BAC Plan 2025 2026 (1) - Flipbook - Page 37
4. What major decisions has the business advisory council influenced for the member school districts
and how have decisions impacted students?
The business advisory council has helped the member school districts to make the following
curriculum/programming decisions:
Decision / Quality
Practice
West Geauga
Maker Space
Description
Student Impact
Creation of a High School Innovation Lab
(Makerspace/Hackerspace) to create STEAM
curriculum connections and pathways
To be established in 2023-2024 school
year
# of students engaged in STEAM
courses/curriculum in the lab:
2023-2024: approx 40
2024-2025: TBD
# of teachers engaged in the STEAM
PD opportunities to be hosted in the
lab:
2023-2024: redesigned to a parent
open house (approx 20 attendees)
2024-2025:
Berkshire Schools
Diesel Program
Advanced and beginners classes are offered.
The class starts off with the basics of safety
and moves students all the way through to
working on diesel trucks in a controlled
environment.
23 students were enrolled in the
program in 2022-2023
Every senior in the program in
2022-2023 who wanted to pursue a job
in the field was offered a job by one of
the local businesses
26 students enrolled in 2023-2024
19-20 students enrolled in Diesel I and
II in the 2024-2025 school year
2 students enrolled in medical assisting
in the 2024-2025 school year
Berkshire Schools
Allied Health
Program
This curriculum program aims to provide
students a pathway into the healthcare field.
4 students enrolled in 2023-2024
Cardinal Corporate
Collaboration
This collaborative project establishes
membership benefits to area businesses such
The project is in its first year of
implementation in 2023-2024 and
