Career Education

<p>Every school district in Alaska focuses on preparing students for life after graduation. Anthony Cavan, CTE Welding Instructor for the Yukon-Koyukuk School District (YKSD), helps students receive the certifications and skills they need to start a career as welders right after graduation.   After 22 years of teaching welding in Kodiak, Cavan moved to Fairbanks in&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/07/02/welding_yksd/">Continue Rea

<p>Careers, Culture, and Leadership are the core tenets of the Kusilvak Career Academy (KCA), a program for 11th and 12th-grade students in the Lower Yukon School District (LYSD).   In 2019, the LYSD School board and district leadership sought to help close the equity gap between rural and urban students and how they received their career&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/06/24/lysds-kusilvak-career-academy/">Continue Reading &#821

<p>&nbsp; See Stories was founded as a nonprofit in 2019 by a dedicated and diverse Board on the premise that representation matters, that Alaskan youth are uniquely equipped to share authentic local histories through film making and podcasting, and that empowering youth with media literacy is a vital skill in today’s world. See Stories leads&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2024/02/26/seestories/">Continue Reading &#8216;SeeStories: S

<p>In 2006, former Annette Island School District Superintendent Brett Agenbroad had a vision to offer Metlakatla High School students an opportunity to gain industry experience in diving by providing a scuba program. Current Superintendent and former CTE Teacher Taw Lindsey said Agenbroad “saw a need to help provide safe training for divers to participate in&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2023/06/21/the-metlakatla-master-dive-progra

<p>Students from Rural Alaska don’t often get the opportunity to participate in college tours. Weather, distance, and logistics are a challenge when your hometown is accessible only by small plane or boat. Thanks to the support of the Rural Alaska GEAR UP Partnership, 19 students from villages served by Lower Kuskokwim School District got the&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2023/04/19/college-tour-time/">Continue Reading College Tour

<p>Place-Based Computer Science Curriculum Website: Place-Based Computer Science Curriculum Place-based education is a philosophy that utilizes the context of student knowledge – culture, location, nature, and history &#8211; to connect to curricular and core content within the classroom. Despite numerous articles and studies on the merits of land-based and place-based education in rural Alaska, there&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2

<p>At the recent 2022 CSEdCon Global CS Education Conference, the Alaska Staff Development Network (ASDN) accepted an award for ‘overcoming the odds’ from Code.org, the international leader in computer science education. ASDN is a division of the education non-profit Alaska Council of School Administrators (ACSA). For the past four years, ASDN has served as the&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2022/12/01/asdn-celebrates-code-org-award/

<p>Have you ever heard of AAATTSA? Alaska Alexander Archipelago Tongass to Tidal Science Academy is a magnet program in the Port Alexander School within the Southeast Island School District. Six high school students from all over the nation flew to Sitka, Alaska, then took an adventurous float plane ride to remote Port Alexander to find&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2022/03/11/alaska-alexander-archipelago-tongass-to-tidal-science-ac

<p>Travis Stagg, a physics teacher at West Valley High School in Fairbanks, became inspired to offer students the chance to become pilots by his own love of aviation. After taking a “discovery flight” as a gift from his wife, he went on to become a pilot and certified flight instructor himself.  During his aviation journey,&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2022/02/11/students-prepare-to-take-flight-in-private-pilot-ground-school-electi

<p>When more than 20 students joined Lower Kuskokwim School District’s new after school food sciences club this fall, expectations were low. The students, at school sites in Goodnews Bay, Tuntutuliak, and Kipnuk [currently on hold while in “red” Covid-19 status], expected to do a little cooking and a lot of listening to lectures about nutrition&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2021/11/15/cooking-up-life-experience-in-southwest-alaskan-

<p>Alaska’s PK-12 school system is embracing the teaching of computer science like never before. Educators across the state, and their students, have recognized that navigating the digital world is not just about being a consumer of digital content, it’s about the skills needed to create that content. And to become a creator means knowing the&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2021/09/03/alaskas-momentum-in-teaching-computer-science/">Co

<p>In a school year when many districts are struggling to cover the basics, Bering Strait School District has been busy building young scientists. For more than 20 years, BSSD has held a districtwide science fair, come snow or sleet or global pandemic. This year, amid closures all over the state, BSSD decided the show must&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2021/05/13/young-scientists-in-bssd-gain-lifelong-skills-through-virtual-science-

<p>Computer Science Education Week (#CSEdWeek) “is an annual call to action to inspire K-12 students to learn computer science, advocate for equity in computer science education, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners to the field” (https://www.csedweek.org/). This year&#8217;s #CSEdWeek is focused on the intersection of computer science and social justice, and raising&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2020/

<p>During these crazy times it’s hard to get what needs doing done! Even more difficult is focusing on planning for the future. Help is here. The Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) and the Alaska Department of Education &amp; Early Development (DEED) have partnered with the Southeast Regional Resource Center (SERRC) to build Transition Alaska.org as a virtual&hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://ouralaskanschools.edublogs.org/2020/11/18/keeping-the-focus