CTC Program Building
Organization:
Break Away Technologies VISTA Name:
Tabetha Thorpe
Program Start:
6/2002
Program End:
6/2003
Project Description:
Goal 1: To develop a curriculum for the contextualized literacy program.
Goal 2: To secure adoption of the contextualized literacy program by the American Association of Community Colleges.
Goal 3: To develop forms and procedures for BT to use in connection with the contextualized literacy program.
Goal 4: To develop community partnerships for BT’s Smarthood.net program and CTCs.
Project Outcome:
With respect to the VISTA project, it is Breakaway Technologies goal to assist individuals with 6th grade reading and math skills to increase their skills to ninth grade levels via our contextualized literacy program. To that end, we have developed a first draft of a scenario-based curriculum in collaboration with Carnegie Melon University, Bay ITC, and Cabrillo College.
Tabetha assisted in developing and is now working out the final bugs in the curriculum for our contextualized literacy program. She has submitted the curriculum to the American Association of Community Colleges and is currently awaiting feedback.
Tabetha has also assisted in developing partnerships with institutions in the surrounding area.