1. April 2012 | Vol. 1
Do Better Series

2. How to Do Better:

3. How to Do Better:
Academy Edition

4. I know you’re busy.

5. This won’t take too long…

6. Let’s get started!

7. In the beginning…!

8. Castle View High School

9. Castle View High School
… 40 Million Years Ago

10. “
It’s my dream
to build a
school.
”
- Lisle Gates, Founding Principal

11. “
Let’s do this!
- Kevin Gardner, Founding AP
”

13. Castle View High School
opened in 2006 to 9th and 10th
grade students. Among other
things, the school was home to
four academies or small
learning communities.

14. “ A Small Learning
Community (SLC), also
referred to as a School-Within-A-
School, is a form of school
structure that serves to subdivide
large school populations into
”
smaller autonomous groups
of students and teachers.
- Breaking Ranks II

15. The primary purpose
of SLCs is to create a
more personalized
learning environment
to better meet
the needs of
students.

16. Academies (SLCs)
E-Media & Business (EMB)!
Humanities!
Math, Science, & Engineering (MSE)!
Visual & Performing Arts (VPA)!

17. … and now in 2012

18. C urrent! Academies (SLCs)
Biotechnology & Health Sciences (BHS)!
Leadership & Global Communications (LGC)!
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)!
Visual & Performing Arts (VPA)!

19. Aside from the
names, what about
our academies has
really changed?

20. ?

21. PROBLEM:
The academies (SLCs) at Castle View
High School minimally address our
students’ needs and interests beyond
superficial connections.

22. PROBLEM:
The academies (SLCs) at Castle View
High School minimally address our
students’ needs and interests beyond
superficial connections.
OPPORTUNITY:
This presentation will describe how we
can provide purpose and focus for our
students by doing better things within
our academies.

23. What questions
might an eighth-
grade student
have when
which
academy to join?

24. What do I want to
be when I grow
up?

25. What do I want to
be when I grow
up?
What do I do well?

26. What do I want to
be when I grow
up?
What do I do well?
What are my friends going to do?

27. What do I want to
be when I grow
up?
What do I do well?
What are my friends going to do?
s the best
Which academy ha
te achers?

28. What do I want to
be when I grow
up?
What do I do well?
What are my friends going to do?
s the best
Which academy ha
te achers?
What do my parents want me to do?

30. We can make this decision easier
by providing more purpose,
relevance, focus, and
structure in the design and
function of our academy system.

31. “Do better things instead
of do things better.”
- Sylvia Martinez (Generation YES … via Twitter)

32. What ste ps can we
take to do better
things w ithin our
a cademies?

33. A Small Learning
Community (SLC), also
referred to as a School-Within-A-
School, is a form of school
structure that serves to subdivide
large school populations into
smaller autonomous groups
of students and teachers.

34. A Small Learning
Community (SLC), also
referred to as a School-Within-A-
School, is a form of school
structure that serves to subdivide
large school populations into
smaller autonomous groups
of students and teachers.

36. How can the
Biotechnology &
Health Sciences
(BHS) academy
do better
things for our
students?

38. Here are 4 steps we
can take to do better
thing s in BHS …
starting next year!

39. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

40. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

41. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

42. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

43. #1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects…
Consider :
broad, grade-level themes that weave
students, teachers, classes, advisements,
parents, and, well, the entire academy
together…

44. #1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects…
E XAMPLES:
9th Grade: Health & Wellness
10th Grade: Ethics
11th Grade: Science & Society
12th Grade: Global Perspective

45. #1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects…
These themes can be organized
through advisements (if we like) and
can culminate with capstone projects
designed and implemented by grade-
level advisement teachers (small-group
PLCs).

46. Here are some examples.

47. Health & Wellness
Trace the items in a ty
pical
shopping cart back to
the
soil.
Individual?
Advisement group?

48. Health & Wellness
“Omnivore’s Dilemm
Michael Pollan
a” by

49. “Is it ethically wrong for
the United States to bene
fit
from scientific and medic
al
experiments or
discoveries that cause
harm to other human
beings?”

50. “Cheating in School” by
Stephen F. Davis

51. Science & Society
“How will genetics a
nd
biotechnology
revolutionize medica
l
practices?”

52. Science & Society
”The Best American
Science and Nature
Writing” edited by Dan
Ariely

53. Global Perspective
“Organize and condu
ct a
charity drive that be
nefits
children in third-wor
ld
countries.”
Advisement?
Entire senior class?

54. Global Perspective
”High Noon: 20 Glob
al
Problems, 20 Years to
Solve
Them” edited by Jean-Fra
ncois
Rischard

55. #1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects…
Projects (and other things) can be
organized in a portfolio specific to an
advisement or (even better) to an
individual student – accessible from the
BHS “hub” site.

56. #1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects…
Academy Site or “Hub”
Student “Portfolio”

57. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

58. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

59. #2 A simplified registration process…
How many classes were in the 2011-2012
Castle View Course Catalogue?

60. 202

62. #2 A simplified registration process…
With so many course offerings and electives,
we should help our students choose the
most appropriate classes for their
identified pathways of interest.

63. #2 A simplified registration process…
With so many course offerings and electives,
we should help our students choose the
most appropriate classes for their
identified pathways of interest.
Which, of course, we already do … but we
can do better.

64. At some point in time, BHS
students were offered
“pathways” based on their
expressed career interests.

65. #2 A simplified registration process…

66. #2 A simplified registration process…

67. #2 A simplified registration process…

68. #2 A simplified registration process…
While well intended, these “pathways”
and their respective descriptors
(previous slide) need to be upgraded.

69. #2 A simplified registration process…
Let’s create a new visual that helps
guide our students efficiently through
their course choices.

70. #2 A simplified registration process…
Let’s create a new visual that helps
guide our students efficiently through
their course choices.
One that’s less intimidating and
overwhelming.

71. #2 A simplified registration process…
Let’s create a new visual that helps
guide our students efficiently through
their course choices.
One that’s less intimidating and
overwhelming.
One that will .

72. Let’s take
something
like this and
add detail
for each
grade-level.

73. #2 A simplified registration process…
Let’s work to fill in the blanks on this
image and create a registration
infographic that will help our students
choose their core and elective courses.

74. #2 A simplified registration process…
We could also create three additional
visuals representing specialization in
Biomedical Research, Health Sciences,
and Sports Medicine.

75. Here’s an example that specializes science and physical
education classes…

76. #2 A simplified registration process…
Let’s not stop at science and physical
education … let’s specialize (as best we
can) other content areas too. This will
certainly help our students truly
understand their pathway through
the BHS academy.

77. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

78. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

79. #3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)…
A student organization that focuses on
the health sciences by providing students
with career and educational information
regarding what it takes to become a
doctor, nurse, dentist, veterinarian,
pharmacist, optometrist, epidemiologist,
or hospital administrator.

80. #3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)…
Guest speakers
once a month
representing
various health
professions offer
advice for our
aspiring students

81. #3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)…
ke
“Wh at classes did you ta
in high school?”

82. #3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)…
ke
“Wh at classes did you ta
in high school?”
“How much money d
o you make?”

83. #3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)…
ke
“Wh at classes did you ta
in high school?”
“How much money d
o you make?”
“How did you get into
medical school?”

84. #3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)…
ke
“Wh at classes did you ta
in high school?”
“How much money d
o you make?”
“How did you get into
medical school?”
“Would you do it all over again?”

85. #3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)…
Monthly guest speakers … Student
Officers … SHPA would be a great
addition to our academy!

86. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

87. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

88. #4 Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
Campus…
You may have noticed the subtle
construction project going just down
the street.

89. #4 Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
Campus…
You may have noticed the subtle
construction project going just down
the street.
It’s a hospital, or rather, a Health
Campus!

90. #4 Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
Campus…
Step #4 of how to do better things
for our BHS students is to connect
with Centura Health, the
company behind the new Health
Campus.

91. BHS students could
volunteer and
work along side
medical personnel.

92. What a great place to
experience a senior
internship!

93. #4 Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
Campus…
It just seems natural and logical for our
BHS academy to seek to partner and
collaborate with a nearby Health
Campus.

94. #4 Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
Campus…
It just seems natural and logical for our
BHS academy to seek to partner and
collaborate with a nearby Health
Campus.
Let’s seek this ourselves … remember,
autonomous.

95. Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 Simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
#4
Campus

96. There you have it,
4 steps we can take
to do better things
for our BHS students?

97. Let’s Create & Implement:
#1 Grade-level themes and “capstone” projects
#2 A simplified class registration process
#3 A Student Health Professions Association (SHPA)
#4 Partnership with Castle Rock Adventist Health
Campus

99. Let’s commit to doing better things in
BHS. Not necessarily by shaving, but by designing
and implementing these steps.

100. so that future BHS graduates might say…

101. so that future BHS graduates might say…
“I know what to do to
become a doctor!”

102. so that future BHS graduates might say…
“I know what to do to
become a doctor!”
“Working in a hospital was amazing!”

103. so that future BHS graduates might say…
“I know what to do to
become a doctor!”
“Working in a hospital was amazing!”
“Many of my classes an
d teachers seemed con
nected.”

104. so that future BHS graduates might say…
“I know what to do to
become a doctor!”
“Working in a hospital was amazing!”
“Many of my classes an
d teachers seemed con
nected.”
Our advisements seemed so united every year..

105. so that future BHS graduates might say…
“I know what to do to
become a doctor!”
“Working in a hospital was amazing!”
“Many of my classes an
d teachers seemed con
nected.”
Our advisements seemed so united every year..
I took hard classes, but I had fun!

107. “
Let’s work together to gain a clearer
focus of our mission and the steps
needed to attain that focused vision.
- Jim Calhoun, CV Principal
”

108. Thank you!!

109. Images
from
www.freedigitalphotos.net
www.jibjab.com
www.istockphoto.com
www.flickr.com
www.myli<letonhospital.org
(with
permission)