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Graduation Requirement Recommendations

Graduation Requirement Recommendations. Board of Education Meeting January 12, 2010. Purpose. To review and revise the current Lodi Unified School District graduation requirements to ensure that all Lodi Unified graduates are college and career ready. Executive Summary.

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Graduation Requirement Recommendations

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  1. Graduation Requirement Recommendations Board of Education Meeting January 12, 2010

  2. Purpose • To review and revise the current Lodi Unified School District graduation requirements to ensure that all Lodi Unified graduates are college and career ready.

  3. Executive Summary • Proposes to change graduation requirements for Class of 2016—current 6th grade students. • All students will take geometry • All students will take world geography • All students will take health/family living • All students will demonstrate proficiency in Technology (pass class or challenge test) • Driver’s Ed. will be offered, but not required for graduation • Career path options will be infused into existing approved District courses

  4. Sample 6-Year College & Career Readiness Plan

  5. Current vs. Proposed Requirements

  6. Recommendations: Change graduation requirements beginning with the Class of 2016—current 6th grade students—as follows: • All students will take geometry • All students will take world geography • All students will take health/family living • All students will demonstrate proficiency in Technology (pass class or challenge test) • Offer Driver’s Education, but do not require it for graduation. • Infuse Career Path options into existing approved District Courses

  7. Index

  8. Community Forums Feedback September 22 and 24

  9. Senior Project • Why is it still required? • Good preparation for college • Can senior project become a 10th and 11th grade project?

  10. Math • What is the thinking behind adding geometry? • Are all students ready for algebra in 8th grade? • How do classes that require “application” fit in? Classes that ARE the word problems. • Need to identify alternate courses to math proficiency • Can we slow down 8th grade algebra into two one-year components? • When we talk about rigor for mathematics, is there time for application?

  11. Science • How do classes that require “application” fit in? Classes that ARE the word problems • Auto Physics as a science class, for instance. (Meets 9th grade science requirements) • 3rd year of science?

  12. Reduction of Elective Credits • Concerns about the reduction in elective credits elective credits from 80 to 65 • Concerns that cognitive/application connection is missing • Suggestion that CTE could fill the gap • How can we blend CTE with a-g? (Can we view this as an opportunity?)

  13. Technology • Technology component supports business community • Are there some existing classes that can meet this requirement? (CTE?) • Pre-Engineering? • Computer-Aided Drafting? • Graphic Arts? • Video Technology?

  14. Miscellaneous • Ensure changes do not affect access to advance placement courses • Need a course on civics/ethics • Can civics be added to World Geography? • Students should be required to experience community service

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