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We have learned, it really does take a village…
Begin where you see a need.
Start a conversation with your principal.
HHHS Principal, Dennis Williams
Involve Your Director ofCurriculum
Karen 2003-4Ken 2005
Kendall 2006-7Jean 2008-9
Our initial concern?
Disenfranchised Seniors
Our initial GOAL: Seniors Engaged in Learning through Graduation Day
Getting started: RESEARCHKen Gray : Other Ways to Win
PA Integrated Learning Conference
PA Cooperative Education Conference
Daggett: Model Schools
Visiting schools with promising practices
Getting to know our local Rotary and Chambers members
Befriending the Montgomery County Education and Workforce Partnership
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Getting started: Networking• Administrators
• Teachers
• School Counselors
• Parents
• Recent Graduates
• Colleges our students commonly attend
• Community Stakeholders
The Advisory Committee
The result?
Senior Internship
Elements of our Senior Internship experience:
Identifying learning goals based on personal interests.
Research to identify businesses and people involved in the area of interest.
Network to expand knowledge of people involved in the field.
Interview
Begin Internship Service
Develop Relationships: Community Mentors
Teacher Mentors
Reflection
Seminar
Mentor-Intern Thank You Luncheon Celebration
Where we are now…6 years into it: Outcome
Increased credit from .5 to 1.0 credit Added Internship II Current enrollment - 180 Does this work? The proof is in the data:
1. Interns do better academically during their internship semester than their non-intern peers
2. Interns do better academically in college3. Interns are 2X more likely to complete college within 4 years than their non-intern peers
What we learned from Senior Internship…
our students need support
Added Pathways Class: .5 credit required for high school graduation
4 Units1. Who Am I? (self awareness)2. What Do I Want? (S.M.A.R.T. goal setting)3. How Do I Get It? (transition planning)4. Personal Finance
a. Make itb. Manage itc. Multiply itd. Protect it
Adopted a
Pathways Course Selection model.
Created the
Student Success Center
Integrated
Core Curriculum PA Career, Education and Work Standards
Restructured
School Counseling Program
Introduced a traditional cooperative education program
Working Initiatives“WIN”
Began a
Pathways Department
A newgoalfor ourPathwaysProgram:
“Every student will graduate from Hatboro-Horsham High School having developed a postsecondary plan that is grounded in at least tentative career choices and has a high probability of success.”
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