TecKnoWorld Academy HS - 21st Century Student

1. 21ST CENTURY STUDENT
TecKnoWorldAcademy (TAHS), Discover Phase, 4th Draft

2. Current Situation
 Lowest performing schools in Northeast Ohio
 70.4% - Average graduation rate
 47.3% - African-American and Hispanic student population
 26.7% - Students living below the poverty level (U.S. Census Bureau)
 Compared to Highest performing schools in Northeast Ohio
 96.7% - Average graduation rate
 5.05% - African-American and Hispanic student population
 5.0% - Students living below the poverty level (U.S. Census Bureau)
Sources: U. S. Census Bureau

3. Current Situation
▪ Only 25.6% of Ohioans who are 25 years old and higher
have an Associates Degree or higher compared to the
national average of 29.3%.
▪ The Problem: Our schools are not properly preparing our
underrepresented and economically disadvantaged
students to graduate from high school and college let alone
be prepared for the workforce.
Sources: U. S. Census Bureau

4. 4-Year Graduation Percentages
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(2010 – 2011AcademicYear)

5. Who are our current students?
Yesterday’s Students Today’s Students
Encyclopedia
Landline
Letters
Google
Texting
Facebook

6. Our Future – Employment
▪ Ohio Department of Jobs and Families has projected job growth in the
software development, information technology, and medical field
throughoutOhio.
▪ 178,496 - Number of projected average annual job openings every
year until 2022.
▪ 143,000 – Number of jobs unfilled in 2014 due to lack of necessary
qualifications, experience, or skills
Sources: Ohio Department of Jobs and Families,TheVindicator News

7. Students’ Perspective
 What a school environment should look like:
 Creative
 Opinions shared (critical thinking)
 Creating solutions to real world problems (problem solving)
 Develop our own school projects (innovation)
 Using everyday technology and social networking for learning
 Teens constantly use the internet for learning outside of school,
especially mobile phones; however mainly teachers in higher
socioeconomic communities leverage phones in school for learning
(Pew Survey).
 The top insights that stands out both globally and in our community
is Content, Connection, Culturalism, and Creativity.

8. TecKnoWorld Academy, TAHS – Our Role
Today’s
Students
TecKnoWorld
(TAHS)
Future
Workforce

9. TecKnoWorld, TAHS – Our Role
Solution Provider:
 Our u-readiness approach that will be infused throughout all of our content and curriculum
prepares the student for the 22nd century.
 Will create the atmosphere where the student not only thrives but develop an inventor
mindset that will prepare them for whatever path they choose to take.
 Multi-Culturalism will be celebrated and infused to bridge the gap to exposed students and
welcome them to the global economy in which they live. Connection is a freedom that give
students access and with access student can not only be a consumer of the access but a
creator of the content in which they access.
 Creativity is a missing component in today's school settings, test preparation has become
the focus.TAHS mantra will bring back the creative side of learning so students can explore
and tap into all the endless possibilities that awaits them.