Feb
07
2008
Columbus Schools’ Partnership Program Offers a Variety of Programs for Students
Posted by admin in Middle School Article, tags: Grade Teachers, Ohio State University, Schools Art, State Universities, Venture ProgramThe Columbus Schools ‘ partnership programs will continue into the 2006-2007 school year. These programs are conducted jointly with Columbus Schools and local and state universities, colleges, academic organizations, community organizations and area volunteers. The programs are wide ranging and cover lots of different subjects and grade levels.
Columbus Schools’ Art Ventures Partnership Program
The Art Ventures Partnership Program is a program that jointly works with Columbus Schools’ elementary schools and The Wexner Center for the Arts. This program was created primarily for the fourth grade students and fourth grade teachers and all elementary school arts teachers. As a part of the program, fourth grade students will visit the Wexner Center for the Arts three times per school year. Each visit will focus on a different art program including visual arts and performing arts. There will also be lessons created by the Wexner Center for the Arts that include studio activities and interactive tours. The employees of the Wexner Center for the Arts will visit the Columbus Schools’ classrooms to prepare students and teachers prepare for visits and lessons. The Wexner Center for the Arts started the program in 1993 and now works with 45 elementary schools. The Wexner Center for the Arts aims to give the schools with connections to their regular curriculum. The Arts Venture Program provides students with an understanding the purpose and need for arts in society and can point out examples of art embedded in our environment.
Columbus Schools’ Global School Bus
The Global School Bus Partnership Program is a joint cooperation between Columbus Schools’ Mifflin Alternative and Ohio State University’s Office of International Affairs. This program brings an international connection to the prekinder- 12 classrooms. The Global School Bus Partnership Continue Reading
Oct
28
2007
Columbus Schools Conduct Partnership Programs that Aid Students
Posted by admin in Middle School Article, tags: Fifth Grade Girls, Ohio State University, Reading Help, Teacher Development, Technology StudentsColumbus Schools Have Created a Broad Range of Partnerships
The partnership programs that Columbus Schools are engaged in cover a wide range of disciplines, grade levels, and locations. There are several successful partnership programs in the Columbus Schools.
“Computers Rock 24/7″ is a partnership program focused on introducing technology to fourth and fifth grade girls to technology. Students in the program develop their own web pages and learn about computers from the inside out. This program is a partnership between Columbus Schools, Weinland-Hudson Elementary School, The Ohio State University Women in Technology, and The Women in Computer Engineering.
“Modeling Physical Sciences in Ohio” is a program aimed at teacher development and training. This partnership program involved Columbus Schools, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Ohio State, Ohio Board of Regents, and Worthington City Schools. This partnership program centered around a three-week workshop intended to train Columbus Schools teachers in better methods of instruction that will be more effective with students from a variety of levels and backgrounds. Ongoing Saturday workshops held throughout the school year will revisit the techniques used in the original workshop and help foster a cooperative bond between teachers.
There are a number of literacy partnerships in several schools in the Columbus Schools system that addresses all manner of literacy difficulties and language arts development. One literacy partnership program involved two Columbus Schools’ elementary schools, Medary and Trevitt Elementary Schools, working with Ohio State Department of English. The “Medary and Trevitt Literacy Partnerships” aims to provide extra literacy tutoring to first graders. Students from Ohio State will work with Medary Elementary first grade students in a program where Continue Reading