1 pierce county equivalency project diane carver bethel school district washington state
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Pierce CountyPierce CountyEquivalency ProjectEquivalency Project
Diane Carver
Bethel School District
Washington State
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BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGEBATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE
CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGECLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE
TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGETACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PIERCE COLLEGEPIERCE COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, TACOMAUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, TACOMA
PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITYPACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUNDUNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
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Higher Education in Pierce County, WA
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Pierce County area: 1,669.51 mi.
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Home Sweet HomeHome Sweet Home
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Port of Tacoma
Equivalency Project DescriptionEquivalency Project Description
Eight Pierce County school districts received an Equivalency Grant from the state to increase the quality and rigor of secondary CTE courses: Specifically to increase equivalency credits in CTE.
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Equivalency Project GoalsEquivalency Project Goals
Develop rigorous CTE curriculum for course equivalency crediting in science RCW 28A.230.097
Provide Professional Development for the academic/CTE integration team members
Collaboration on alignment to the science standards of each CTE framework
Equivalency Common Equivalency Common FrameworksFrameworks
1. AP Environmental Science
2. Natural Resources Biology
3. Biotechnology
4. Wildlife Conservation
5. Forestry
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Equivalency Grant ParticipantsEquivalency Grant Participants
8 Pierce County School Districts:
Bethel, Clover Park, Eatonville, Fife, Franklin Pierce, Puyallup, Sumner, and Tacoma
25 Teachers: 16 CTE Natural Resource & 9 Science
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Pierce County School Districts
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Bethel CloverPark
Eatonville Fife FranklinPierce
Puyallup Sumner Tacoma
CTE FTE
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Equivalency Project LeadershipEquivalency Project Leadership
Coordinator: CTE Educational Consultant, framework designer
CTE Director: Coordinator & Liaison
Science Directors: Professional Development
CTE Director: Grant Writer & Budget
Equivalency Project Process Equivalency Project Process
Agenda for February 11, 2010:
All participants and coordinators gather to learn about the project and
the new science standards
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Equivalency Project Process Equivalency Project Process
Leadership Team Planning Meetings
Dec 11, 2009 & Jan 4, 2010 Professional Development - all staff
Feb 11, 2010 Curriculum writing - teaching teams
3 meetings to develop each framework Teachers collaborate on courses
Leadership Team Debrief
March 16, 2010
Equivalency Project ProcessEquivalency Project Process
Meetings for each framework
1. Sharing sample syllabi, frameworks, lesson plans to determine common Units of Instruction
2. Review the Draft Framework by Unit– modify, add science standards, leadership, employability, thinking skills, relevance to work
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Equivalency Framework ScheduleEquivalency Framework Schedule
February March April May
AP Environmental AP Environmental
Natural ResourcesNatural Resources
BiotechnologyBiotechnology
Conservation & Forestry
Conservation & Forestry
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Professional Development GoalsProfessional Development Goals
Navigate Science Standards for grades 9-12
Understand Equivalency Credit Process
Become familiar with the common Pierce County Curriculum Frameworks
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New Science Standards TrainingNew Science Standards Training
New symbol ~ New Emphasis
What did the teachers learn? …“A new way of looking and STUDYING the standards across K-12 that is manageable, useful, and functional”“Inquiry is the way to engage students”“Big ideas and cross-cutting concepts”
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Equivalency Training Equivalency Training
What did the teachers learn? …
“That equivalency is actually the Law”
“How to secure equivalency”
Natural Resource for Science
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Equivalency Project ResourcesEquivalency Project Resources
Resources allocated in the grant– People: CTE Consultant, Substitutes– Location: Puyallup School District– OSPI*: K-12 Science Standards– Pierce County Framework Template
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Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (WA State Education Department)
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Equivalency Project AnalysisEquivalency Project Analysis Weaknesses
~ not all districts participated
~ logistics Strengths
~ professional development
~ teacher quality Opportunities
~ collaboration
~ equivalency credit for students
Benefits of Common Framework Benefits of Common Framework
What did the teachers learn? ...
“The complexities of Frameworks being a road map for instruction”
“About the framework process from a state standpoint instead of a district one”
“How complex or straight-forward building frameworks can be, depending on the district requirements”
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Discussion:Discussion:
What does “equivalency” mean to you?
How do you determine what CTE courses count for core academic credit?
How is “cross-credit” different from equivalency?
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