UPPER CAPE COD REGIONAL
TECHNICAL SCHOOL
SUMMER 2013
STEADI PROGRAM
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARITHMETIC, &
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION
• Four week program
• Monday through Thursday from 8am to 12pm
• 2 9 r i s i n g 9 th a n d 1 0 th g ra d e s t u d e n t s p a r t i c i p a t e d
• Students rotated through 3 learning communities
• H e a l t h Te c h n o l o g y a n d S c i e n c e
• E n v i r o n m e n t a l Te c h n o l o g y a n d E n g l i s h
• E n g i n e e r i n g Te c h n o l o g y a n d M a t h
STEADI STAFF
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Rachel Kerrigan, Program Administrator
L i n d a D e v e a u , H e a l t h Te c h n o l o g y Te a c h e r
K a r e n M a r t i n - M y e r s , S c i e n c e Te a c h e r
T i m S m i t h , E n g i n e e r i n g Te c h n o l o g y Te a c h e r
R i c h a r d S t e w a r t , M a t h Te a c h e r
M a t t L o m b a r d , M a t h Te a c h e r
J o h n K e l l y, E n v i r o n m e n t a l Te c h n o l o g y Te a c h e r
H e n r y M c C l i n t o c k , E n g l i s h Te a c h e r
S h e i l a E d w a r d s , E n g l i s h Te a c h e r
Victoria DeCosta, Aide
B r i a n Wa s h i n g t o n , C o u n s e l o r
Step 1: Define Service Learning
Step 2: Discover Needs/Problems
Step 3: Investigate the Problems
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Step 4: Research the Solutions
Step 5: Decide on a Project
GUIDED DISCOVERY
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STEP 1: DEFINE SERVICE-LEARNING
▪ Opening PowerPoint Presentation
▪ Overview of the program
▪ Kids Framework
▪ Service Learning
Apprentice
Citizenship
Academic
Integrity
Student
Ownership
Revisit Service Learning All Week
CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION
AND ASSESSMENT
▪ Pre-test
▪ What do the students already know?
▪ Where should we focus instruction?
▪ 30-45 minutes
▪ Multiply choice
▪ Questions related to:
▪ Biology
▪ Health Technology
▪ Mathematics
▪ Engineering Technology
▪ English
▪ Environmental Technology
STEP 2: DISCOVER NEEDS/PROBLEMS
UPPER CAPE TECH FIT-TRAIL
STEP 2: DISCOVER NEEDS/PROBLEMS
STEP 2: DISCOVER NEEDS/PROBLEMS
▪ Field notebooks
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Students took notes during the first walk
What do you see?
What don’t you see?
Where do you go?
What is the purpose of the fit-trail?
▪ Brainstorming
STEP 2: DISCOVER NEEDS/PROBLEMS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
▪ Technical Supervisor: Nolan Leroy
▪ Installation of Fit-trail
▪ Purpose
▪ Vision
▪ Joint Base Cape Cod
▪ Safety
Discussions led the students into Step 3
STEP 3: INVESTIGATE PROBLEMS
▪ Group Discussion
▪ More brainstorming
REFLECTION
▪ Written reflection of trail walk
STEP 4: RESEARCH SOLUTIONS
FIELD TRIP: HERITAGE “PLANTATION”
Photos by Dayna Bowman
STEP 4: RESEARCH SOLUTIONS
FIELD TRIP: SAGAMORE HILL
Photos by Dayna Bowman
STEP 5: DECIDE ON A PROJECT (S)
▪ Owl boxes
▪ Map of trail
▪ Direction signs
▪ Trail information
▪ Information boxes
▪ Danger signs (Joint Base
Cape Cod)
▪ Trash receptacles
▪ Placards
▪ Plant/tree identification
▪ Environmental attractions
▪ Vernal pool information
▪ Trail clean up
CELEBRATION
•Students were separated into
three groups starting on week two
• Students began rotating through
the three learning communities
•Curriculum and Instruction
embedded in all weeks
WEEK TWO
WEEK THREE
WEEK FOUR
Step 6: Plan the Project
Step 7: Implement the Plan
STEP 6: PLAN THE PROJECT &
STEP 7: IMPLEMENT THE PLAN
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
STEP 6: PLAN THE PROJECT &
STEP 7: IMPLEMENT THE PLAN
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND MATH
STEP 6: PLAN THE PROJECT &
STEP 7: IMPLEMENT THE PLAN
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGLISH
UCT Fitness Trail Map
To Parking
Lot
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Football
Field
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Soccer
Field
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Vernal
Pool
Bluebird
Trail
Scale: Approx. 100 yards
Glacial
Erratic
Camp Edwards
Military Base
No Trespassing
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STEP 8: EVALUATE
(IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY)
▪ All three learning communities came
together
▪ Reflection
▪ Group Counseling
▪ Post-test
PUBLIC RELATIONS
▪ Press release was sent to local media at the
end of week one; printed in three
newspapers
▪ Bourne Enterprise sent a photographer to
take pictures of students
▪ Article in Bourne Enterprise
CELEBRATION
▪ Closing Presentation
▪ Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
▪ Student guided Fit-trail walk
▪ Awards: Participation, Leadership, Most Engaged, Creativity,
Outstanding Effort
Invitations were sent to:
▪ Parents
▪ Joint Base Cape Cod Representatives
▪ School Administration
▪ School Committee Members
▪ Staff
UPPER CAPE TECH FIT TRAIL
YOUR REFLECTIONS ON THE PROJECT?
▪ What was your favorite part?
▪ Walking the fit trail everyday
▪ Working in the vernal pool
▪ Engineering class
▪ Learning about science and the human body
▪ Meeting new people, I made two new friends
▪ Making a skeleton
▪ What was new? What new skills did I learn?
▪ How to build a bird house; owl box; information box
▪ How to make signs using a machine
▪ Using the tools in the engineering shop
▪ Learning about vernal pools
QUESTIONS?