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Shared Practices

  The STW Office is continually collecting effective processes to add to our database. Please fill out a blank form and submit it to the STW Office enabling you to share what's going well at your school with the rest of Iowa.
   
4K posted 10/24/01
 
  Resource facilitators areas of expertise have been crosswalked to the Shared Practices categories.
 
  Note: Categories marked with a checkmark have effective practices currently listed.
 
Partnerships
  Development
    Methods to Increase Stakeholder Involvement checkmark
    Parent Involvement checkmark
    Student Involvement
  Workbased Learning
    Liability/Risk Management Issues
    Employer Participation Models checkmark
    Union/Labor Participation Models
    School Based Enterprises checkmark
    Mentorships checkmark
  Tools/Resources
    Labor Market Information checkmark
    Marketing the STW Initiative
    Strategic Planning checkmark
    Distance Learning checkmark
School Improvement
  Restructuring
    Career Pathways checkmark
    Connecting WBL and SBL checkmark
    Community College checkmark
    4 year Colleges
    Flexible Scheduling checkmark
    Advisor/Advisee
    Service Learning checkmark
  Curriculum Development
    Curriculum Integration through Career Pathways checkmark
    Alternative Assessment checkmark
    Core Curriculum checkmark
    All Aspects of the Industry
    Entrepreneurship checkmark
    Standards/Benchmarks
    Applied/Contextual Learning
    Using Labor Market Information in the Classroom checkmark
    Project Based Learning checkmark
    Developing a Continuum of WBL Opportunities (Elem., Middle School High School) checkmark
    Infusing Workplace Skills into Classroom Curriculum checkmark
  Staff Development
    Relationship of STW/Tech Prep to School Improvement
    Brain Research
    Multiple Intelligence’s checkmark
    Learning Styles
    Cooperative Learning
  Career Development
    Career Awareness Activities (K-5) checkmark
    Career Preparation Activities (6-8) checkmark
    Career Development Activities (9-12) checkmark
    Portfolios
    Skill Certificates checkmark
    Articulation checkmark
    Coordinating Career Development Standards with Academic Standards checkmark
    Career Centers
    NCDG checkmark
    The Real Game Series checkmark
All Students
    Model Plan for Serving all Students checkmark
    Out-of-School checkmark
    Economically Disadvantaged
    Low-Achieving
    Limited English-speaking
    Youth with Disabilities
    Academically Talented checkmark
    Youth in Rural Areas
    Youth in Nontraditional Employment checkmark
    Progress Assessment
    Success4 linkages checkmark
System Sustainability
    Leveraging Resources checkmark
    Measuring Success/Data Collection/Data Analysis checkmark
    Linking with Postsecondary Institutions checkmark


 
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