Imagine heading into a professional development program and being greeted by an enthusiastic trainer. Upbeat music is playing and it is clear that time and effort have been made to help you feel welcome and appreciated as an educator. That’s the experience that members of our Building a Positive School Climate cohort had as they […]
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Students Take Charge of Career Readiness in Future Ready Leaders Program
What might high school career readiness look like if those career experiences were designed by the students themselves? Each year, the students in the Consortium’s Future Ready Leaders (FRL) program tackle that very question. Working alongside teachers and counselors, students draw on their own experiences and expertise to co-create career-related learning opportunities for their peers. […]
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Spotlight on: Career Ready Allegheny
Partner4Work’s new Career Ready Allegheny website has something for everyone with an interest in connecting our region’s youth to opportunities for career learning. Launched in September, the site offers employers options for connecting with schools and young talent as well as resources for structuring work-based learning experiences. It also puts the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s […]
Science Teachers Use Design Thinking to Bring STEELS Standards to Life
This month, science teachers from schools across the region gathered at a recent Consortium workshop with a specific challenge in mind: “How might we translate the new PA STEELS standards into action in our classrooms?” The solution that teachers found: Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design (HCD). Science standards in Pennsylvania will be making a seismic […]
Using HCD to Support Student Growth and Achievement
Education is a deeply human-centered endeavor. Know your students well, and you’ll be better able to create learning experiences that meet their needs; co-design those experiences with your fellow educators and you’ve got the Consortium’s Act 45 course: Using Human-Centered Design to Support Student Growth and Achievement. Now in its second cohort, seven new school […]
Bring career exploration to your students with Career Journeys
STEM+C Playbook highlights efforts to support student learning
Spotlight on: What Pittsburgh Opera offers schools
After the kind of backstage visit that the Bitz Opera Factory offers only rarely, Clairton City Elementary School Music Teacher Kevin Danchik wrote a letter of thanks saying that “the experience has opened new vistas” for the students who accompanied him, contributing to their “growth as young musicians.” Most exciting were the opportunities students had […]