Updated Continuum Artifacts

Long Term PBL

Long term PBLs are completed through Advisement/Study Skills classes with academic support from all areas.  Long term PBLs range from 9-18 weeks based on the grade level and topic.  PBLs are set up for students to take ownership of their learning and research.  Students in 9th grade are provided more guidance and parameters, while students in 12th grade are given a framework and are encouraged to decide what problem they want to research/solve.

Day-to-Day Instruction

Engineering Curriculum

Project Lead the Way Engineering curriculum is used in the School of Engineering.  These four courses have been aligned to the Georgia Department of Education STEM Electronics Pathway as well as the 3-D Modeling and Analysis capstone course.  

Business Partnerships

The School of Engineering at H.V. Jenkins High School has an active Business Education Advisory Council (BEAC).  This group formally meets four times per school year.  In addition, BEAC members meet at least twice a year with teachers for project collaboration.  

• Arboris - Support Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Judging

  • Summer Camp Host

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

• CEISMC @ Georgia Tech - Advocate Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Judging

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Summer Camp Host

  • Financial Support/Donations

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

• Chatham County - Support Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Judging

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

• City of Savannah - Support Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Judging

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

• Georgia Power - Advocate Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

  • Financial Support/Donations

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

  • Summer Camp Host

  • Internships

• Georgia Southern University - Advocate Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

• Gulfstream Aerospace - Advocate Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

  • Financial Support/Donations

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

  • Summer Camp Host

  • Internships

• Hussey Gay Bell - Advocate Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

  • Financial Support/Donations

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

  • Summer Camp Host

  • Internships

• International Paper - Advocate Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

  • Financial Support/Donations

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

  • Summer Camp Host

  • Internships

• JE Dunn - Advocate Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

  • Financial Support/Donations

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

  • Summer Camp Host

  • Internships

• Jedson Engineering - Support Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

• Kinder Morgan - Support Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

• Ramboll - Interactive Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

• Savannah Economic Development Authority - Interactive Partner

  • Connecting Local Businesses with Teachers and Students

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

  • Financial Support/Donations

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

  • Summer Camp Host

• Tharpe Engineering - Support Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

• Thomas & Hutton - Interactive Partner

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Project Collaboration/Planning

  • Project Judging

  • Coaching/Mentoring for STEM Competitions

2023 Science Fair Winners

Action Planning

The School of Engineering teachers came together after the Virtual Georgia Department of Education STEM Pre-Visit to complete the Action Planning Worksheet.  This worksheet has been used as a guide to inform our practices to continue to improve our program.

Progress

Challenge Area - Collaborative Planning

We have worked to ensure time is set aside for collaborative planning throughout the grade level teams, as well as the STEM team as a whole.  We have set aside the second and fourth Tuesday for after STEM team meetings for teachers without common planning.  We are looking at the cohort used by UCHS to identify areas we can improve our scheduling to better serve our students each year.

Challenge Area - STEM Journals

We worked to create a STEM Journal template that uses our identified EDP.  Students were provided this journal at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year.  As we have worked through this year, we have found areas to improve this template, and will be making revisions for the upcoming school year.  We have also worked this year to ensure students are using their STEM Journals, and this is a continued area we are focusing on.

Challenge Area - Community Partnerships

In February 2022, we began bringing our business partners back into our building physically to improve our collaboration practices.  We used one afternoon of Pre-Planning to bring our business partners and teachers together, and have another date scheduled February 17, 2023.  We have also increased our outreach to business partners and feeder schools through campus tours, classroom visits, Girls Engineer It Day events hosted by our local SWE chapter, and our District Student Success Expo.