March 19 - May 15, 1998
Demonstration Programs
Sponsored by Business Education Resource Consortium
Business Education Resource Center
Allan Hancock College
800 South College Drive
Santa Maria, CA 93454
January 26, 1998
Dear Educator
The Business Education Resource Consortium is pleased to announce that our 1998 staff development activities
include opportunities for you to attend BUSINESS EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS. Nine high schools, two community
colleges, and one middle school have been identified to host one-day demonstration programs. Demonstration programs
during the past three years have been well received with more than 1,250 educators attending.
Demonstration sites will conduct on-site visits to:
- Demonstrate to educators in business and other disciplines, business and industry personnel, and community
representatives a business education curriculum that prepares youth for a broad range of business career paths.
- Identify methods and strategies for implementing a relevant, sequenced high-technology curriculum in programs
designed to prepare students to transition to work and/or advanced education.
- Assist all educators in strengthening and improving their teaching skills and instructional programs by providing
opportunities for visitation, networking, and sharing strategies and materials.
The one-day Demonstration Programs are scheduled from March 19 to May 15, 1998. We encourage you to register
today. The individual registration fee of $40 includes lunch and materials. School teams are encouraged with a
10% discount in fees for three or more from the same site. For further information, please contact Kay Orrell,
Jim Farmer, or Anne Lee at 805-922-6966 Ext. 3613.
Sincerely
Kay Orrell
Project Manager
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
Fresno High School
Laguna Creek High School
Chaffey College
Arroyo Grande High School
Judkins Middle School
Southwest High School
Rio Vista High School
New Technology High School
Gladstone High School
Montclair High School
Sonora High School
Nogales High School
FRESNO HIGH SCHOOL
1839 Echo
Fresno, CA 93704
209-441-6739
Contact: Janet Sanchez |
 California Partnership Academy
Project-based Integration
Hi-Tech Classrooms
Infusion of Workplace Standards
Modified Block Schedule |
The Fresno High Marketing Academy is a California Partnership Academy in its eighth year. It has been a demonstration
site for integrated curriculum and business career pathways for the past four years. The Academy consists of an
integrated team of teachers including marketing, English, science, and social science. A computer network serves
the Academy with computers in the classroom, offering students immediate access to technology. Come experience
the day-to-day operation of a program that embodies career pathways, school-to-work, college prep, business partnerships,
mentors, portfolios, and performance-based assessment. Observe students in project-based classrooms. Establish
contacts and network for support for future collaboration. (Recommended for teams.)
Demonstration Date: March 19, 1998
Deadline for Registration: March 5, 1998
LAGUNA CREEK HIGH SCHOOL
9050 Vicino Drive
Elk Grove, CA 95758
916-683-1339
Contact: Cynthia Dettner |
Interdisciplinary Teaming
Business Partnerships
Technology Integration
Career Paths
Service Learning |
Located near California’s Capital city, the Business Careers Academy at Laguna Creek High School offers a 4-year
program focusing on three career path clusters: Computer Technology, Business Management/Entrepreneurship, and
Accounting and Finance. Nine instructors from math, English, and social studies join business educators in providing
an academy with extended 140 minute block classes in a six-week schedule, academy specific mini-courses, integrated
curriculum, student-operated store, and student participation in work-based learning experiences. As a young program
on a campus completing its’s fourth year of operation, the academy especially welcomes schools with new or developing
programs.
Demonstration Date: April 21, 1998
Deadline for Registration: April 7, 1998
CHAFFEY COLLEGE
5885 Haven Avenue
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737
909-477-2952
Contact: Gloria Romero |
Articulation
Work-based Learning
School-to-Career
One-Stop Shops |
Building on the past two year’s participation in the Business Education Demonstration Program, Chaffey College
programs this year will focus on career mobility in the four career paths: Accounting, Business and Office Technology,
Computer Information Systems, and Computer Graphics. Emphasis will be placed on Chaffey’s A+ Certificate which
has added a greater dimension in Business Education. Computer graphics brings an interdisciplinary component to
the development of Electronic Commerce courses. The participants will have the opportunity to review the results
of faculty internships and how those internships effect curriculum modification, advisory council selections, and
student internships. Chaffey College provides a broad spectrum of courses in an articulated sequence leading to
a certificate, an associate degree, or transition to a four-year institution.
Demonstration Date: April 22, 1998
Deadline for Registration: April 8, 1998
What 1996-97 participants had to say about the Demonstration Programs...
"Every teacher should have the opportunity to visit another school each year."
"The Demonstration Programs get better every year!"
"The handouts were outstanding. Thanks for sharing."
"Information received will enhance our local Tech Prep and School-to-Career efforts."
ARROYO GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL
495 Valley Road
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
805-473-4258
Contact: Don Brewster |
School-to-Career Focus
Program Majors
Integrated Curriculum
Technology Integrated |
The Business Education School of Technology (B.E.S.T.) offers participants an opportunity to explore the use of
technology at Arroyo Grande High School and the B.E.S.T. Academy. The B.E.S.T. Academy offers four business career
paths for students. Based on the School-to-Career initiative, B.E.S.T. allows 11th and 12th grade students to develop
career-related job skills while attending integrated classes in English and Social Studies. Highlights of the demo
will include how to develop and implement a program incorporating block scheduling, career focus, team teaching,
and integrated curriculum with authentic assessments including portfolios. Participants will have the opportunity
to explore the campus, view the technology, talk to faculty and students, and have a hands-on experience developing
integrated curriculum. Participants may take advantage of the opportunity to visit Judkins Middle School the next
day (April 24) to view a career exploration program.
Demonstration Date: April 23, 1998
Deadline for Registration: April 9, 1998
JUDKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL
602 Orchard Avenue
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
805-473-4352
Contact: Larry Wiemers |
Exploratory Wheel
High Tech Classroom
Standards-based
Career Path Clusters |
Exploring Business Education School of Technology (Exploring B.E.S.T.), one of four classes in the seventh grade
course Exploratory Wheel, is an elective at Judkins Middle School. Exploring B.E.S.T. consists of twelve modules
focusing on the four Career Path Clusters available to students when they transfer to Arroyo Grande High School.
Students rotate through the modules exploring a variety of careers in each of the specializations. This takes place
in an office-like setting designed to include the most modern technology for both teacher and students. Participants
will have the opportunity for hands-on experience with equipment and curriculum. In addition, they will receive
a notebook detailing how to implement this program and a complete set of seventh- and eighth-grade student modules.
Participants may take advantage of the opportunity to visit Arroyo Grande High School the previous day (April 23)
to view the B.E.S.T. Academy.
Demonstration Date: April 24, 1998
Deadline for Registration: April 9 , 1998
SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL
1685 Hollister St.
San Diego, CA 92154
619- 691-5465
Contact: Julie Hitchcock |
Career Pathways
Work-based Strategies
2 + 2 Articulation
Recruitment Strategies |
Connecting career path programs with Southwestern College is a key School-to-Career strategy in the Sweetwater
Union High School District. After five years of developing and implementing a popular Health Careers Academy with
close connections to the business community and health career majors at Southwestern College, Southwest High School
has now implemented International Business, Computer Information Systems (CIS), and Medical Office Assistant career
path programs that have exciting connections with the workplace, Southwestern College, and other educational institutions.
Lead instructors in each career path meet annually to review curriculum and update their programs to insure a smooth
transition for continuing students. Take back brochures, flyers, 2 + 2 handbook, School-to-Career Reference Guide,
ideas, and strategies . . . tools that work!
Demonstration Date: April 24, 1998
Deadline for Registration: April 9, 1998
RIO VISTA HIGH SCHOOL
410 South Fourth Street
Rio Vista, CA 94571
707-374-6336
Contact: Audrey B. Keebler |
4-Year Student Plan
Required Career Paths
Project-based Integration
Coordinated Funding |
Model includes a 4-year career path selected by each student at the end of a required 9th grade Career Pathways
Survey course. Students choose a career path in agriculture, business, home economics, or industrial technology.
Students may develop an individualized career path with staff approval. Students participate in planning activities
each semester which become part of their disk portfolio. SCANS, academy and tech prep concepts are imbedded in
existing academic courses through a school-wide integrated project each semester. Resources you will receive include:
a 4-year career and academic planning calendar by grade level, an implementation model for academy and tech prep
concepts in a small rural school setting, sample caareer path materials, sample brochures, survey course curriculum,
career fair lesson plans/performance objectives by grade level, and sample materials for developing a community-wide
career fair.
Demonstration Date: April 27, 1998
Deadline for Registration: April 13, 1998
NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
920 Yount Street
Napa, CA 94559
707-259-8557
Contact: JoAnne Miller |
Business Partnerships
Internships
College Courses
Digital High School |
At New Technology High School in the Napa Valley, students have a rigorous and relevant curriculum that integrates
technology with the academic core subjects. The school implements educational reform through applied interdisciplinary
and project-based instruction. The teachers serve as facilitators assisting students in developing skills for individual
and team-based learning. The students complete a minimum of four community college courses, including some delivered
on campus. Our students graduate with the ability to succeed in a college program or to enter the workforce as
a skilled, highly-paid employee. Come learn how you too can implement a successful Tech Prep program.
Demonstration Date: April 28, 1998
Deadline for Registration: April 14, 1998
GLADSTONE HIGH SCHOOL
1340 North Enid
Covina, CA 91722
626-815-5157
Contact: Carol Akioka |
Career Path Majors
Career Intern Program
Integrated Lessons
Authentic Assessment |
Gladstone High School Business Program, linked with the business department of the San Gabriel Valley Regional
Occupational Program, is part of the School-to-Career Consortium. This workshop will provide strategies that can
be used to incorporate the following components at your site: internships that provide students with a realistic
understanding of the workplace; rigorous, relevant integrated thematic lesson plans; a promotional package for
student recruitment; authentic student assessment tools; enrichment experiences for students through college and
business tours and a "Business Competition"; and Service Learning activities that give students opportunities
to apply their knowledge and skills while performing a needed service.
Demonstration Date: April 30, 1998
Deadline for Registration: April 16, 1998
MONTCLAIR HIGH SCHOOL
4725 Benito Street
Montclair, CA 91763
909-621-6781 Ext. 260
Contact: Lori Jepson |
Tech Prep/ School-to-Career
Job Shadowing/Internships
Applied Academics
Interdisciplinary Teams |
Montclair High School, population 2800, is located in the city of Montclair, approximately 20 miles east of Los
Angeles. Currently in its third year of implementation the Business and Technology Tech Prep Path in Computer Science
and Information Systems is designed for grades 9-12. Visitors to MHS will learn the nuts and bolts on how to establish
a path using your school’s current resources. Topics will include: job shadowing, internships, course outlines,
integrated curriculum, guidance strategies, articulation agreements, C-TAP portfolio projects, administration support,
scheduling, and tours/visitation of technology departments.
Demonstration Date: May 12, 1998
Deadline for Registration: April 28, 1998
SONORA HIGH SCHOOL
430 N. Washington Street
Sonora, CA 95370
209-532-5511 Ext. 100
Contact: Jim Wagoner |
Curriculum Integration
Tech Math
Model Office Facility
Articulation |
Sonora Union High School’s BIS Career Path began in 1992 when the Yosemite Tech Prep Consortium was formed. Business
and industry personnel, area high schools, and college administrative and instructional staff helped in the development
of the Office Assistant/Administrative Career Path which is articulated with Columbia College. The Office Occupations
course provides students an opportunity to work in a model office setting. The up-to-date equipment includes 486DX
IBM compatible computers, internal phone system, fax machine and copy machine. Students apply for office receptionist
and office assistant positions by completing an application, developing a resume, taking pre-employment tests,
and participating in an interview. Six of the courses in the BIS career path have been articulated and coherently
sequenced with Columbia College. An integrated Business/English course, Contemporary Communications, is being developed
for implementation
Demonstration Date: May 14, 1998
Deadline for Registration: April 30, 1998
NOGALES HIGH SCHOOL
401 S. Nogales Street
La Puente, CA 91744
626-965-3437
Contact: Kristine Kulow |
Project-based
High Technology
Workplace Simulation
International Business
Integrated Curriculum |
In its second year of implementation, the International Business program targets 12th grade students. In a simulated
project, teams of students develop and manage an international corporation. They secure manufacturing information,
develop a target market, and arrange for multinational financing of their product. You will see a multi-media marketing
presentation and computer-generated portfolio, a part of the authentic assessment of student understanding of the
State Frameworks in American Government & Economics. You will receive examples of the portfolios, sample lesson
plans, and internet resources for student and teacher use. Examples of students’ work will be displayed incorporating
their core academic courses and advanced work related to international business.
Demonstration Date: May 15, 1998
Deadline for Registration: May 1, 1998
For more information, please contact:
Kay Orrell (805) 922-6966 Ext. 3613
Business Education
Demonstration Programs
| Contact Person |
Demonstration Date |
Deadline for Registration |
Janet Sanchez
Fresno High School |
March 19, 1998 |
March 5, 1998 |
Cynthia Dettner
Laguna Creek High School |
April 21, 1998 |
April 7, 1998 |
Gloria Romero
Chaffey College |
April 22, 1998 |
April 8, 1998 |
Don Brewster
Arroyo Grande High School |
April 23, 1998 |
April 9, 1998 |
Larry Wiemers
Judkins Middle School |
April 24, 1998 |
April 9, 1998 |
Julie Hitchcock
Southwest High School |
April 24, 1998 |
April 9, 1998 |
Audrey B. Keebler
Rio Vista High School |
April 27, 1998 |
April 13, 1998 |
JoAnne Miller
New Technology High School |
April 28, 1998 |
April 14, 1998 |
Carol Akioka
Gladstone High School |
April 30, 1998 |
April 16, 1998 |
Lori Jepson
Montclair High School |
May 12, 1998 |
April 28, 1998 |
Jim Wagoner
Sonora High School |
May 14, 1998 |
April 30, 1998 |
Kristine Kulow
Nogales High School |
May 15, 1998 |
May 1, 1998 |
