Eric.ed.gov – Getting State Certification in Your Embedded Math Programs.

This document presents materials that were developed for a presentation explaining how the Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma, obtained state certification for the geometry and trigonometry program that is embedded in its residential and commercial construction program and enables its students to receive high school geometry or trigonometry credit and thereby meet the Oklahoma PASS (Priority Academic Student Skills) objectives for high school math credit. The document begins with a brief description of the presentation’s objectives and content. The remainder of the document consists of the following presentation handouts: (1) excerpts from Oklahoma legislation regarding high school graduation requirements affecting students attending technology centers; (2) the program approval letter sent to the technology center; (3) a description of the math program approval process; (4) information about the high school transcripting options at the technology center; (5) integrated math schedules for the program’s math teachers; (6) a PASS geometric objectives and carpentry geometry objectives crosswalk; (7) a syllabus and curriculum description for the carpentry geometry course; (8) the carpentry course sequence and curriculum description; (9) information on carpentry-based state competency tests in Oklahoma; (10) the geometry and carpentry teaching sequence; (11) samples of customized geometry lessons and carpentry learning activity packets; and (12) the presenters’ credentials. (MN)