule.
Class rosters for each grade level showing a minimum of 50% of students are enrolled in classes with identified academy teachers.
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Kelly Amy
Plan or status: Has/have your core instructor(s) been identified? Are academy students identified for administration to schedule? If issues with scheduling, what remediation will occur in the schedule or otherwise to address the delivery of integrated curriculum?
UHS didn’t do PURE Scheduling – See Devito if needed.

Standard 7: Common Planning/Collaboration

/ Academy teachers have a minimum of 2 hrs. of common planning per week or 72 hrs. per year from activities listed below:

Teachers attend a 24 hr. Academy Workshop
Academy teachers meet / collaborate at designated times

Planning template documents agendas, minutes, and attendance from school meetings
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Kelly Amy
Person In Charge of Agenda: / Jessica Clayton
Person In Charge of Minutes: / Rotating STEM Ambassadors
Weekly Planning Schedule: / Every Monday during office hours and 2 Wednesdays a month. Quarterly directors meetings.
F2F or Virtual Collaboration Resources: / Using e-mail, text, phone calls, and periodic wiki updates
Other Follow-up:

Standard 8: Professional Development

/ Academy teachers earn a minimum of 18 in-service hours in curriculum integration, academy related topics, or using technology for academy development (over a 2 yr. period).
Academy related conference attended / on-line course
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: ALL
Plan or status:
PLTW training to be attended in summer of 2015. Revlett has already attended PLTW PBS and HBS training. Clayton has already attended PLTW PBS and MI training. Wrote curriculum for FLDOE in concordance with State Biomedical standards based on PLTW. CTE directors meetings. Plan on attending FACTE conference. Was previously a mentor for Biomedical Sciences with FLDOE.

Standard 9: Articulation

/ Academy articulates with middle school via at least 3 career academy activities:

Curriculum Fair / Orientation Night / Open House
8th grade high school registration
Middle school Orientation / Awareness Day
8th grade shadow day
HS / MS collaboration
Mentoring / volunteering
Future Freshman Night

Other:
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Dr. Dan Cox
Plan or Status:

Open House
8th grade high school registration
Middle school Orientation Parent Night
Debary Elementary Science Night
Sneak Peak
High School Showcase
STEM Family Night
STEM Field Day
Assist with Blood Drives
EMS/Military Expo
Athletic Training Workshop
SERT Certifications
1st Aide, CPR, AED Certifications
Potential to be BACE certified
We also have t-shirts, academy personalized brochures, and a student created commercial.

Grade Level / Activity/Event / Date/Semester
9th Grade:
10th Grade: / 1st Aide, CPR, AED, SERT Certification / Throughout the year
11th Grade: / EMS/Military Day / January
12th Grade: / EMS/Military Day, BACE / January, March

Standard 10: Workbased Learning

/ Goal of 90% or more of students at each grade level participate in a real world experience, on or off campus. Other:
Should include input and participation of Academy Advisory Committee Business Partners.
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Dr. Kristin Pierce
9th Grade: / Event: 30 Career Journals and over 30 guest speakers
# of Anticipated Participants: 200
Purpose: To allow students to have exposure to multiple careers within biomedical science.
10th Grade: / Event: SERT Disaster Drill
# of Anticipated Participants: 90
Purpose: To give students real world experience in a disaster situation as a health care professional.
11th Grade: / Event: CSI & Bodies Exhibit Field trip, STEM Expo Field Trip, I/ITSEC Field trip
# of Anticipated Participants: 90-150
Purpose: To give students exposure to the human body and various STEM careers including, but not limited to biomedical sciences.
12th Grade: / Event: EMS/Military Day
# of Anticipated Participants: 100+
Purpose: To give students exposure to multiple career paths within EMS and Military branches dealing with biomedical sciences.

Standard 11: Industry Certification (CHANGE)

/ Goal of identifying appropriate Industry Certifications where applicable. Percentage of students based on students who take the test NOT the total number of grade level students. This is a suggested breakdown for points – further discussion is planned at the Academy Team Planning/ICW Workshop.

90% + = 5 points
75% - 89% = 4 points
50% - 74% = 3 points
25% - 45% = 2 points
Practice Exams -

Should include input and participation (if possible) of Academy Advisory Committee Business Partners.
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Marianne Blair
9th Grade: / Industry Certificate:
Course: n/a
10th Grade: / Industry Certificate:
Course: n/a
11th Grade: / Industry Certificate:
Course: Biotechnician Assistant Credentialing Exam (BACE)
12th Grade: / Industry Certificate:
Course: Biotechnician Assistant Credentialing Exam (BACE)

Standard 12: Marketing

/ Academy awareness is promoted through the following the following activities:

Alumni Association (Required)
High School Showcase (Required)
Open House Agenda
Newsletter
Brochures, flyers, electronic marketing materials
Academy t-shirt or uniform to identify academy members
Academy logo

Should include input and participation (if possible) of Academy Advisory Committee Business Partners.
CTE Specialist to ask for assistance: Dr. Kristin Pierce
Event / Date: / Details/Agenda
Open House: / September 2, 2014 / @ UHS
High School Showcase: / December 11, 2014 / Volusia County Fairgrounds
Academy Commercial / Dec. 2013 – / Summer Moon
Academy logo / 2011 / S.T.E.M. Academy Logo
Academy Ambassador: / 2014-2015 / Malorie Kinney (officially) & Amber Kelson (unofficially)
Academy Alumni: / c/o 2013 & 2014 / Marissa Jackson, Gabriella Zacharias, Manuela Molina, Summer Moon, Jordan Lebron, Alondra Montes, Nathaniel Leoncini

Appendix

Operating Budget

For operating budget, please see Mrs. Clayton for the documentation as it is a PLTW form. Currently, consumables cost the Biomedical Sciences Academy $15,000/year.

SY 2014-15 Academy Action Plan for the Biomedical Sciences Academy - [Select Date]1

Rationale for Career Academy Cohort Scheduling: Supporting Standards 1 & 6

VITAL AREA

CONSIDERATION

District Investment / Integrated Team Planning/Curriculum Writing workshops occur annually. Academy teacher teams of CTE and Core instructorsare paid to write/update integrated curriculum projects to be delivered to students for the upcoming school year.
National Best Practice Approach for Student Achievement / The Integrated Curriculum project approach is a vetted data driven method for increasing student achievement. Several professional and national associations from around the country consider this model a best practice for students.
Volusia is a Nationally Recognized Ford NGL Community / Volusia as a Next Generation Learning Community that has been nationally recognized as a leader in career academy development, integrated curriculum delivery, and academy progress monitoring
Complements the District VSET Highest Performance Standards / Academy teacher teams build and allow for high VSET domain gains. Through the integrated curriculum and project based learning – academy teacher teams avail themselves of more than half of the 9 Power Components: Setting instructional outcomes, assessing student learning, creating an environment of respect and rapport, establishing a culture of learning, engaging the students in learning and reflecting on teaching.
District Florid Standards Connection / Teacher teams are strengthening the Florida Standards connections via rigorous and relevant project based learning.
The integrated curriculum projects are a vehicle for connecting Florida Standards with career and college ready skills
Academy Evaluations / Evaluation considers Pure Scheduling at a minimum of 50% of identified academy students at each grade level should be scheduled into a corresponding identified core course.
Integrated curriculum, pure schedule, and common planning are the three key components that separate an academy from any other CTE program, and yield the highest documented student success rates
A total of 20 points out of 100 points total are awarded for meeting the 50% standard for scheduling.