What is Ford PAS? Is it a curriculum? Is it a program? Is it a partnership between businesses, higher education institutions, and schools? Actually, it’s all of these—and more. This presentation provides an overview of Ford PAS that will broaden your understanding of the curriculum, the ideas about teaching and learning that informed its development, its content areas, and the skills students develop. The presenters describe the various Ford PAS partners, explain how the partners support the program, and preview the resources available to partners and school/program sites.
Presenters:
Ilene Kantrov (Ford PAS Staff)
Rebecca Gondek (Ford PAS Staff)
Eliza Fabillar (Ford PAS Staff)
This year, in place of training sessions on each of the 15 modules, three sessions, offered concurrently, focus on Ford PAS content themes. Each of these sessions includes: (1) a hands-on activity from a relevant module led by a current Ford PAS teacher; (2) a panel discussion with teachers who have used those modules; and (3) presentations of work by students who have experienced the modules. Content themes are as follows:
Building Foundations: Developing 21st Century Skills (Course 1)
Presenters:
Eliza Fabillar (Ford PAS Staff)
Anne Shure (Ford PAS Staff)
Dikea Simmons (Southeastern High School, Detroit, MI)Panelists:
Cindy Andersen (Advanced Technology Academy, Dearborn, MI)
Carla Kohls (Bath High School, Lima, OH)
Dikea Simmons (Southeastern High School, Detroit, MI )Student presenters:
Cody (Bath High School, OH) PowerPoint
Johnitta and Tarina (Southeastern High School, MI) PowerPoint
Sandibel (La Academia, PA) PowerPoint
Wilmary (La Academia, PA) PowerPoint
Vanessa (Advanced Technology Academy, MI) HTML PageBusiness and Entrepreneurship (Courses 2 and 3)
Presenters:
Jen Clarke (Ford PAS Staff)
Cora Landy (Ford PAS Staff)
Donna Gilley (Overton High School, Nashville, TN)Panelists:
Kamilah Banks (Texas Southern University, Houston, TX)
Sing-Yi Cheng (The Met, Providence, RI)
Donna Gilley (Overton High School, Nashville, TN)
Stephen Wheeler ( Romulus Community High School, Romulus, MI)Student presenters:
AJ (The Met, RI) PowerPoint
Pedro (The Met, RI) PowerPoint
Wesley (Bath High School, OH) PowerPointScience and Engineering (Course 4)
Presenters:
Rebecca Gondek (Ford PAS Staff)
Emily McLeod (Ford PAS Staff)Panelists:
Sharon Campsey (Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA)
Marvel Nolan (Advanced Technology Academy, Dearborn, MI) PowerPoint
Dawn Striker (Smith Academy, Hatfield, MA) PowerPointStudent presenters:
Darryl (Advanced Technology Academy, MI) Image
Jessica (Taconic High School, MA) PowerPoint
Alex (Taconic High School, MA) PowerPoint
How are partners and school/program sites using the resources of their institutions to develop Ford PAS programs in their communities? What kinds of Ford PAS models are being implemented across the country? In this panel discussion, representatives of several partnerships, who implement the program in a formal education setting, describe their programs.
Panelists:
Luis Genao (National Council of La Raza, New York, NY) PowerPoint
Heidi Nissly (La Academia Partnership Charter School, Lancaster, PA)
Monica Pfarr (Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH) PowerPoint
Karen Powell (Romulus Community Alternative High School, Romulus, MI) PowerPoint
Glenn Smith (Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, OH)
In this session, you learn the “nuts and bolts” of the Ford PAS curriculum. Find out how the curriculum is designed, learn in detail about the Ford PAS curriculum materials, and hear suggestions for effectively using the materials in your school. Explore the Ford PAS Web site, learn about the wide variety of materials available online to help you implement the program, and complete the online registration process, if you have not already done so.
Presenters:
Anne Shure (Ford PAS Staff)
Sonya Tung (Ford PAS Staff)
A growing consensus among businesses, universities, and schools demands that students go beyond mastering discrete content areas. Students must be able to make connections across subjects; take a global perspective; and apply skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork. How do you know if your students have successfully made these connections? While the Ford PAS curriculum provides content and strategies that build students’ skills and prepares them to succeed in the 21st Century, the challenge lies in effectively creating assessment tools that can meaningfully measure their growth. This panel brings together researchers and educators who are promoting reliable assessments of student learning and designing evaluations of program effectiveness.
Panelists:
Irvin Katz (Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ)
Ellen Mandinach (Partnership for 21st Century Skills & EDC’s Center for Children and Technology, New York, NY) PowerPoint
Richard Roberts (Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ)
What is a Business/Education Advisory Council (BEAC)? How do you go about creating a BEAC? How can you utilize your BEAC to support student learning? BEAC members and coordinators share some of their successful activities, as well as their challenges, and offer advice on how to get the most out of your BEAC. Panelists answer your questions and acquaint you with the BEAC resource materials available on the Ford PAS Web site.
Panelists:
Chad Barbour (Douglas Byrd High School, Fayetteville, NC)
Tim Price (Lafayette Ford, Fayetteville, NC) PowerPoint
Mary Elmquist (Lima Allen County Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, Lima, OH) PowerPoint
Rick Gross (Bath High School, Lima, OH)
Carol Folbre (University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX) Handout
Tiffany Grant (Firstmark Credit Union, San Antonio, TX)
David McNeel (Nashville State Community College, Nashville, TN) PowerPoint
Angela Polk (University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI)
Teresa Lewis (Communities in Schools, Detroit, MI)
How can you use Ford PAS to make the connection to post-secondary education for your students? Panelists share ideas and possibilities for making strong connections to post-secondary education for students through Ford PAS using a variety of means—including articulation agreements, college outreach programs, coordinated learning experiences, and scholarship opportunities.
Panelists:
Richard Aló (University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX) PowerPoint
Kamilah Banks (Texas Southern University, Houston, TX) PowerPoint
Barry Hawthorne (Advanced Technology Academy, Dearborn, MI)
Heather Simpson (Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI) PowerPoint
John Williams (AFS Intercultural Programs/USA, New York, NY)
Meredith Silverman (AFS Intercultural Programs/USA, New York, NY)
Career and Technical Education (CTE) is undergoing significant changes as high schools are pushed to prepare all students for the competitive post-secondary world. Gone are the days of “shop” classes; challenging, high tech courses have taken their places. One of the most promising and popular CTE strategies is the development of Career Academies in which cohorts of students take rigorous college prep courses and specialized courses organized around a career field such as health, engineering, digital media arts, manufacturing, information technology, or business. Come hear from national experts in the fields of CTE and Career Academies as well as from several Ford PAS partners who are using the program in these contexts.
Panelists:
Sharon Campsey (Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA)
Rick Delano (LifeCourse Associates, Bridgehampton, NY) PowerPoint
Sandy Mittelsteadt (Association for Career and Technical Education, Washington, DC)
Monica Pfarr (Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH)
Glenn Smith (Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, OH)
During this final session, conference participants hear a presentation from the students about their Student Track project and representatives from several partnerships share the results of their planning group work.
Presenters:
Lorena Martinez-Diaz (Ford PAS Staff)
Student Track Participants
Team D-Act-Jac PowerPoint
21st Century Girls PowerPoint
Fantastic Five PowerPoint
