High School of Business™
November 15, 2010
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Who
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1) Why create this program?
2) Who…students. Building knowledge,
skills, confidence.
Did you know…
3) What does the program look like at a
school?
4) How has it grown over the last four
years?
5) Next steps for getting involved
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Why change?
Did you know…
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1) By 2020, 75% of all jobs will require a college degree
2) More students choose a major in business
Did Preparation
you know… is key. Knowledge, skills, credits= student success
3)
4) 21st Century workplace demands....no matter the career.
5) Business degrees land jobs-- even in a tough economy.
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We listened…
and found inspiration
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•For more than 30 years, MBAResearch
has been interested in determining what
skills and knowledge are relevant to the
business community
•Secondary and primary research has
been conducted to determine these skills
and knowledge
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Research Activities
• Industry interviews 1
on 1; small group
• Industry certifications
• Labor statistics
• Job web sites
• Journals
• White papers
• Textbooks
• State curriculum
guides
• Syllabi/course
descriptions
• Executive interviews
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Key Question:
How can we prepare students
to EXCEL?
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Knowledge
Skills
Confidence
Building
entrepreneurs and
business leaders
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Knowledge
Start with the standards
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Knowledge
Model college program design
Accelerated pace
Career Clusters: Business Management &
Administration, Marketing & Finance
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Knowledge
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1 Semester
Program
Design
2
nd
Semester
Grade 9
Leadership
Grade 10
Principles of Business
Grade 11
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Finance
Grade 12
Prin. of Management
Business Strategies
Wealth Management
Business Economics
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Knowledge
Program–long project
Program
Design
In addition to course-specific projects…
• Over-arching project
• Pieces incorporated into
each course
• Final course, Business Strategies,
brings it all together
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Skills
Project management via project-based
learning
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Skills
Plan the work
Program
Design
Work the plan
Teams of students work on projects at Columbus Grove High
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Skills
"I believe
High
School of Business projects are a
Project
management
better way for students to learn about business
concepts without regurgitating a laundry list of
vocabulary terms and reciting economical theories."
-Yvette Schroeder, Business Teacher, Leipsic High School,
Leipsic, Ohio
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Skills
Project management
21st Century Skills
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Skills
Team-based strategies
Program
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Skills
Integrated technology
Program
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Skills
Program
Design
International business
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Knowledge
Skills
Confidence
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• "As the projects
progressed, the students became
Confidence
more and more independent in their critical thinking
Builds
project
management
gradually
abilities,
in their
abilities
to workskills
as part
of a group,
in their abilities to delegate responsibilities, and
overall in their excitement in learning about
economics and what is going on in the world around
them.“
-Terri Fletcher, Business Teacher, Ft. Osage (MO)l,
Ft. Osage, MO
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Confidence
Builds project management skills gradually
Builds business venture gradually
Course
Capstone Project piece
Principles of Business
Ideas generated
Business Economics
Idea selected
Principles of Marketing
Business’ marketing
Principles of Finance
Business’ finances
Principles of Management
Business’ management issues
Business Strategies
Business plan finished and
start-up
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Knowledge
Skills
Confidence
What happens behind the scenes?
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Comprehensive
Program
• Steering Team
• Professional
Development
• Assessment
• Post-sec
connections
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Steering Team
• HSB instructors
Steering
Team
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Site administrator
District administrator
Counselor
Two area professionals
• College faculty
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Purpose
• Continuous improvement of program
Steering
Team
• Cross-functional management
• Higher education input and guidance
• Business community involvement
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Interaction with business community
Steering
Team
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Observational Internship
Steering
Team
• During senior year
or just prior
• 20 hrs minimum
• High-level executive
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Comprehensive faculty development
Professional
Development
• Pedagogy training
• Course content training
“The best part of High School of Business, for me, has been the training and
constant communication with the HSB developers and other pilot site
teachers.”
--Deanna Penn, Riverside High, WV
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Teacher as
facilitator
Professional
Development
“In history class, they tell us what to do. In Leadership, we tell
Ms. Nockengost what we’re planning to do.”
--Tim Ellison, 9th Grade, Ellet High
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Comprehensive faculty development
Professional
Development
“Do as I do”
Teachers participate in PBL during professional development
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Teacher Peer Group
Professional
Development
• Continuous communication
via listserv and wiki
• Monthly conference call
• Sister schools
“I had considered retiring this year, but teaching High School of
Business™ has re-energized me. I can’t wait to get back to school and
work through the projects with the students.”
-- Howard Foltz, Columbus Grove High School (OH)
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Course Assessments
Multiple formats
Assessments
• Rubrics
• Reflection
• Quizzes
• Online objective exam
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Program Assessments
Assessments
• Philosophy
of
Are we
making
Continuous Improvement
a difference?
• Student/academic measures
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Post-secondary bridge
Post-sec
Connections
• Researched programs
• College faculty advisory council
• Local relationships
between secondary and
post-secondary
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Near or at college-level
curriculum = Options
Post-sec
Connections
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Honors weighting?
Credit through a local college or
university?
• CLEP preparation?
• A·S·K Institute Certification?
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Pilot phase
Current sites
Future growth
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High School of Business™
Year 1: 2007-08
5 schools in 5 states
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Year 4: 2010-11
31 Schools in 9 States
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Snapshot: Participating schools
Diverse group of 31
• Urban, rural, suburban
• Comprehensive, career centers, partnerships
• 40+ business and/or marketing teachers
• 9 states represented
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www.MBAResearch.org/HSB
Detailed Handbook
Applications
for 2011-2012
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1) Why create this program?
2) Who…students. Building knowledge,
skills, confidence.
Did you know…
3) What does the program look like at a
school?
4) How has it grown over the last four
years?
5) Next steps for getting involved
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"The students work together, learn to work toward
finishing and coming up with a completed product.
This is valuable experience. This will serve them
well in their professional career and in their college
career before they even get to the working world.
These are the skills that are necessary regardless
of what industry or what technical aspect of
business they decide to pursue."
-Mark Hyssong, Parent, Centennial High, Franklin, TN
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Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations