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There’s No Place Like the Real World: Internships and Research/Design Opportunities. Metro Early College High School Classroom, Internship and Research Experiences. April 19, 2012 . The Metro Concept. Education that links learning to life: Real World Issues Design Challenges .
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There’s No Place Like the Real World: Internships and Research/Design Opportunities Metro Early College High School Classroom, Internship and Research Experiences April 19, 2012
The Metro Concept • Education that links learning to life: • Real World Issues • Design Challenges FIRST Robotics • STEM Competitions • Internships • Capstone Research Projects CyberPatriot Competition
The Metro Experience • Metro is an Inclusive Public STEM School Program Diverse • Lottery Admission • Demographics reflect entire county (15 Districts) • Accelerated • STEM Mastery system • Early college • Tailored Education • Real World Experiences • Problem based learning • 3rd/4th year themed learning center experiences
Metro Demographics Fall 2011 • 30% Free and Reduced Lunch • 14% Identified Special Needs
Phases of Design: An Integrated Approach to Project Development
Cross Curricular Content Integration • Math, Science, English, Art, Social Studies, Spanish, Chinese • Framed by the Greater Columbus Context Design Challenge/Project Development Template is an integration of work by Wiggins and McTighe, the International Center for Leadership in Education, Robert Marzano and David Conley.
Partnerships illuminate intersection of rigor & Relevance • In Classrooms—from the first week of school • Design Challenges • Authentic Evaluators • Experts in the field • Internships • Research
The Internship and Capstone Research/Design Experience • Scaffolded learning • Apply classroom learning to real life problems • Professionalism • Application of Metro Habits • Learning outside the classroom
The Internship and Capstone Research/design Experience • Scaffolded learning • Apply classroom learning to real life problems • Professionalism • Application of Metro Habits • Learning outside the classroom
The Internship and Capstone Research/design Experience • Scaffolded learning • Apply classroom learning to real life problems • Professionalism • Application of Metro Habits • Learning and contributing outside the classroom
Early College Experience Learning Centers • Year-long Thematic Programs • College coursework • Capstone (Content-specific internship)experiences with professionals in the field • Design challenges, competitions and field studies that put education into practice BODIES Biomedical – Partners: Ohio Health Research Campus. Field Studies: China (Eastern vs. Western Medicine), Costa Rica (3rd World Medicine) DESIGN Robotic Engineering - Partners: COSI, Dublin HS, FIRST Robotics Competition ENERGY Energy and Policy - Partners: Franklin Park Conservatory, Battelle Science & Tech Center (OSU John Glenn School of Public Affairs), Linden-McKinley STEM Academy
Class of 2011 Admissions Ashland UniversityBoston College Bowling GreenBrigham Young Brown UniversityButler UniversityCapital UniversityColumbia Case Western CCAD Columbus StateCornell UniversityDenison UniversityDePaul UniversityDillard UniversityFranklin UniversityHaverford CollegeHoward UniversityIndiana UniversityJohn Carroll Kent StateLafayette CollegeLane CollegeLincoln UniversityMarietta CollegeMiami of OhioMt. Carmel Muskingum CollegeOhio DominicanOhio State University Ohio Northern Ohio UniversityOhio WesleyanPurdueOtterbeinRITSouthern Virginia The Citadel Univ. of California Univ. of ChicagoUniv. of CincinnatiUniv. of FindlayUniv. of IllinoisUniv. of KentuckyUniv. of MiamiUniv. of MarylandUniv. of MichiganUniv. of Tennessee Univ. of ToledoVassar CollegeVirginia StateWittenberg WoosterWright State • Class 2011 • High Schools represented: 32 • 4 year College: 86% • 2 year College: 13% • In State College: 84% • Out of State College: 16% • Work/Military: 1% Graduating class of 2010 – 36 of the 72 students are currently at OSU Graduating class of 2011 – 47 of the 93 students are currently at OSU
The Internship and Research/design Experience • Strong Community Partners
How to be involved at Metro • To host and intern/capstone research students, seek to a letter of support for a grant, or share a project idea: • Contact Mari Burgettburgett.2@themetroschool.org • She will connect you to the appropriate person/people.