Building a Model Building a Model Health Science Technology Health Science Technology

ProgramProgram

A Statewide System of Delivery A Statewide System of Delivery

Health Science Technology EducationHealth Science Technology Education

•CommitmentCommitment•AccountabilityAccountability•Statewide Implementation Statewide Implementation

of a Program’s of a Program’s InfrastructureInfrastructure

•Systematic Scope and Systematic Scope and SequenceSequence

A Starting PointA Starting Point

Implementation Implementation ComponentsComponents

The infrastructure contains subsystems that support each other.

1.     Teacher quality standards2.    Curriculum standards 3.    Facility standards4.    Equipment standards5.    Work-based learning standards6.    Assessment standards7. Career and Technical Student

Organization (CTSO) standards 8. HOSA-A Student-Led Association

of Future Health Professionals

Teacher Quality Teacher Quality StandardsStandards• Demonstrates knowledge of content

and instructional resources pertaining to academic skills, the workplace, and the skills and processes of healthcare

• Selects a variety of instructional strategies to develop learners’ knowledge of health science, and critical-thinking and problem-solving skills

• Builds collaborative relationships with partners to extend and enrich opportunities for learners

Curriculum FrameworkCurriculum Framework

• State and national standards for a comprehensive curriculum framework

• Curriculum designs and assessment construction result

• Represent a “body of knowledge and technical skills” expressed at an appropriate level of complexity

Career Major Map: Diagnostic Career Major Map: Diagnostic ServicesServices

Career Major Map: Therapeutic Career Major Map: Therapeutic ServicesServices

Career Major Map: Health Informatics

Career Major Map: Biotechnology Research and Development

Career Major Map: Support Services

Standards ValidationStandards Validation

• Curriculum standards validated on a timely basis by appropriate stakeholders

Healthcare Industry ProfessionalsHealthcare Industry Professionals

Postsecondary EducatorsPostsecondary Educators

Secondary Secondary EducatorsEducators

Facility and Equipment Facility and Equipment StandardsStandards

• Recommended equipment and supplies list developed for each health science course

Work-based Learning Work-based Learning StandardsStandards

• Connects students with healthcare professionals in the clinical experience

• Student experiences provide both a broad exposure to health careers and the foundational skills of healthcare workers

Three A’s for a Model Three A’s for a Model Health Science ProgramHealth Science Program

ArticulationArticulation AlignmentAlignmentAcademicAcademic IntegrationIntegration

Academic IntegrationAcademic Integration

• Integrated science, math, language arts, social studies, health and physical education standards

• Career development plans (Individual Graduation Plans – IGPs) illustrating coursework for graduation and appropriate electives

• Career Major Map – a visual asset for educators, students, and parents

ArticulationArticulation

Document curriculum and assessment standards as a format for articulation, dual enrollment, and postsecondary transition

Alignment Instructional standards aligned to state and national curriculum and assessment standards, and the National Healthcare Skills Standards

Results of the SystemResults of the System

• Better prepare students to enter Better prepare students to enter college and the workplacecollege and the workplace

• Attract high tech and high wage Attract high tech and high wage healthcare industrieshealthcare industries

• Increase the per capita income Increase the per capita income • Increase the tax baseIncrease the tax base• More productive citizensMore productive citizens