Case/John Hay Partnership
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Introduction
Members of the Case community have a long history of collaboration with the Cleveland School of the Arts. Over the past year, several of us have been looking for ways to promote and strengthen this partnership. Now, we have an opportunity to extend our outreach to John Hay High School, which will be closely linked (geographically and programmatically) to CSA.
Background
After a $36 million renovation, John Hay is now home to three small, specialty high schools, all under the leadership of campus director Kathleen Freilino and principal Kenneth Hale.
- Cleveland School of Science and Medicine
- Cleveland School of Architecture and Design
- Cleveland Early College High School
At an introductory meeting on July 13, 2006, we (Kathryn Karipides, Latisha James, and Arthur Evenchik) asked Ms. Freilino and Mr. Hale how the university could be of service as their schools begin their first year of operations. They responded with four possibilities:
- Access to Case. The John Hay administrators want their students to spend time on campus -- attending lectures, visiting the library, getting acclimated to a university environment. We can begin by inviting John Hay (and CSA) students to Fisk University President Hazel O’Leary's public lecture on Friday, October 13, at 1:00 p.m.
- Academic Tutoring. John Hay students are likely to need tutorial assistance, especially in mathematics and possibly in reading comprehension. The schools also hope to offer PSAT preparation for prospective National Merit Scholars. Janice Eatman-Williams, who already organizes tutoring services for the School of the Arts, would know whether additional undergraduate volunteers are available to work with students at John Hay.
- Coaching in Study Skills and Habits. Here, we might draw on expertise and support from ESS, the psychology department, and David and Alice Kolb (Weatherhead School of Management).
- Service Learning. When we told Ms. Freilino and Mr. Hale that CSA has asked for support in developing a service learning curriculum, they said that their schools will have the same need. Service learning would be one of the elements of the new advisory curriculum. When we asked about finding volunteer opportunities for John Hay students, Ms. Freilino had the idea of recruiting the schools' guidance counselors as placement coordinators. The advisory period could then become a time when students discuss their volunteer experiences, conduct research on policies and social conditions affecting the people they serve, and present their findings to their peers.
We are eager to follow up on this initial meeting and develop a partnership during this formative moment in the history of John Hay High School.
Case/CSA Partnership Inventory
This page has been created so that members of the Case community can create an inventory of activities they have conducted with the Cleveland School of the Arts.
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Center for Science and Mathematics Education
We have had significant amount of interaction with Ed Weber, the principal of the School of Science and Medicine at John Hay.
Last December, I attended a conference on high school reform with Ed and several teachers from John Hay.
I made arrangements for Ed to bring a group of students once a month to see a demonstration of an electron microscope.
I also made arrangements for the students of two faculty involved in service learning (Tanmay V. and Jenny Liang) to make presentations the students developed.
I helped Ed obtain lab coats for his students.
We have had several conversations about a variety of other initiatives as well.
We have a high school student and a teacher from Early College at John Hay helping us with the NSF-funded Science in the Circle program.
Jim Bader, Director
Center for Science and Mathematics Education
Dance Program, Department of Theater and Dance
Past: Former Co-Director of Dance, Kathryn Karipides, had established ties with CSA and provided opportunities for CSA dance students to participate in special events at Mather Dance Center.
Current: As the current director, I have maintained ties, most often through Nancy Jacobson. Students were invited to attend the 25th Anniversary OhioDance Festival that the Dance Program hosted in 2001. Additionally, students were invited to take master classes with renowned choreographer Trisha Brown. CSA faculty and students are invited to all dance concerts.
Vision: 1. Establish a mechanism for CSA students to participate in Mather Dance Collective, MaDaCol, the undergraduate and community performance ensemble directed by MFA Dance graduate students. 2. Establish a mechanism for MFA Dance graduate students to be guest technique teachers at CSA 3. Consider options for CSA upper-level students to enroll in technique classes at Case.
Potential obstacles to all of the "vision ideas" center around scheduling issues at both institutions.
- Karen Potter
Partnering to Bridge the Digital Divide
The Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) partnered with CSA for over four years in a program to teach seventh grade students information and technology literacy skills. Students met bimonthly in KSL's Electronic Classroom. Among other skills, students learned to effectively search the web, evaluate information on the web, properly credit information sources, create PowerPoint presentations, and write reports.
Over the course of the program, KSL and CSA obtained two Community Technology Fund of Ohio(CTF-Ohio) grants. The first, approximately $10,000, was granted to KSL to expand the existing program and to allow the CSA 7th grade teaching faculty to participate in specialized technology and information literacy workshops at KSL. KSL also co-wrote a grant with the CSA Friends of the Cleveland School of the Arts program coordinator. This grant allowed the partners to equip a computer lab at CSA with 15-workstations and educational materials. The purpose of the lab was to give students the computers and materials they needed to practice the skills they learned at KSL. Due to re-structuring at CSA, the partnership is not currently active. KSL does does have other active partnerships.
About Partnering
Partnering is a community outreach program that introduces K-12 students and other underserved populations to the information and technology literacy skills that are essential for success in the web-based environment. For more information please see: http://library.case.edu/ksl/services/outreach/
-- Earnestine Adeyemon
Office of Student Community Service
The Project STEP-UP tutoring/mentoring effort has been serving students at CSA for 13 (now going on 14) years. The STEP-UP program itself has been in existence since Fall 1988. When the University Circle Literacy Corps was formed almost 7 years ago to include all of the institutions of higher education from the Circle as literacy program partners, CIA, CIM and OCPM students began to serve alongside the Case students. CIA and CIM are natural partners for CSA because of CSA's focus on the Arts. Students from the three institutions provide instructional support to students in English, Math, Science, Music Performance (especially instrumental), Drawing--wherever the school identifies a need and the college students have a particular proficiency. Many college volunteers assist in Mrs. Donato's after-school Math Lab, and several others have attended and supported rehearsals for productions and recitals, as well as attending the actual performances where tutees have been involved.
Youth from CSA spend time here on campus to expose them to opportunities in higher ed, and the youth also participate in cultural and recreational events. We have taken CSA students to the theater, to musical and dance performances, to the movies, to community festivals, and to many other positive activities (such as bowling and roller skating) through the years.
Approximately five years ago, Dr. Phil Safford and OSCS teamed up to offer the Case Teacher Licensure students the opportunity to fulfill observation, lesson creation and presentation, and hand-on tutoring service hours at CSA (see below). This partnership has worked very well. Students are connected for an entire semester to a teacher and an entire classroom in their discipline -- Chem with Chem, Physics with Physics, Math with Math, English with English, and so on. I'm sure that Dr. Safford and I will continue to facilitate this effort as long as the Licensure Program deems it viable.
-- J. A. Eatman
Teacher Licensure and Art Education
CSA is represented on the Case Educational Licensure Advisory Council (CELAC) by Andrew Koonce, who is a Case graduate, and our main contact for placing students who are licensure candidates at CSA. There is also a long-standing relationship between Case's Art Education program, directed by Tim Shuckerow, and CSA.
My own student advisees (who have a second major in Teacher Education) are participants in the Collaborative Teacher Licensure Program with John Carroll University. Their "content" majors (i.e., licensure fields) are in the secondary fields of mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, English, and history (integrated social studies, and in multiage (3-21) French and Spanish. These students take a seminar I teach each spring, EDUC 338, which entails a 72-clock-hour field experience requirement, much of that requirement met through placement at CSA, which is arranged by Janice Eatman-Williams. Currently, there are 5 of these students placed at CSA, whose majors are math, physics, chemistry, English, and biology.
-- Phil Safford
Undergraduate Admission
We have 5 or 6 applicants for undergraduate admission from School of the Arts. I'm in touch with the guidance couselor to help these students complete their applications for admission.
Liz Woyczynski
