1. Students will gain an understanding of the academic and vocational components of the Chicago Vocational Career Academy.
2. Students will learn about the academic and vocational components of the St. Louis Career Academy.
3. Students will learn about school-to-career experiences offered at the St. Louis and the Chicago Academies.
4. Students will explore reasons that both academies were able to offer a positive educational environment in which inner city urban students were able to succeed at school.
5. Students will review the research on the Central Park East School, an exemplary high school program. In reviewing this information, students will learn how this school's transition programs were developed and factors contributing to its ongoing success.

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Agenda	Materials	Time
Welcome / Session Objectives	Agenda	10
Open Activity	Quick Write ( Group Discussion of New Urban High School's Academic/Vocational Programs)   HTML Format PDF Format Word Document Format	20
Presentation	PowerPoint Presentation (coming soon...)   HTML Format   PowerPoint   PDF Format	20
Small Group Activity: Jigsaw Reading and Large Group Debriefing Session	Activity 1: Document-- New Urban High School - Introduction & Chicago Vocational Career Academy   HTML Format PDF Format Word Document Format	25
Small Group Activity/Debriefing Group Session	Activity 2: School to Career Transition   HTML Format PDF Format Word Document Format	25
Summation/ Assignment of Journal Prompt	Activity 3: Journal Prompt Questions   HTML Format PDF Format Word Document Format	10

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