AnokaHennepin STEP Health Science Program

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Anoka-Hennepin STEPHealth Science Program

• Ginny Karbowski, Director
• Scott Arcand, Teaching Learning Specialist
• Anoka-Hennepin District 11

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Anoka-Hennepin STEP

• High school in a college setting
• 60,000 square foot high school building located
  on the Anoka Technical College campus in Anoka,
  opened in fall, 2002.
• Approximately 900 11th 12th grade students
  attend STEP each day enrolled in 20 different
  career programsprograms representing the 6
  different career fields.

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Goals of Health Sciences Program

• Students will gain interest to pursue a career in
  health science technology.
• Students will continue workforce development
  (college, training, etc.) beyond high school by
  earning college credit and/or industry
  certification at STEP.

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Goals of Health Sciences Program

• Through Program of Study, students will enroll in
  relevant coursework in high school and in two- or
  four-year colleges in the MnSCU system. This
  sequence of coursework will be communicated to
  students, their parents, educators, and community
  partners.
• Instruction will focus on applied academics,
  particularly math, reading, and science skills,
  through real world, career-relevant activities.
• Students will receive academic support, career/
  college counseling, and other related student
  support services to ensure student persistence
  and success.

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Health Sciences Programat STEP

• Investigating Medical Careers
• One term/ two-period exploratory class/ no
  college credit for students in grades 10-12
• Medical Careers
• Two term/ two period medical terminology and
  human body systems course/ college credit
  available
• Nursing Assistant
• One term/ two-period CNA certification course/
  college credit available

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Health Sciences Programat STEP

• 1st Aid/1st Responder
• One term/ two-period 1st Aid/ 1st Responder
  certification class/ college credit available
• Emergency Medical Careers (Honors)
• Two term/ two period advanced class in emergency
  services/ EMT certification class/ college credit
  available
• Probability Statistics
• Application in Medical Careers
• Two term/ two period class that satisfied math
  requirement/ team taught by Math and Medical
  Careers teachers

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Health Sciences Programat STEP

• Sports Fitness Training Careers
• Two term/ two-period class introductory class to
  sports medicine/ CPR certification/ college
  credit available
• Advanced Medical Careers (Honors)
• Two term/ two period advanced class in human
  diseases course/ college credit available
• STEP Senior Project
• One term/ two-period independent study/
  mentorship

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Health Sciences Programat STEP

• College credit is articulated with our 2-year
  college partners, Anoka Technical College
  Anoka-Ramsey Community College. We also broker
  with other 2-year colleges.
• Students have the opportunity to join CTE student
  organizations, HOSA or Skills USA.
• Programs have strong advisory committees and
  committed community partners.

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Health Sciences Programat STEP

• About 1/3 of total student population at STEP is
  enrolled in a health science program this 2008-09
  school year. 6 instructors/300 students per
  semester/600 students per year.
• About 90 of our students are earning college
  credit in our programs.
• Reports show that many of our students are using
  their college credit earned in high school to
  enroll in college.

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Challenges for Health Sciences Program

• Recruiting/ hiring/ training qualified staff is a
  challenge. We have experienced a high turnover
  in qualified staff (i.e. RNs with long term care
  experience).
• Our home high schools are facing declining
  enrollment. This means fewer students/ less
  elective classes/ more competition for students.
• As a district, we are facing funding decreases
  due to declining enrollment and cuts in state
  funding.

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Future Steps in Health Sciences Program

• Student learning is our goal through effective
  curriculum writingdeveloping program/ course
  understandings, common assessments, and effective
  instruction.
• We will continue to develop and deliver effective
  applied academics instruction (i.e. math,
  reading, and science) in our health sciences
  courses.

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Future Steps in Health Sciences Program

• We will continue to focus on student transitions
  from high school to college programsAccuplacer
  testing, application and admission, financial
  assistance.
• We plan to explore the possibilities of
  implementing the new Project Lead the Way
  Biosciences program in our courses.

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