“Technology High School (Rohnert Park, California)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Initially the school was a program of Rancho Cotate High School. The students involved split their time between the two schools. Technology High School's program included Integrated Science, Engineering and Math curriculum as required courses and the students took the remainder of their classes from Rancho Cotate High School. This environment created a school focused heavily on the math and sciences with the larger high school environment providing everything else expected from a traditional high school.

Technology High School as a school

In 2002, Tech High became a separate and independent school, starting with the class of 2006. The former "program students" continued to be part-time students and split their time, while all new students came in as full-time. This called for new, undeveloped humanities, physical education, foreign language, and elective programs to be created and implemented. These have since become more developed.

Relations with the District

Relations with the school district became strained when during the planning of the 2004-2005 district budget a proposal was put forth to relocate Technology High School. This caused a strong backlash of support from the community around Technology High School. Students, parents and staff felt that this would severely compromise the integrity of the program. Students and parents pulled together in an attempt to halt this measure. In a special session in January 2004 the school board voted 5–0 to keep the school in its facilities on the Sonoma State University campus.

Relations with the school district have improved considerably, partly due to Technology High School being announced as a Distinguished School in April 2005 as part of California's Distinguished School Program. Relations have also been improved due Technology High School's high testing scores. The district has now publicly stated that they feel that the proposal to relocate Technology High School was a mistake.

Recent history

Campus

Location

Technology High School occupies the first floor of the Ruben Salazar Building on the Sonoma State University campus in Rohnert Park, California. The Salazar Building is near the center of campus, right off the quad. This location offers access to Rancho Cotate High School which allows Technology High School students to participate in its PE classes.

Use of University facilities

Technology High School uses the Sonoma State library. Technology High School students patronize the University's dining facilities and bookstores; Technology High School has no dining facilities of its own. Technology High School students can take up to 6 credits worth of classes at Sonoma State University in addition to their curriculum at Technology High School. The on-campus location is intended to increase the students' comfort with university settings.^[8] In terms of athletics, Sonoma State University does not allow Technology High School to utilize their athletic facilities. However, the original agreement, signed in 1999, states that Sonoma State University and Technology High School were to share athletic facilities.

Student body

Genders

Ethnicities

Other data

There are 1.3 students per computer, compared to the California statewide average of 5 students per computer. Many students go on to a higher educational institution while less than 20% go directly into the workforce.

Faculty

There is an average of 27 students per teacher. Full credentials are possessed by 83% of teachers, while the remaining teachers have emergency credentials or waivers.^[10] Faculty retention has been an issue over the school's history. Retention rates were below 50% during the first several years of operation but current retention rates hover around 75%.

Due to the small-school environment that Technology High School maintains there are at most 3 teachers in one department. This encourages teachers to work together on cross-curricular projects. Staff meetings happen at least once a week where the entire staff of the school gathers together to discuss any outstanding school wide issues. Another purpose of these meetings is to attempt to ensure consistency through the entire school.^[11]

Curriculum

Technology High School's curriculum is designed to be project-based as well as cross-curricular. Teachers work closely together to create projects that span more than one curricular area. Teachers also try to time the curriculum so that students can take advantage of what they learn in one class in another. The curriculum is also designed and graded based on the Schoolwide Learning Outcomes.

Awards

Tech High was named a California Distinguished School in 2005,^[12] 2009,^[13] and again in 2013.^[14]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.crpusd.org/domain/601|title=Principal/Home|publisher=Schoolwires, Inc.|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0609940&ID=060994010688|title=Techonology High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 26, 2019}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://techhightitans.org/student_handbook.html|title=Student Handbook|accessdate=August 27, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405181940/http://www.techhightitans.org/student_handbook.html|archivedate=April 5, 2009|deadurl=yes|df=}}
4. ^About Our School
5. ^{{cite press release|url=http://www.crpusd.org/Press%20releases%2005_06/New%20Tech%20High%20Principal.pdf|title=New Principal Named for Technology High School|publisher=Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District|date=May 9, 2007|accessdate=July 12, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200343/http://www.crpusd.org/Press%20releases%2005_06/New%20Tech%20High%20Principal.pdf|archivedate=September 27, 2007|deadurl=yes|df=}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://rohnertpark-cotati.patch.com/groups/schools/p/meet-the-new-principal-of-tech-high|author=Angela Hart|title=Meet the New Principal of Tech High|date=August 29, 2011|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://abc7news.com/archive/9326743/|title=Sonoma County high school principal posed as Navy SEAL|publisher=KABC-TV|date=November 15, 2013|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sonoma.edu/UAffairs/buzz/2002/tech_high.html|title=What's the Buzz?|publisher=Sonoma State University|date=October 11, 2002|accessdate=July 12, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724062035/http://www.sonoma.edu/UAffairs/buzz/2002/tech_high.html|archivedate=July 24, 2008|deadurl=yes|df=}}
9. ^¹{{cite web|title=School Enrollment by Gender, Grade and Ethnic Designation|url=http://dq.cde.ca.gov|work=DataQuest|publisher=California Department of Education|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.greatschools.org/california/rohnert-park/12248-Technology-High-School/|title=Technology High School|publisher=GreatSchools|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.greatschools.org/california/rohnert-park/12248-Technology-High-School/#teachers|title=Student Teacher Ratio Technology High School – Rohnert Park, California – CA|publisher=GreatSchools|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/documents/distinguished.xls|title=Distinguished Schools Data File|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/disting2009.asp|title=2009 Distinguished Middle and High Schools|publisher=California Department of Education|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr13/yr13rel45.asp|title=California Distinguished Schools for 2013|publisher=California Department of Education|date=April 11, 2013|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}

History

Technology High School as a program