• Home: Proposal
• About: Analysis of Need, Current Efforts, Demographics
• People: Students, Parents, Teacher, Advisors
• Courses: Descriptions and Schedule
• Logistics: Homework, Grades, Rules
• Logistics: Homework, Grades, Rules
• Money: Cost and Funding of Program
• Outcomes: Habits of Mind, Projections, Proficiencies
• Timeline: Blog of progress with visuals!

MAKERTEENS Outcomes

Career Readiness: Habits of Mind

Researchers and policy makers have tried to elucidate the “habits of mind” needed for success in college and career. Components include demonstration of: being a team player, inquisitive intellectual openness, self advocacy, and the organized ability of productive time management. The work of Arthur Costa (2008) suggests a comprehensive focus on 16 habits of mind:

• Persisting
• Communicating with clarity and precision
• Managing impulsivity (self control)
• Gathering data through all senses
• Listening with understanding and empathy
• Creating, imagining, innovating
• Thinking flexibly
• Responding with wonderment and awe
• Metacognition
• Taking responsible risks
• Striving for greater accuracy and precision
• Finding humor
• Questioning and problem posing
• Thinking interdependently
• Applying past knowledge to new situations
• Remaining open to continuous learning

Such habits of mind are directly taught in the psychology class, and encouraged throughout the day’s activities. http://www.habitsofmindinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/HOM.Chart_.Horizontal.pdf

A toxic mental environment forms dysfunctional cognitive habits. Far more important than construction of a home, we are remodeling a brain. Through intense and constant diligence, we are forming new responses to old triggers. When challenges beg us to quit, or feign apathy, we support each other with perseverance, courage, and curiosity to conquer every challenge. The brain so disciplined gains strength to better meet the next challenge.

Need motivation? When a person “falls in love”, they feel like doing all they can for the beloved. Love songs are full of sacrificial hyperbole and Herculean effort to demonstrate boundless love. Rather than wait for that love motivation to happen, each MakerTeen, each hour, actively packages their life as a gift for that yet unknown spouse… grandchild…. by doing their best in school today, so they will have more to give tomorrow.

Certificate Options:

• NCCER, https://www.nccer.org/workforce-development-programs/disciplines
• CPR / First Aid
• OSHA, https://osha.oregon.gov/edu/courses/Pages/default.aspx
• Diesel Technician, https://catalog.klamathcc.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=13&poid=1121&hl=ASE

Outcomes Tracked and Reported:

• Average daily attendance rate and percentage of students chronically absent
• Participation rates in CTE and college-level courses
• Percentage of students participating in CTE programs
• Percentage of students earning college credit or credit equivalent score on AP or IB courses)
• Referral and placement rates in special education and TAG
• Students’ report card grades by course
• Discipline rates and percentage of students who are classified as truant
• Percentage of freshmen on track to graduate at each semester/trimester end