HSTA_PowerPoint902

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• More Immediate Goals
• To increase in 9th-12th grade students
• Competency in science and mathematics
• Technological literacy
• Interest in pursuing health sciences careers
• or science teaching as a postsecondary degree
• Allegiance to WV communities
• Self esteem and capability for leadership
• To provide professional development for teachers
• Goals respond to National Science Education
  Standards Thrust
• To provide equitable access to learning
  opportunities for underrepresented students, and
  specifically foster higher levels of scientific
  literacy (National Research Council, 1996)

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HSTA 4 Student Selection Criteria

• 1. African American
• 2. Financially Disadvantaged
• (free or reduced school meals)
• 3. 1st Generation College Bound
• (neither parent has completed a 4-year
  
  degree)
• 4. Rural Environment

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Currently in HSTA...

• 24 Counties - 13 Regions
• 60 Teachers (25 having received masters)
• 670 Current Students
• 345 HSTA Graduates (1998-2002)
• 170 Staff, Faculty, and Volunteer Board Members
• 1519 total number of students served by HSTA

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Community Program
Field Site Coordinators
Local Governing Boards
Secretaries
Teachers/Parents/ Community Leaders
Organizational Chart
Joint Governing Board
Central Office Faculty and Staff
Students
Faculty
Campus Program Coordinator
Director
Program Manager
Tutor/ Mentors
Campus Program
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Campus-based Program

• Specific Health-related Science Content
  Anatomy, Biomedical
  Research, DNA
• Manipulations, Food-borne Pathogens,
• Neuroanatomy, and Water Quality
• Based on scientific method, 3 Ps approach
• PROBLEM POSING
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• PEER PERSUASION
• Math / Technology
• College Algebra, Concept Mapping, Graphing
  Calculators, Internet, Web Design
• Leadership / Study skills

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Community-Based HSTA ClubsAfter-School Science
Clubs

• Teachers facilitate problem-based learning
  through extended investigations
• Students examine community health issues
• Students design, conduct, and report on
  investigations
• Students network with local experts and health
  practitioners
• Students collaborate
• Students improve communication skills
• Students gain understanding of the scientific
  process

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Collaborative HSTA Units

• Human Energy Balance
• Lifestyles Project (IWORx Labs)
• Cardiac Project
• The Burning Question UVb and You
• Forensics
• West Africa Exchange (The Mali Connection)

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Criteria for Successful Completion of the HSTA
Program
Students must 1. Have the required semester
HSTA GPA 2. Maintain 70 attendance at club
meetings 3. Complete 75 hours of documented
community service 4. Present a yearly project at
the HSTA Symposium 5. Attend yearly campus-based
HSTA Summer Institutes 6. Have no major
discipline problems 7. Complete a HSTA Waiver
application by said deadline official policy is
available at http//wv-hsta.org/StudentInfo/studen
t_fee_waiver.htm
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Noteworthy Outcomes
Since HSTAs inception in 1994

• The West Virginia State Legislature passed,
  unanimously, WV HB 2786 in April, 1997, which
  allows West Virginia State Colleges and
  Universities to provide tuition or fee waivers to
  students who successfully complete HSTA.
• The West Virginia State Legislature created a
  1,100,000/year line in the state budget.
• Attitudes toward Math and Science among the HSTA
  students show a much more positive trend than the
  general population.
• HSTA students feel more interested in health
  careers because of HSTA.
• HSTA teachers feel HSTA students interests in
  health careers is increased through HSTA
  activities.

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Additional Outcomes

• HSTA students say HSTA is a major reason they are
  going to college.
• Percentage of HSTA graduates to enter college -
  96
• Average high school GPA of graduates is 3.57
  
• First HSTA class to graduate college - Spring
  2002
• All successful HSTA students are eligible for
  HSTA waivers towards bachelors, masters, and
  professional programs.
• For additional information on the HSTA Waiver,
  please contact the HSTA College Liaison at
  800-345-4267

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Questions or Comments?

• For More Information
• Contact Your Local Field Site,
• HSTA Central Administration at [phone], or
  
• http//www.wv-hsta.org