This fall I had the opportunity to sit down with John Pellman, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Capital College and Career Academy (CCCA), a new charter school that opened in August 2023 in North Sacramento.\u00a0 CCCA\u2019s mission is to ensure that all students graduate having experience taking both dual enrollment courses and internships so they have a clear understanding of their college and career options in order to make more informed choices.\u00a0 Within that, John teaches a class called Innovation, Design, and Implementation, which uses Makers Education as a means to center student agency to help them take an idea and bring it to fruition.\u00a0 In doing so, students practice socio-emotional skills such as wellbeing, mindfulness, as well as critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and grit while working with a partner, researching, and putting their project together.\u00a0 Rather than rely on standardized tests, in John\u2019s class, students complete self-assessments on these various skills and participate in design challenges where they operate in real world situations.\u00a0 Drawing upon a diverse student population, located in a historically disenfranchised area of Sacramento, CCCA\u2019s goal is to help nudge education in the direction toward helping students access opportunities and situations that help them realize their potential, one student at a time.\u00a0 Join our conversation as we talk about CCCA, education as a business, and Makers Education specifically in this episode of Uncommon Voices, Uncommon Visions.<\/p>\n
John, working in partnership with the Sacramento County Office of Education is offering three more classes for local educators on using Maker Education in the classroom: February 20, March 19 and April 16, 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nSuggested Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n