Kansas High School Programs

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Has anyone implemented the Academy in a High School in Kansas? Would like to discuss what some of the hurdles you had to overcome.

Thanks.

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@ClintRogers
I admire your interest in incorporating Titans Academy into Kansas high schools. Sorry I have no other information on the topic?
Have you tried contacting some of the other teachers from other states to see if by chance there experience from there state could help you.

I know @StephenHadwin teaches in Oklahoma.

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I teach at a CareerTech, which has both HS and Adults. The Small Groups academy will be for Adults only, after schools hours, most likely weekends. Meet all day twice a month is the plan… Participant will have to take my training before they can willy nilly jump on a CNC machine tool. So some screening and possible pre-training will be an option before they can go to shop floor and run a part under my supervision.

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Thanks for the feed back, I have met with the local superintendent and principal. They are looking for state specific examples. We have got to the point of creating a 2 year program within the school. I would like to use the Titan Academy for the curriculum for the project work. I am attaching a drop box file of some of the minutes that would kind of outline what I would like to see happen.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g0e2x9bhhxlj740/AAAyMJUFJ2g3Kb8TmGW55GWXa?dl=0

Also for @StephenHadwin

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Clint,
This will be my 6th year to instruct my class. At first, I came in prepared to teach manual machining first year, then CNC second year. My year is 525 hours of seat time… My local companies wanted CNC machinist/operators more than someone with manual experience, so I started restructuring my curriculum to be CNC focused with some manual exposure. I also eliminated small courses like blueprint reading, math, etc. into one large course that lasted about 9 weeks. So to do that I finally decided to tailor my courses to meet a credential the students can acquire. Using Titan’s building blocks and rocket series, I was able to embed both theory and project into a course that comes closer to meeting my objectives. I want each student in the first year to run both CNC mill and lathe, set tools, set work offests, design and program, and acquire 4 national credentials. I may not get them back the second year, most go on to work. But if they come back, I will then teach them fixturing, and other more advanced projects. Here is my course curriculum, it may help you see how I will tailor my instruction to meet each course and its credential. The first week some students will complete the 1M, almost all students completed it by the 2nd week. My curriculum

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Stephen,

Thanks for the outline. I have a meeting today with my team. This is a great outline, and I like how you have it broken down. I agree with the one large course for print, math, etc. I pass through Ardmore a couple times a year, some time I may see if it okay to stop by and chat in person.

Thanks.

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