The EHSSP Approach
ENGAGED
How will students be engaged?
HOLISTIC
How does the program provide a holistic approach?
STRATEGIC
What strategies will this program employ?
SCHOLASTIC
PROGRESSION
How will students be engaged?
- Project-based instruction
- Problem-based instruction
- Science Inquiry/Experiments
- Student Leaders/IBM Ambassadors
- Competitions
HOLISTIC
How does the program provide a holistic approach?
- Making connections to the community and the natural world with a focus on the Grand Challenges of Engineering
- Engaging students in the teaching AND learning process by encouraging collective responsibility
- Rotating elective schedule
STRATEGIC
What strategies will this program employ?
- The program was strategically placed in a high school which allows access to a myriad of Career & Technical Education experiences as well as high school courses and AP/Honor mentors.
- This program will utilize the NC STEM Education Strategy: "STEM education provides the opportunity to teach student what to do when they do not know what to do, how to process and take action in a new and uncomfortable situations, and how to understand, interact, and lead the jobs, communities, and world in which they live.
SCHOLASTIC
- All state standards will be taught for Math, ELA, Social Studies and Science
- Students will have an opportunity to earn high school credits
- Students will begin 6th grade with Compacted Math
PROGRESSION
- The EHSSP curriculum places each student on track for rigorous math, science, and CTE courses in high school allowing room for college credit courses once they get to high school
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In addition to being taught the Common Core State Standards of Mathematics and English/Language Arts and the NC Essential Standards of Science and Social Studies, EHSSP students will participate in several supplemental curricular components. These include:
Science-Based Inquiry/Experiments
Project-Based Instruction
Connection to the Grand Challenges for Engineering
Science/Outdoor Lab
Robotics
Industry Visits
Apple iPod Touch Carts
1:1 Laptops
Project-Based Instruction
Connection to the Grand Challenges for Engineering
Science/Outdoor Lab
Robotics
Industry Visits
Apple iPod Touch Carts
1:1 Laptops