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Meeting Date:
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9/7/2021 - 7:00 PM
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Category:
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DISCUSSION / ACTION ITEMS
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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10.1 Approval of New Course Descriptions - Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3), YouthBuild Integrated Construction Curriculum, and Introduction to Consumer Mathematics
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Attachment Summary
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Course Descriptions:
Multi-Craft Core Curriculum
YouthBuild Integrated Construction Curriculum
Introduction to Consumer Mathematics
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File Attachment:
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Quick Summary / Abstract:
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Staff will present three new courses for consideration and approval.
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Background:
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Our District is committed to developing courses that provide students with a wide range of opportunities to prepare students to “contribute and thrive in a changing world.” Our Board of Education encourages creating new courses and updating courses that are engaging to our students and prepare them for success in the 21st Century. These new courses include the California State Standards and support students in their pursuit of college and career readiness.
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Status
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As we strive to remain competitive in meeting student and parent/guardian requests for rigorous college preparatory coursework, career technical education, and elective opportunities that will prepare students for multiple options beyond high school, we collaborate closely with our high school teachers and administrators to keep our current courses updated and new courses prepared for Board approval.
Our federally grant-funded YouthBuild courses will establish a foundation for a full-fledged construction plus welding pathway, designed to target underserved, disengaged and alternative school students primarily ages 16-24. This will provide incredible skill building and workforce development opportunities for our students.
New Courses:
Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3):
Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) is a training program offering a comprehensive overview of the construction industry and providing technical and job readiness skills to succeed in any trade. This course has been developed to integrate skills and concepts from the Building and Construction Trades with applied mathematics and English. As a natural progression, students will apply the craft skills required to design and build a variety of scaled structures that meet current code requirements. In addition, students will make real-world connections between construction, math, and English using written projects, construction documents that include creating blueprints, project packets, and student-centered construction projects. MC3 provides students the opportunity to apply academic knowledge and technical skills through a hands-on curriculum that meets pre-apprenticeship requirements for the National Building Trades Council. Participants graduate with industry-standard certifications and are given opportunities to meet with industry experts, tour apprenticeship training centers, and network with established contractors.
YouthBuild Integrated Construction Curriculum:
The YouthBuild Integrated Construction Curriculum, Working Hands, Working Minds, is designed to help YouthBuild instructors and trainers integrate academics, construction, and leadership development. It fosters reading, writing, and mathematics learning through the context of construction; skill training is directly linked to community responsibility and social analysis. This curriculum motivates students by engaging them in real-world problems and projects. Using the teacher as their guide, students investigate authentic community problems.
Introduction to Consumer Mathematics:
Introduction to Consumer Mathematics is an algebra-based, mathematical modeling course that will solve applications that occur in everyday financial life. The purpose of this course is to lay a foundation in both logical thinking and problem solving while applying these skills to everyday financial decisions. Students will expand and gain a deeper understanding of Algebra I by directly relating standards and lesson topics to common consumer problems they will face in the real world. Lesson topics will include rational numbers, algebraic expressions, analyzing and solving linear equations and inequalities, data analysis, probability, statistics, and polynomials. Students will learn skills to help them understand the cost of operating a vehicle, income, budgeting, buying and renting a home, filing taxes, banking, investments, and calculating business profits and losses. Students will investigate relationships between variables and solve problems using equations, graphs, and tables; specifically, they will do so through the lens of consumer mathematics. Students will then be able to apply these skills to real-life circumstances.
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Fiscal Impact
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Instructional materials for the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum, and YouthBuilder Integrated Construction Curriculum will be purchased using funding provided by our Department of Labor YouthBuild Grant.
Instructional materials for the Introduction to Consumer Mathematics will be purchased from the District-established Instructional Materials budget using Local Control Funding Formula and Lottery funds
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Superintendent's Recommendation:
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Approve New Course Descriptions - Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3); YouthBuild Integrated Construction Curriculum; Introduction to Consumer Mathematics.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Vanessa Castro - Executive Assistant - District
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Signed By:
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Jason Krolikowski - Director of Secondary Education
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Signed By:
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Kelly Bowers, Ed.D. - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Emily Prusso Moved, Member Anne White seconded to approve the Original motion 'Approve New Course Descriptions - Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3); YouthBuild Integrated Construction Curriculum; Introduction to Consumer Mathematics.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 5 - 0 | | | | | Craig Bueno | Yes | | Anne White | Yes | | Emily Prusso | Yes | | Kristie Wang | Yes | | Yanira Guzman | Yes | |
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