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Download Colorado State University-Pueblo ED591 (1 Credit Option) Graduate Credit Registration Form

Download Colorado State University-Pueblo ED592 (2 Credit Option) Graduate Credit Registration Form

 

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Syllabus for 1Credit Option

Class Name - 21st Century Employment Success Factors

[Various Class Locations as selected by student during registration]

[Class Meeting time(s) - 3rd Tuesday from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 during scheduled months]

 

Instructor: [Randy C. Dalton] [2306 East Pikes Peak Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80909]

Email - dalton.r@ppwfc.org

Office Phone 719-667-3880 - Cell Phone 719-304-4073

Office Hours: [8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. by appointment]

Grading: Graduate Credit ED591 Letter Grade 

I. Rationale:


We have a real emergency today in a lack of home-grown talent exiting the Pre-K-16 education pipeline. Increasing deficiencies exist between the supply and demand of employable talent exiting the educational system in science, technology, engineering and math skills. Also there is a noticeable lack of basic soft skills needed to be successful in the modern workforce. This course promotes awareness of current and projected skills needed by the students entering the 21st century workforce.

II. Course Aims and Objectives:

Aims

Students participating in this course will hear clear and concise messages from the leaders in business. These messages will provide the student with the understanding of the needed skills that youth within the educational pipeline will be required to possess to be considered a top candidate for a position in various industries. Teachers and counselors, within the educational pipeline, no matter what their specialty, can assist the youth of today more effectively by understanding the talents they need to succeed in the economy and perform at high levels.

Specific Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, students will:

Be able to promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to the P-16 students they teach, and provide reasons the P-16 student should gain these skills.

  • Be able to converse with parents to assist them in gaining insight into the factors that will enable success for their children in the 21st century economy.
  • Form relationships with business leaders that will assist in strengthening the content of lesson plans.
  • Be able to understand the projected future of the knowledge-based economy of the business world.
  • Be able to describe why it is necessary for youth to understand important STEM related subjects regardless of the industry, from agriculture, manufacturing, game developer to bio-technology.
  • Be able to describe to P-16 students items employers of today research about their potential employee including student's school attendance, My Space accounts and other character describing social skills that either make them or break them as a candidate for employment.
  • Students will be required to complete a written report that provides insight into the common threads detailed by business leaders of various industries that comprise the highest caliber employee.

III. Format and Procedures:

This course is comprised of participation and completion of no less than 5 separate Tuesday Tours as offered by the Business and Education Talent Readiness Project (BETR). http://www.betrproject.org/

  • Students may register to attend tours from a list of businesses that are located in southeast Colorado.
  • One final written assignment is required to describe gained insight into the common threads detailed by business leaders of various industries that comprise the highest caliber employee.

IV. Course Requirements:

1. Class attendance and participation policy: Student must attend at least 5 scheduled Tuesday Tours.

2. Course readings:

(a) None

3. Assignments based on the number of credits for which the learner is enrolled:

One credit - What are the minimum requirements if the student can choose to take the course for credit?

(1) Attend 5 separate Tuesday Tours

(2) Complete 1 two-page written assignment.

V. Grading Procedures:

Letter Grade for ED591

VI. Tentative Course Schedule [based on a graduate level course that meets once a month over a six month period]: (May change to accommodate guest presenters & student needs)

Please visit the Business and Education Talent Readiness Project (BETR) Website for scheduling details. http://www.betrproject.org/.

2 Graduate Credit Option

[Various Class Locations]

[Class Meeting time(s) 6 tours during the current school Year]

Instructor:
[Randy C. Dalton]
East Pikes Peak Ave. Street Colorado Springs, CO 80909

Email dalton.r@ppwfc.org

Office
Phone 719-667-3880

Office
Hours: [8:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. by appointment]

Grading: Graduate Credit ED592 Letter Grade

I.
Rationale:
We have a real emergency today in a lack of home-grown
talent exiting the Pre-K12 education pipeline. Increasing deficiencies
exist between the supply and demand of employable talent exiting the
educational system in science, technology, engineering and math skills. Also
there is a noticeable lack of basic soft skills needed to be successful in the
modern workforce. This course promotes awareness of current and projected
skills needed by the students entering the 21st century workforce.
No matter if the participating teacher deals with the subject of art, science,
social studies, health, etc. or what the age of the Pre-K12 student is, a
business ready workforce is in need of teachers who can help direct students to
be prepared for the future workforce.

II. Course
Aims and Objectives:

Aims

Students
participating in this course will hear clear and concise messages from the
leaders in business. These messages will provide the student with the
understanding of the needed skills that youth within the educational pipeline
will be required to possess to be considered a top candidate for a position in
various industries. Teachers and counselors, within the educational pipeline,
no matter what their specialty, can assist the youth of today more effectively
by understanding the talents they need to succeed in the economy and perform at
high levels.

Specific
Learning Objectives:

By
the end of this course, students will:

  • Be able to promote science, technology, engineering, and
    math (STEM) to the Pre-K12 students they teach, and provide reasons the PreK-12
    student should gain these skills.
  • Be able to converse with parents to assist them in gaining
    insight into the factors that will enable success for their children in the 21st
    century economy.
  • Form relationships with business leaders that will assist in
    strengthening the content of lesson plans.
  • Be able to understand the projected future of the knowledge-based
    economy of the business world.
  • Be able to describe why it is necessary for youth to
    understand important STEM related subjects regardless of the industry, from
    agriculture, manufacturing, game developer to bio-technology.
  • Be able to describe to PreK12 students items employers of
    today research about their potential employee including student’s school
    attendance, My Space accounts and other character describing social skills that
    either make them or break them as a candidate for employment.
  • Students will be required to complete a written report that
    provides insight into the common threads detailed by business leaders of
    various industries that comprise the highest caliber employee.

III. Format
and Procedures:

This course is comprised of
participation and completion of no less than 6 separate Tuesday Tours presentations as offered by the Business
and Education Talent Readiness Project (BETR). www.betrproject.org


  • Attendance at 6 Tuesday Tours presentations given by leading regional
    business leaders.
  • One final written assignment is required to describe gained insight
    into the common threads detailed by business leaders of various
    industries that comprise the highest caliber employee.

  • One written lesson plan on how the factors presented during
    the presentations can be incorporated in their classroom environment. The
    lesson plan should be written for whatever grade level or course in which the
    participating teacher is currently assigned.

Create
a Lesson Plan Using the Format Below:

Purpose

Purpose of this lesson plan

Thinking
Parts

Lesson
plans are first of all a thinking process. This thinking process basically is completed in four
parts.

First, determine the curriculum; that is,
what the children will learn what they will be able to do upon completing the
activities or work of the lesson.

Second, determine what the students
already know, before beginning the lesson that can lead into the new curriculum
of the day.

Third, determine at least one way to
assist the students in learning the new curriculum.

Fourth, determine at least one way to
evaluate the learning outcomes of the students.

Written
Format

First, write the student academic
behavioral learning objective based on the thinking parts above (especially the
first and fourth steps; that is, what the students will be able to DO
upon completing the lesson, and what student academic knowledge will be
evaluated as a result).

Second, follow steps A, B, and C
as follows.

A:
What the students enter the lesson already knowing (prerequisites)

Review any
prerequisite knowledge that will lead easily into the new curriculum.

B: Core
lesson (what the teacher and the students do)

Be sure to
include the exact examples, problems, projects, or activities that will be
used.

C: The
NEW curriculum that the students exit the lesson knowing (objective of the
lesson)

EXAMPLE OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS

Lesson
topic and situation:

Thinking
Parts

First,
determine the curriculum; that is, what the children will learn what they will
be able to do upon completing the activities or work of the lesson.

Second,
determine what the students already know, before beginning the lesson that can
lead into the new curriculum of the day.

Third,
determine at least one way to assist the students in learning the new
curriculum.

Fourth,
determine at least one way to evaluate the learning outcomes of the students.

Written
Format

Student
Academic Behavioral Learning Objective (what the students will be able to do upon completing
the lesson):

A: What
the students enter the lesson already knowing (prerequisites)

B: Core
lesson (what the teacher and the students do)

C: The
NEW curriculum that the students exit the lesson knowing (objective of the
lesson)

IV.
Course Requirements:

 

  • Class
    attendance and participation policy: Student
    must attend at least 6 Tuesday Tours
  • Complete 1 two-page written assignment.

 

  • Complete 1 written Lesson Plan.

V. Grading
Procedures:

Letter Grade


Please visit the Business and
Education Talent Readiness Project (BETR) Website for scheduling details. www.betrproject.org.