SMBCP is a partnership between San Mateo County educators (SMCOE-ROP, SMUHSD, SUHSD, SMCC), industry, and the community

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San Mateo Biotechnology Career Pathway
Giving motivated students marketable lab skills
and a variety of academic and career options
www.smbiotech.com

• SMBCP is a partnership between San Mateo County
  educators (SMCOE-ROP, SMUHSD, SUHSD, SMCC),
  industry, and the community

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This is the Age of Biotechnology
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
jobs requiring science, engineering, or technical
training will increase 24 between 2004 - 2014 to
6.3 million.
It is our responsibility to prepare our students
for the business and science of biotechnology.
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San Mateo Biotechnology Career Pathway is a San
Mateo County ROP Program

• Technical Lab Training supported by high level
  science concept development
• gt SMHS - Biotechnology 1-2, 3-4, Biotech IR
• gt Aragon HS - Biotechnology 1-2
• gt Capuchino HS - Biotechnology 1-2
• gt Carlmont HS - Biotechnology 1-2, 3-4 (SSP/demo
  site)
• gt Sequoia HS - Biotechnology 1-2
• gt Mills HS - Biotechnology 1-2 (next year)
• Workplace Experiences including Career
  Exploration Field Trips, Job Shadows, and Summer
  Industry Laboratory Internships
• Over 700 students take SMCOE-ROP Biotech
• SMHS has after school and evening courses open to
  all county high school students

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San Mateo Co. ROP Biotech Since 1994
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SMBCP Curriculum/Classes

• Biotechnology 1
• Standard Lab Operating Procedures
• Biotechnology 2
• recombinant Protein Production
• Biotechnology 3
• Agricultural and Pharmaceutical
• Biotechnology 4
• Protein and DNA Diagnostics
• Biotechnology Services Internship
• Unpaid (minimum) 180 hr industry lab position
• Biotechnology Independent Research (optional)
• Mentor-guided, independent lab research

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ROP Biotech Services Industry Internship

• Students are placed into unpaid or paid lab
  internship
• 60 hours of additional training before placement
• Summer Internship 25-30 hrs/wk for 8 weeks
• ROP provides Workmans Comp Liability Insurance
• Many interns continue into employment

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Partnerships with Industry and Academia
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New SMBTC - Biotechnology Lab Building
Student parking
Students from any county high school can enroll
in SMCOE-ROP Biotechnology 1-2, 8 or 9
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San Mateo County ROP Biotechnology Successes and
Accomplishments

• Biotech Education National Model since 1994
• Over 5,000 students have been trained in the
  SMCOE-ROP Biotechnology courses
• Over 750 students have completed industry
  laboratory internships.
• Formal and informal partnerships with over 25
  biotech companies and research institutions
  within a 30 min commute
• Program is being duplicated at several CC/HS
  sites all over the country
• Several regional and national awards
• Working on articulation/alignment with local
  college programs

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For more information about biotechnology
offerings at each high school, contact
San Mateo High School Jimmy Ikeda,
jikeda_at_smuhsd.org Carlmont High School Kristina
Doss, tdoss_at_seq.org Aragon High School Katie
Ward, kward_at_smuhsd.org Capuchino High School
Michael Dunn, mdunn_at_smuhsd.org Sequoia High
School Kirstin Milks, kmilks_at_seq.org Mills High
School Mary Rustia , mrustia_at_smuhsd.org
For after school or evening biotech courses at
SMBTC, contact Ellyn Daugherty
ellyn_at_BiotechEd.com
For more information about SMCOE ROP,
contact Ken San Filippo ksanfilippo_at_smcoe.k12.ca
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