Taking the Classroom Into the Community
A Guidebook
- Neal A. Glasgow - San Dieguito Union High School District, California
May 1996 | 80 pages | Corwin
Get state-of-the-art equipment you can't afford to buy by putting students "to work" with the businesses in your community. Students will learn to meet industry standards of performance and how to work on an individual project within a larger group project.
Glasgow shows you how to recruit the best community mentors. He includes a model for using student portfolios to evaluate and document progress and gives you tips for solving the liability issues.
Taking the Classroom into the Real World
Changing Roles for Teachers
Mentoring
Looking for Help
Communicating with the Community and the Mentors
Is There Room for Something New?
Managing It All
Putting the Portfolio to Work
Examples of Mentored Project Experiences
In Conclusion