Shenandoah Valley Rural Regional College Partnership Laboratory Schools
Data Science, Computing and Applications
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DSCA Curriculum Design
DSCA Curriculum Design
The proposed lab school will serve 50 students each from grades 10, 11 and 12 who will have the opportunity to engage in DSCA through five common experiences which are currently used as foundational competencies by the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Program at several Institutions of Higher Education, including, Interdisciplinary Coursework Experience; Research and Creative Experience; Design-thinking and Entrepreneurship Experience; Work-based Learning Experience and; Global and Multicultural Experience.
DSCA Multi-tiered Mentorship Model
DSCA Multi-tiered Mentorship Model
College-credit coursework. Students selected for the opportunity will have the opportunity to virtually take three different scaffolded research and innovation classes through GMU (COS 120, COS240 and/or COS400), 1-2 college-credit class through Shenandoah University on foundations of Data Science (Data 195), one college-credit class through Laurel Ridge on Career Explorations Training (UMS296).
Mentored advanced research: Students selected will have the option to conduct and pursue mentored advanced research with faculty members selected from across the commonwealth through COS120, COS240 and/or COS400.
DSCA Professional Learning for Teachers
DSCA Professional Learning for Teachers
The roadmap shows Teachers as Designers and Learners within the DSCA Lab School environment. The DSCA Laboratory School also seeks to serve as a go-to Data Science and Computing Hub for teacher professional learning across the Commonwealth. Teachers within the lab school and from partnering divisions may participate in in opportunities to upskill data science and computing skills based on a preassessment, attendance at the research courses with their students, connecting with university experts in their fields through student research projects and business and industry partners, Google Data Analytics certificate support, classroom visits, monthly cohort support groups and lesson study around topics of interest.
Lottery policy and procedures
Lottery policy and procedures
The DSCA Laboratory School will adhere to state and federal laws and policy to ensure that students who may have disabilities, learning gaps, need gifted services, or are English Learners are identified. Once identified, or if already identified prior to attending the laboratory school, the DSCA Lab school works closely with participating base schools to ensure alignment with the school division’s policies, procedures, evaluation processes, and formatting for their individual education plans and personalized learning plans where appropriate. Students served come from all the Shenandoah valley partnering divisions. Once students have been selected from the lottery, the lab school will contact all participating schools of students selected. IEP teams will convene to determine whether the laboratory school is the least restrictive environment for the student, and what, if any, supplementary aids and services may be required should the student attend.
The DSCA Laboratory School will adhere to state and federal laws and policy to ensure that students who may have disabilities, learning gaps, need gifted services, or are English Learners are identified. Once identified, or if already identified prior to attending the laboratory school, the DSCA Lab school works closely with participating base schools to ensure alignment with the school division’s policies, procedures, evaluation processes, and formatting for their individual education plans and personalized learning plans where appropriate. Students served come from all the Shenandoah valley partnering divisions. Once students have been selected from the lottery, the lab school will contact all participating schools of students selected. IEP teams will convene to determine whether the laboratory school is the least restrictive environment for the student, and what, if any, supplementary aids and services may be required should the student attend.
Alignment with Board of Education
Alignment with Board of Education
The DSCA Laboratory School will focus on delivering a high quality high school program of studies to students from directly to Frederick County and indirectly across the Shenandoah Valley region. All courses will be in alignment with the studies prescribed by the Virginia Board of Education, Virginia’s Standards of Learning (SOL) and graduation requirements. The DSCA program will be learner-centered, typically inquiry and project-based using design thinking and the data cycle iterative processes. Two electives per year will offer student choice in goal setting and selection of workforce credentials, certificates and university mentored research projects and apprenticeships as part of career and personalized learning. The program and Data Hub space will model the collaborative work teams in the digital industry spaces. Classroom learning experiences will be designed based on research-based approaches to how educators deliver instruction featuring flexible grouping, hands-on learning, student reflection and use of feedback and student choice in how they access content and where possible how to demonstrate learning with projects and applications.
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