Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

2. 1985 Nation at Risk Report Business & Technology explosion in Maryland Population Growth and political pressure to support growing populations base Northern Virginia as a bedroom community Business interest in better preparing work force Education challenged to develop private and public sector partnerships

3. Working with the belief that science and technology is a process or a way of thinking and acting that blends human functions and needs with knowledge, tool use, and skills, our school strives to fulfill the following roles: Offer programs that promote enthusiasm, exploration, and academic excellence in an evolving economic and scientific/technological community; Serve as a laboratory school examining and developing new methods and materials in curriculum innovation/reform; Foster a broad exchange of ideas and programming through outreach in teacher training, enrichment for students K-12 and networking; Serve as a model for private sector/public education partnerships. Mission

4. The Business Connection

5. Higher Order Thinking Skills Skills and Applications Courses and Content Business Ed. Trade & Industrial Ed. Technology Ed. Consumer & Homemaking Marketing Technical Communications Health Occupations Agriculture Computer Applications English Math Social Studies Science Foreign Language P.E. Fine Arts Electives LearningCommunities Science and Technology History Government Fine Arts Team Work Job Skills Internship Pre-collegiate Pre-vocational The Affective Self Esteem Cooperation Responsibility Citizenship Internalizaton Independence Leadership Are we preparing students for college, or beyond? A commitment to preparing life-long learners.

6. Thinking of schools as dynamic learning communities Build a large idea pool. Engage everyone in exchange and development of ideas. Practice critical and creative thinking and action. Provide opportunities for exploration, growth and success. Help everyone learn to validate what they know and how they know. Help everyone to build learning strategies for coming to know what they do not know.

7. Focus on six interrelated curricular goals Communication Learning to communicate powerfully in writing, in conversation, in presentation, electronically, visually, and graphically.

8. Focus on six interrelated curricular goals Collaboration Working collaboratively and cooperatively as a member and/or leader of teams of people who bring diverse strengths and skills.

9. Focus on six interrelated curricular goals Systemic Thinking Developing an understanding of systems and learning to think and act strategically in ways that recognize the importance of relationships between various units and tasks.

10. Focus on six interrelated curricular goals Experience • Gaining experience in enterprise management that builds understanding of design and application.

11. Focus on six interrelated curricular goals Managing Change and Growth • Learning to effect and manage change.

12. Focus on six interrelated curricular goals Ethics • Developing social and ethical responsibility

13. Integrated Biology, English and Technology

14. Staff Development • The underlying premise is that people learn from other people. • Ideas come from people and are generated through collaboration and cooperation. • Teachers must have opportunities to work with new ideas with their students. • Teachers need the flexibility and control to be able to experiment in their classroom. • Planning time, during the school day and in the summer provides support for teachers to reflect, analyze, consult, and create.

15. Program Features • Staff Development • Interdisciplinary curriculum • Diversified leadership • Flexible scheduling • Mentorship opportunities • Advanced networking capabilities

16. IBET Geo Science Senior Lab Projects Mentorship Program

17. Is not only about technology:

18. Senior Year Tech Project Select among the labs Mentorship

19. www.tjhsst.edu

22. 1985 Nation at Risk Report Business & Technology explosion in Maryland Population Growth and political pressure to support growing populations base Northern Virginia as a bedroom community Business interest in better preparing work force Education challenged to develop private and public sector partnerships

23. The Mission http://information.tjhsst.edu/mission.html Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology provides a dynamic, specialized learning community for selected students with high ability, aptitude, and interest in mathematics, science and technology who seek a comprehensive, challenging curriculum with emphasis in these disciplines. In support of this commitment the TJHSST community of learners, explorers, and mentors focuses on the academic and ethical development of the whole student, preparing graduates to become responsible citizens and leaders in the 21st century.

24. Educating the Whole Child to acquire Communication Skills

25. Educating the Whole Child to develop collaborative skills

26. Educating the Whole Child to understand dynamic and complex systems in order to ask larger questions and define problems

27. Educating the Whole Child To work with real projects and real problems Experience-based learning

28. Educating the Whole Child to learn how to manage change

29. Educating the Whole Child Ethics

30. Educating the Whole Child Leadership

31. IBET Geo Science Senior Research Projects Mentorship Program Eighth Period Success Stories

32. Integrated Biology, English and Technology

33. IBET IS HOW WE INDUCT FRESHMEN INTO THE JEFFERSON WAY OF THINKING • Knowledge is and should be integrated • There are exciting real-life problems to solve • Problem solving is often better as a team effort • Even teachers do better in teams and model teaming regularly for their students • Teams require flexibility, listening, sharing, support and humor

34. IBET IS HOW WE INDUCT FRESHMEN INTO A LARGE, COMPLEX HIGH SCHOOL • It provides a safe-haven—a school “home for half of each day • It gives every student a group of 72 classmates and four adults to really get to know • It allows the counselor to learn about their new counselees as they work and interact with each other “in the field” • It allows teams to utilize time in a dramatically different way from the normal period-by-period pattern

35. IBET: Community partnership • Students learn about local issues through community work • Students are active partners with community agencies and teachers in authentic research

36. IBET: Integrated Learning • Communication, collaboration, and problem-solving are key components to work success in and out of school • The world of work • shows students what skills and behaviors are required to be successful • provides role models

37. Geo Science

38. Senior Research

39. Mentorship

40. Eighth Period

41. Outreach

42. Virtual School 9/11—ISOI—MCW—Blackboard—TJHSST

43. The NVS consortium is made up of the following NESA regular member schools: International School of Islamabad, Pakistan The American Embassy School, New Delhi, India American International School/Dhaka, Bangladesh American Community School, Amman, Jordan Walworth Barbour American International School, Tel Aviv, Israel American Community School of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates International Schools Group, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia American International School-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia American School of Doha, Qatar The American International School of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Cairo American College, Egypt Lincoln School, Kathmandu, Nepal Saudia-Saudi Arabian International School, Jeddah Virtual School Today