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EDT Guiding Principles

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Design Team (EDT) April – June 2007. EDT Guiding Principles. The APS Academics and Careers Center (ACC) will: Provide small learning communities that lead to a nurturing, supportive environment for learning

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EDT Guiding Principles

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  1. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Design Team (EDT)April – June 2007

  2. EDT Guiding Principles The APS Academics and Careers Center (ACC) will: • Provide small learning communities that lead to a nurturing, supportive environment for learning • Commit totally to success for all its students • Ensure support beyond academics for all its students • Provide flexibility in scheduling • Provide supportive social/emotional developmental and academic counseling • Provide individualized programs • Provide for emerging technologies in academic, career, and technical fields • Provide acceleration opportunities for students

  3. EDT Guiding Principles In support of these guiding principles, the educational program of the Center will: • Maintain the missions and character of the existing programs while enhancing the synergies between them • Expand high school opportunities to explore and develop career fields • Integrate opportunities to acquire post-secondary education and/or training while still in high school • Provide alternative options to complete a high school education while enhancing life-long learning opportunities • Afford opportunities for structured post-secondary experiences for all its students • Provide adaptability to accommodate future trends

  4. Reasons for Co-Location • Need for critical mass of students to provide advanced studies diploma options • Provide opportunities for acceleration as they exist now and as others have expressed a desire for • Provide direct access to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) classes using existing Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses as the basis for STEM • Provide more options to students through access to community college and four-year university programs on site

  5. Reasons for Co-Location • Continue to support and sustain small learning community program setting, structure, and atmosphere • Continue Arlington Public Schools position at the forefront of educational innovation and opportunity for all, not just a select few

  6. Adjacency Diagram Support Areas Support Areas Support Areas Support Areas Type C CTE Classroom/ Lab Type C CTE Classroom/ Lab Type C CTE Classroom/ Lab Type C CTE Classroom/ Lab Support Areas Type B CTE Classroom/ Lab HS Continuation Classrooms NVCC Classrooms Core Academic Classrooms Teacher Work Center Administration

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