Building a Model Health Science Technology Program

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Building a Model Health Science Technology
Program

• A Statewide System of Delivery
• Health Science Technology Education

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A Starting Point

• Commitment
• Accountability
• Statewide Implementation of a Programs
  Infrastructure
• Systematic Scope and Sequence

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Implementation Components

• The infrastructure contains subsystems that
  support each other.
• 1.     Teacher quality standards
• 2.    Curriculum standards
• 3.    Facility standards
• 4.    Equipment standards
• 5.    Work-based learning standards
• 6.    Assessment standards
• 7. Career and Technical Student Organization
  (CTSO) standards
• 8. HOSA-A Student-Led Association of Future
  Health Professionals

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Teacher Quality Standards

• Demonstrates knowledge of content and
  instructional resources pertaining to academic
  skills, the workplace, and the skills and
  processes of healthcare
• Selects a variety of instructional strategies to
  develop learners knowledge of health science,
  and critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Builds collaborative relationships with partners
  to extend and enrich opportunities for learners

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Curriculum Framework

• State and national standards for a comprehensive
  curriculum framework
• Curriculum designs and assessment construction
  result
• Represent a body of knowledge and technical
  skills expressed at an appropriate level of
  complexity

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Career Major Map Diagnostic Services
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Career Major Map Therapeutic Services
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Career Major Map Health Informatics
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Career Major Map Biotechnology Research and
Development
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Career Major Map Support Services
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Standards Validation

• Curriculum standards validated on a timely basis
  by appropriate stakeholders

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Facility and Equipment Standards

• Recommended equipment and supplies list developed
  for each health science course

Work-based Learning Standards

• Connects students with healthcare professionals
  in the clinical experience
• Student experiences provide both a broad
  exposure to health careers and the foundational
  skills of healthcare workers

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Three As for a Model Health Science Program
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Academic Integration

• Integrated science, math, language arts, social
  studies, health and physical education standards
• Career development plans (Individual Graduation
  Plans IGPs) illustrating coursework for
  graduation and appropriate electives
• Career Major Map a visual asset for educators,
  students, and parents

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Articulation

• Document curriculum and assessment standards as
  a format for articulation, dual enrollment, and
  postsecondary transition

Alignment
Instructional standards aligned to state and
national curriculum and assessment standards,
and the National Healthcare Skills Standards
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Results of the System

• Better prepare students to enter college and the
  workplace
• Attract high tech and high wage healthcare
  industries
• Increase the per capita income
• Increase the tax base
• More productive citizens