We design and implement high-wage, high-growth, high school career technical education pathways for high-needs learners; and open source all accessibility-compliant curricula, class materials, and work-based learning projects.
Ways we Serve Schools/Districts:
- Education pathway planning
- Securing funding
- Developing Career Technical Education (CTE) pathways
- Implementing pathways
- Creating innovative CTE support programs for students
- Meeting with and developing industry sector partners
- Writing curriculum and shepherding it through local and state approval processes
- Mentoring teachers and staff on work-based learning
- Creating open education resources (OER) content (textbooks, activities, projects, assessments)
- Articulating with high schools and colleges/universities
- Navigating steps in pathways compliance
How We Serve Students:
- Critical skills development
- Work-based, hands-on learning
- Skill sets that serve for a lifetime
- Preparation for entry to high-wage, high-growth jobs
How we Serve Humanity:
- Mentoring humans to live up to their potential
- Contributing to skilled workers who serve our ecosystem
- Supporting realized potential creating mentally healthier humans
- Teaching skills that can be passed on generationally
Our current contributions with Downey Unified School District include:
- Outdoor Welding lab at Columbus High School, pathway, and articulation with Cerritos College
- Advanced Manufacturing labs at Downey and Warren high schools, pathway, and articulation with Cerritos College
- Alternative Fuels and Advanced Transportation Electric Vehicle lab at Downey High School, pathway, and articulation with Cerritos College
- Construction Technologies HVAC pathway at Warren High School
- Game Development (as Computer Science) at Downey and Warren high schools
- Robotics and Manufacturing – in progress at Warren High School, pathway, and articulation
In addition, we create programs, projects, and products to support all students in academic and career preparation. Our current contributions with Downey Unified School District include:
- Advanced Placement college credit in CTE as AP Seminar for CTE and AP Research for CTE (in progress at https://AP4CTE.org/)
- Advanced CTE Mathematics with work-based learning + technology practice to develop a mental model for utilizing Algebra 2 level math (in progress at https://Math4CTE.org/)
- OER Publishing for high schools and colleges at (in progress at https://OER4CTE.org/)
- Teacher community of practice for all of the above (links from the top of each site)