Taking a National Call to Arms—With a Twist
Type:
Case Study
November 16, 2018
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Case Study: Vancouver iTECH Preparatory (Vancouver, Washington)
How a district built a high-quality STEM school of choice, while giving equal due to social emotional learning
Vancouver Public Schools’ Vancouver iTECH Preparatory—a STEM-based, early college school for students grade 6-12—was an innovation in it of itself. It was established in response to the national effort to bring more STEM learning opportunities to more students of all ages. As a school built from scratch, its leaders had the unique chance to conceive a thoroughly modern institution to meet the needs of a rapidly changing and technology-driven world. It was the attention they put on social emotional learning, though, that elevated this new STEM school into an institution of truly leading edge learning
In Partnership with
AASA, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Successful Practices Network
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