Pilot School Spotlight
Johnson City High School (PLAN Pilot School in Focus Area A) on their visit to their Mentor School, Thomas A. Edison CTE High School in May 2025:
"Members of the Johnson City High School PLAN Pilot team embarked on their first visit to their mentor school at Thomas A. Edison HS in Queens, NY on Thursday, May 1st, 2025.听 The team from Johnson City was welcomed by an impressive group of students from Edison HS who took on a leadership role throughout the day.听 Highlights from the day included:
- Visits to Edison's approved CTE program classrooms,
- Meetings with the school's Research and Development team to discuss innovative practices being implemented throughout the content areas, and
- Opportunities to learn from and ask questions of students, teachers, and school leaders.听
Our team left Queens with many ideas of how to capitalize on this new partnership by bringing new possibilities for curriculum, instruction, assessment, and program opportunities听to the students and staff of Johnson City High School.听 We are extremely听grateful to our new friends at Edison for their hospitality and generosity in sharing all aspects of their amazing high school!"
High School of Arts & Technology (PLAN Pilot School in Focus Area A) on their visit to their Mentor School, Thomas A. Edison CTE High School in March 2025:
鈥淭he visit was well planned! We had the opportunity to visit classes and hear first-hand from the students. Our students had the opportunity to also participate in mini PBLA lessons that incorporated essential skills. We are now looking at offering AP Seminar as an opportunity for students to build presentation skills.
This is indeed a great partnership and now we are sharing resources which include lesson plans. This visit was indeed helpful. We now have PBLA in motion for one of our AP Art courses!鈥
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