Tulare County Office of Education

Tulare County School-to-Career
Project and Program Update

School-to-Career Focus

STC evaluation and data collection
State and regional dissemination of STC project information
Local assistance to new and emerging programs
Development of staff and resources for continued program development

Projects

Learning and Doing
Project/Problem Based Learning

While many professional development opportunities for educators involve interaction and learning within the academic community, the work-based nature of school-to-career necessitates a greater emphasis on learning activities that incorporate workplace and industry themes in cooperation with local business. Learning and Doing combines teacher visits to the workplace with the development of real-world student research projects that can be incorporated into classroom activities.

School Garden Program

The School Garden Program expands and enhances the development of agriculture education material, tools and outreach through an innovative school garden investment program. The project supports the material, supplies, professional services and outreach needed to produce and disseminate age-appropriate, standards-based curriculum and school garden services to all local schools and more than 94,000 students in the Tulare County area.

The School Garden Program further develops a teacher-driven project model that integrates Ag in the Classroom, California Ag literacy standards and other specific curricular resources. An assortment of Ag Science Education and literacy support mechanisms will ensure an integrated, standards-based, set of activities for Tulare County students.

For applications or more information, visit the Tulare County Farm Bureau website at www.tulcofb.org.

Community Collaborative Project

The Community Collaborative Project expands career pathway projects in the area and builds upon the collaborative academic and career course work needed for today's work environments. Working with industry and education partners, the College of the Sequoias Tech Prep Consortium has invited successful K-12 career pathway and academy sites to partner with School-to-Career programs to expand articulation, develop courses and coenrollment programs that meet a diversified and expanded set of occupations.

For more information, visit COS Tech Prep online at www.cos.edu/techprep.

Randy Wallace, Project Director
phone: (559) 733-6101
fax: (559) 737-4378

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Tulare County School-to-Career Project and Program Update

Tulare County School-to-Career
Project and Program Update