The “Core” classes of high school education have long been identified as language arts, math, science, and social studies. These areas will also be an integral part of LCCPA. There are several concepts that we feel will be distinguishing features of core education at LCCPA.
Relevance
Core education at LCCPA will be integrated through and around our other two pillars: career education and 21st-century skills. To this end, students will enhance their language arts programs with purposeful reading as it relates to these other areas. Science students will see how concepts they are learning in classes can be applied within the Manufacturing and Health Services fields. Social studies students will study current events, historical events, and civic issues as they relate to their chosen cluster, and math students will participate in seminars to see how math concepts are critical within these fields.
Responsibility
When students enter LCCPA, their core education will essentially be teacher-directed. As students proceed through the levels of LCCPA, they will be given the opportunity to make their own choices in how they fulfill their core requirements.
Rigor
Our concept of rigor at LCCPA can be described by the motto “A, B, or do it again!” So, not only will students be expected to complete rigorous coursework, but they will also be expected to do so in a high-quality way.
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Health Services is one of the largest industries in the country with more than 11 million well-paying, gratifying jobs. The Little Chute Career Pathways Academy prepares students for careers in science and medicine. Health service professionals work with all ages from infants to geriatrics to promote health and wellness, as well as to diagnose and treat injuries and diseases.
Manufacturing can generally be defined as the “planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products.” The manufacturing partners of LCCPA create everything from gears and pulleys, to backhoes for John Deere tractors, to welders that are used in shipyards and oil pipelines throughout the world.
The LCCPA English Department ensures each student will be a competent, capable, and critical thinker and communicator of information through rigorous, worldly, and engaging instruction, practice, and application.
The Little Chute Career Pathways Academy math department employs a “work-at-your-own-pace” math curriculum. This means that each individual student can progress through the course sequence at a speed that is most comfortable for the student. In order to graduate from LCCPA, students must earn a total of 3.0 math credits.
The science department provides all students with a self-paced, teacher-guided, online approach to learning the core science topics of biology and chemistry. Assignments, lectures, and formative quizzes are all available for students online; while lab experiences and summative tests will be handled in class. One of our key philosophies is the view of the “teacher as a coach”. We work with students to master the material at their own pace, while helping them to organize materials and track their progress through the course.
The Social Studies Department believes that all students have an obligation to become well-informed members of society through the study of politics, history, geography, economics, sociology and psychology. The LCCPA Social Studies Department is committed to providing meaningful learning opportunities through high quality instruction, engaging course materials and authentic, real-world, relevant activities.
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