Building Foundations: Developing 21st Century Skills

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Building Foundations Developing 21st Century
Skills

• Panelists
• Alice Furstenau Highlands HS, San Antonio, TX
• Gina Morrissey Arizona State University,
  Phoenix, AZ
• Scott Roark Romulus Community HS, Romulus, MI
• David Rodgers Tolles Career Tech. Center,
  Plain City, OH
• Justin Zych Spring Ridge Academy, Spring
  Valley, AZ
• Ford PAS Students and Alumni
• Kelsey Brown, Highlands HS, San Antonio, TX
• Liane Carrillo, Highlands HS, San Antonio, TX
• Kyra Jones, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL
• Avolon Owens, Advanced Tech. Academy, Dearborn, MI

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Panelist Introduction

• Alice Furstenau, Freshman Prep Teacher
• Highlands High School, San Antonio, TX
• San Antonio Independent School District
• Implemented with 125 9th graders,
• Modules 1, 2, and 4
• Ford PAS Implementation
• 1st year of implementation
• Students were engaged
• Various modules and courses
• New program integration

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Panelist Introduction

• Gina Morrissey, Arizona Partner Coordinator
• Arizona State University
• Ford PAS Implementation
• 1st year coordinating Ford PAS in AZ
• 4 schools in Arizona University HS,
• Riverview HS, Horizon Charter School,
• Spring Ridge Academy
• Trainings, luncheons, gatherings
• Goal To serve Arizona Ford PAS
• students, teachers, and schools, and to
• enhance student achievement and
• skill development

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Panelist Introductions

• Scott Roark, Secondary Language Arts
• Community High School, Romulus, MI
• Ford PAS Implementation
• 1st year in the program
• Modules 1 and 2, Communications
• Higher level, high expectations course
  career-oriented writing and communication skills,
  teamwork capabilities, and self-esteem
• Students are selected by academic ability and
  attendance record
• Goals and challenges Align Ford PAS to the
  Michigan Merit Curriculum, introduce more
  real-world context to the units, collaborate more
  with other teachers in the program

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Panelist Introductions

• David Rodgers, Engineering Design Instructor
• Tolles Career Technical Center
• Career Center serving 7 Districts, 10 High
  Schools. Current Junior and Senior student
  population 600
• Ford PAS Implementation
• 1st year planned implementation next school
  year
• Students were engaged
• Various modules and courses
• New program integration
• Planned coordinated implementation
• Challenge will be scheduling of students across
  all of the academic classes

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Panelist Introductions

• Justin Zych, Teacher (English, Environmental
  Studies, Health, and Ford PAS!)
• Spring Ridge Academy, Spring Valley, AZ
• Therapeutic boarding school serving teenage
  women from across the country
• Ford PAS Implementation
• 1st year teaching Modules 1 and 2
• Students were excited their transcripts
• would include Advanced Studies
• Interactive activities were preferred by
• students over any other activity
• Goal is to implement Modules from
• Course 5 after completing Course 1

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Building Foundations Module One

• From Concept to Consumer Building a Foundation
  in Problem-Solving
• Problem-solving in the context of product design,
  development, and production

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Building Foundations Module Two

• Media and Messages Building a Foundation of
  Communication Skills
• Communicating through reading, writing, role-play
  activities, and presentations in the context of
  expanding a fictional business

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Building Foundations Module Three

• People at Work Building a Foundation of Research
  Skills
• Research on how the workplace has changed
  throughout U.S. history

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Building Foundations Module Four

• Careers, Companies, and Communities
• Research on the nature of the contemporary
  workplace and the interplay between business and
  community

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Building Foundations

• 21st Century Skills
• Needed to prepare students for postsecondary
  education and the workplace
• Lingo
• Pillars of Ford PAS
• Students must engage in them
• in order to learn them

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Pillars of Ford PAS

• Learning Pillars Teaching Pillars
• Critical thinking Inquiry-based
• Problem-solving Project-based
• Teamwork Real-world (authentic)
• Communication Performance-based
• Technological integration
• Students must engage in them
• in order to learn them.

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ACME Soft Drink Activity Module 1 Activity 3

• Be aware of YOUR learning process!
• Is interactivity assisting your understanding
  of the activity?
• How are you solving differences?
• Are you making inquiries?
• What is challenging you the most?
• How would you describe your learning experience?

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Student Presentationsand Comments
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Pillars of Ford PAS

• Learning Pillars Teaching Pillars
• Critical Thinking Inquiry-based
• Problem-solving Project-based
• Teamwork Real-world (authentic)
• Communication Performance-based
• Technology Integrations
• Students must engage in them
• in order to learn them.