Curriculum Support

Goals

  • Support classroom teachers through guest speakers.
    • Provide support for Teach-In Day
    • Give database of speakers in technology-related industries to applied technology teachers and support their efforts in contacting speakers to schedule into classrooms
    • Encourage BAC members to add their names to the database of guest speakers
    • Partner with Dr. Melody Bowdon from UCF in bringing science lessons into classrooms through Adobe Connect
  • Build opportunities for technology teachers to participate in job shadowing.
    • Build database of business partners willing to host teacher job shadowing experiences
    • Partner applied tech teachers with business partners and help schedule job shadowing experiences
    • Provide a forum during BAC meetings for teachers to share their experiences
  • Support the planning of Tech Fest VI.
    • Participate in planning sessions to target possible presenters for Tech Fest VI
    • Recruit speakers / presenters for Tech Fest VI
    • Help build the schedule for Tech Fest VI
  • Support effort to develop student professional portfolios and conduct exit interviews.
    • Provide teachers with appropriate material regarding their role in helping students to build their professional portfolios
    • Visit senior classes during first semester to discuss the professional portfolios and introduce expectations for senior exit interviews
    • Purchase portfolios for all seniors
    • Ask for volunteers from BAC to conduct interviews, provide instructions and rubrics to interviewees, and schedule interviews
  • Build new partnerships for extra-curricular student activities.
    • Recruit teacher sponsor for robotics club, and partner with ITT in establishing club and participating in competitions
    • Support ITSEC field trip as well as other IT-related field trips for students