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  • Loveland High School’s Teaching Professions Academy with student Genna Scherpenberg

    Loveland High School’s Teaching Professions Academy with student Genna Scherpenberg

    The Loveland High School Teaching Professions Academy recently visited Miami University in Oxford (Photo by Elizabeth Potts)

    by Claire Mirkowski-Purdy

    Loveland, Ohio – One of the greatest aspects of Loveland High School is its Teaching Professions Academy (TPA). All students are welcome to take TPA classes. The most popular one this year is Child Development in which students learn how to properly take care of newborns and toddlers.

    Loveland’s TPA is partnered with Great Oaks, bringing genuine classroom-like experiences to high schoolers. Every TPA class is a CCP (College Credit Plus) class as well, giving students the opportunity to earn college credit for their TPA classes. Every TPA class is taught by Elizabeth Potts, a marvelous teacher who makes every aspect of TPA possible.

    A lifelong friend of mine, Genna Scherpenberg, has been taking TPA classes since her junior year. Scherpenberg explained that as a senior, she was able to earn her Para-Pro License, to be able to teach any student with a learning disability.

    TPA also goes on a surplus of noteworthy field trips. For example, TPA went on a field trip in October to the Muñoz Foundation for the GAME PLAN Youth Leadership Seminar. There were many opportunities for students to speak in small and large group discussions, and listen to speeches from Brandon Saho and Cincinatti’s Healing Center. This field trip was a great way for all TPA students to get a boost in leadership and teaching experience. Scherpenberg told me that there was a Cincinatti Reds player there too.

    Aside from TPA’s extraordinary field trips, students can also visit nearby colleges. There are scheduled visits each year for TPA students. This year, so far, they have visited Miami University and Xavier University. They are scheduled for a visit to University of Cincinnati soon too.

    Genna Scherpenberg has also been given an exemplary internship, teaching and helping third and fifth graders. During high school hours, Scherpenberg leaves third bell to visit her third graders, and during seventh bell she visits her fifth graders.

    Scherpenberg has had numerous enlightening experiences that only TPA could offer. According to Scherpenberg, her favorite thing about TPA is “its flexibility, and the ability to be able to choose to do what we want, since the class gives us a lot of leadership.” Between internships, earning a Para-Pro Lisense, getting college credit and attending seminars, it is clear that Loveland High School would not be the same without its Teaching Professions Academy.

  • Career-technical education in high school can lower the cost of college

    Career-technical education in high school can lower the cost of college

    Harry Snyder is the President/CEO of the Great Oaks Career Campuses

    by Harry Snyder,

    “Price of College Increasing Almost 8 Times Faster Than Wages,” reads a June 2018 headline in Forbes magazine.  A recent USA Today story said the “Rising cost of college (is) creating a financial hole for parents, students.”  The author recommends that parents of young children begin saving more, sooner.

    Fortunately, there are other options for college-bound students. Career-technical education in high school can lower the cost of college.

    At Great Oaks, every high school student can earn college credit before graduating in one or more ways:

    • Articulation agreements with partner colleges and universities provide credit for students who are majoring in fields that align with their high school program. For instance, Construction Framing and Finishing students can earn 10.5 college credits toward a degree in Construction Management at Hocking College. Industrial Diesel Mechanics students can start at the College of Applied Technology at the University of Northwestern Ohio with 12 credit hours. Many Great Oaks programs have articulation agreements in place.

    • Career-Technical Credit Transfer is an Ohio program that aligns career-technical programs with college degree programs at Ohio public colleges and universities. Currently, 26 of Great Oaks’ 32 career programs qualify for college credit through this process.

    • College Credit Plus classes offer all Ohio students the chance to go to a local college or university and take classes while still in high school. Those college classes are offered at Great Oaks campuses, so Great Oaks students can take them during their regular school day without leaving school.

    Career-technical students can also get a financial boost toward earning a college degree:

    • Employers may pay college tuition for valuable employees.  For example, it’s not uncommon for graduates of our Precision Machining program to be sent to engineering school by the companies that hire them.

    • The professional credential that graduates earn can help them save for college. A cosmetology license, FAA Airframe Mechanic license, LPN, or other credentials give grads the chance to start working right after high school in jobs that pay considerably more than minimum wage.

    We sometimes hear community members say that career-technical education is a great option for those who aren’t going to college.  What we know, and what the evidence shows, is that it’s also an excellent, cost-effective path for those who plan to go on to college.

     

  • Loveland schools, University of Cincinnati partnership announced with formal signing ceremony

    Loveland schools, University of Cincinnati partnership announced with formal signing ceremony

    (First row, L to R:) Loveland High School (LHS) Teacher Phil Marchal, Loveland Interim Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse, University of Cincinnati (UC) Director of School of Information Technology (IT) Dr. Hazem Said, LHS Principal Peggy Johnson; (Second row, L to R:) Patrick Keyser, Sogeti USA, Loveland Board of Education President Art Jarvis, Loveland Board of Education Vice President Dr. Kathryn Lorenz, Loveland Board of Education Member Eileen Washburn, Loveland Director of Secondary Programs Andrea Conner, UC Graduate Coordinator and Project Manager School of IT Lauren Kirgis

    Pathway program will be ready for fall 2018

    Loveland, Ohio – With cameras rolling to capture the significant moment, Loveland Interim Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse and University of Cincinnati (UC) Director of School of Information Technology Dr. Hazem Said made formal the new partnership between the educational institutions that will equip the Loveland City School District to offer college-level Information Technology (IT) course work to high school students. The formal signing ceremony took place just before the State of Schools Open House Thursday, Feb. 22, at Loveland High School.

    “This partnership places Loveland students in a unique position for advanced learning opportunities that will qualify for college credit – a win for our families both academically and financially with the ever increasing student-loan debt that UC is sensitive to,” said Dr. Crouse. “We are simply thrilled to sit at the table with a school as premier as UC.”

    “The UC Information Technology Early College program is a unique and innovative program that will enable Loveland students to complete the first year of the UC BSIT program in high school,” said Dr. Said. “Those who receive a C or above will receive automatic admission to the BSIT program to study Software Development, Cybersecurity, Networking/Systems and Game Development & Simulation. We are excited to work with the leaders at Loveland City Schools to make this program available to Loveland parents and students.”  

    The partnership with UC creates an Information Technology (IT) Academic Pathway for Loveland High School (LHS) students, and is part of the district’s strategic plan to bring Academic Pathways to Loveland students beginning in middle school. LHS students will have access to post-secondary IT coursework starting in ninth grade. LHS students will have the ability to earn college credit through the College Credit Plus (CCP) program, and Advanced Placement (AP) courses.

    “Ultimately this partnership enables LHS students taking these courses to earn a masters degree through UC with only four years of college; it includes the courses they take through their senior year of high school plus four years of college,” explained Loveland Director of Secondary Programs Andrea Conner. “It also provides our Tiger students with the opportunity to apply for paid co-ops related to their course work the summer following their senior year.”

    Along with having the IT Pathway ready for fall of 2018, the district has clearly defined Academic Pathways for careers in: Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communication; Business Management and Administration; Health Science; and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – with the phase-in of additional pathways in the 2018-2019 school year.

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