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Ocean Academy Parent Meeting

Ocean Academy Parent Meeting. 24 September 2014. Meet the Teachers. Rotation in Your Son’s/Daughter’s Homeroom. 2014-2015 Theme. You Control Your Success: Explore Find and Follow Your Path. You Control Your Success. Examples of Recent Opportunities.

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Ocean Academy Parent Meeting

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  1. Ocean Academy Parent Meeting • 24 September 2014

  2. Meet the Teachers • Rotation in Your Son’s/Daughter’s Homeroom

  3. 2014-2015 Theme

  4. You Control Your Success: Explore Find and Follow Your Path

  5. You Control Your Success

  6. Examples of Recent Opportunities • Week with students from across country to create mobile Apps • Beginning of apprenticeship with Civil Engineer • Job Shadows: Cooking (The Spot, Pasta Per Caso) • International Student Business Competition • Work Scholarships: Tutors, Handyman, Campus Support • Student Government • Movie-making Club

  7. Speak with your son or daughter about opportunities!

  8. Explore, Find, and Follow Your Path

  9. Personal Education Plan (PEP) • Careers

  10. Personal Education Plan (PEP) • Sixth Form, University, Trade School

  11. Students plan for overcoming obstacles • With support from parents, teachers, counselor, administrators, mentors.

  12. This is when students “take off” . . . in their learning and internal drive.

  13. Parents, if you have not already had your Personal Education Plan (PEP) Meeting with Mrs. Curry or Dr. Lewis, please schedule it with Mrs. Curry before you leave campus today.

  14. New Course: Applied Learning • Instructors: Heidi Curry, Joni Miller, Elizabeth Usher • Explore & Learn by DOING real-world work. • Individualized support for finding & reaching PEP goals. • Each Form has one full afternoon each week - internship, job shadow, class projects.

  15. Learning in the “Real World” • Job Shadows: Students explore career interests by visiting businesses and professionals at the work place • Apprenticeships: Students create meaningful projects, guided by mentors in the workplace (ex. Website, menu, building design plans)

  16. Classroom Role Plays/Projects • Professional Etiquette • Phone Calls • Interviews • Communication Skills

  17. New Report Cards

  18. Content & Skills Mastery

  19. For Every Course • Overall Course Grade: A+, A, A- , B+, B, B- , C+, C, C- , D+, D, D-, F • Mastery of Specific Content (Information) and Skills (What can he/she DO with that information?): • 1 = D = Below Mastery • 2 = C = Approaching Mastery • 3 = B = Mastery • 4 = A = Exceeds Mastery

  20. Example: Spanish • Spanish: Overall: C+ • Content & Skills Mastery: • Listening: Approaching Mastery (4) • Reading Comprehension: Below Mastery (1) • Speaking: Mastery (4) • Writing: Below Mastery (1) • Culture: Approaching Mastery (2) • Grammar: Approaching Mastery (2) • Meets Deadlines (2)

  21. Benefits • Students, Parents, and Teachers know exactly where students are strong and weak. • Pushes ALL students to reach higher. • We “catch” problem areas that could otherwise get “lost” in average grade. • Keeps teachers, students, and parents focused on reaching true goals of content (information) and skills (what to do with information).

  22. Support for this New Approach • School systems all over the world are moving to mastery approach. • Belize Ministry of Education Chief Education Officer Chris Aird stated, “this is the competency based model – which we are trying to promote.” • Similar to how CXC and ATLIB grade papers.

  23. Overall Grade • Four-point Scale and Letter Grade: Used in high schools, tertiary schools, and organizations across Belize, e.g. St. John’s, Sacred Heart, U.B., Development Finance Corporation. • 4 = A • 3 = B • 2 = C • 1 = D • Example: 3.1, B- • Used in high schools and tertiary schools across Belize.

  24. Engrade • Online grading system used by more than 4 million students and parents • You can check your child’s grades and progress by logging into engrade. • Find grades and (some) assignments. • Note: Averages are not complete until report card is printed.

  25. Aquatic Tourism P.E.

  26. Beyond Sport Summit • Bringing together the best sport-led social innovators with influential, global leaders to address sports' role in driving positive social change • October 28-30 • Johannesburg, South Africa • OA panel speaker: • “How Education can develop • youth leaders through sport”

  27. Beyond Sport Awards • Celebrating and supporting the best and most innovative practices using sport to address major issues in communities around the world • 350 projects entered from 70 countries • Global recognition • Business and strategic support • Funding • OA Aquatic Tourism P.E. • SHORTLISTED FINALIST (TOP 3)

  28. Thank You!Let’s get to class!

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