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      Fact Sheetclick here for the printable version
About SIATech The School for Integrated Academics and Technologies (SIATech) is an accredited public charter high school that offers students a unique learning experience. Through partnership with the federal Job Corps program, SIATech provides students the opportunity to complete their high school studies in a motivating, challenging, and technology-rich environment. In 1998, SIATech opened its first classrooms on a Job Corps center in California. Today, SIATech serves centers in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, and New Mexico. Together with the robust vocational and occupational training from Job Corps, SIATech graduates have what they need to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
About Job Corps Job Corps is the nation’s largest federal residential education and training program for disadvantaged youth. Currently, 122 centers operate in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Each center provides students with full-time, yearround occupational training, support services, housing, meals, medical care, and counseling. This time-tested program impacts more than 100,000 lives each year and has served over a million trainees in its 40-year history.
About SIATech Students Most of the students enrolled at SIATech schools have dropped out of the traditional public school system without completing their high school diploma. SIATech is committed to helping these “At-Promise” students experience success and regain their academic confidence. Through small classes, SIATech provides individual attention to students, helping students rediscover their potential, learn how to learn, and graduate from high school. Many SIATech graduates obtain the skills they need for advanced training and move on to post-secondary education or directly into careers with opportunities for advancement.
About SIATech Classrooms At SIATech, learning is what it should be—student-centered and outcome-based. Students progress at their optimal pace, and there is a 1-to-1, student-to-computer ratio. SIATech classrooms simulate a state-of-the-art office setting, equipped with the tools found in a 21st-century work environment. Students work with high-speed, Internet-accessible workstations using industry-standard applications. As they navigate through the curriculum, they encounter many opportunities to collaborate, problem solve, and create.
About the SIATech Curriculum The standards-based SIATech curriculum integrates job-related skills with technology and core subject areas. Multimodal lessons help students develop essential math, social studies, science, and literacy skills.
Why SIATech is Unique • Students learn at their own pace • Students receive individual attention • Smaller class sizes • Computer for every student • Students learn AutoCAD, Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Publisher and more! • Locations across the country
Awards Golden Bell Award – California School Boards Association (2005) Crystal Star of Excellence – National Dropout Prevention Network (2005) Alpha Award – U.S. Department of Labor (2001)
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