Applied Technology Program Characteristics

	Career and Preparation Focused
	Not focused on technology for its own sake, but on careers, career awareness, and the high school preparation required to pursue one's interests
	For All Students
	Appeals to the gifted student, the college-bound, and the workforce bound
	Based on 21st Century Student Needs
	Based on defined student needs, not on a commercial "turnkey solution"
	The Best of Both Worlds
	Integrates the best of traditional shop with new technical fields of interest
	Choices
	Many choices for exploration by students
	Differentiated by Grade Level
	Unique experiences for 6th graders and 7th-8th graders
	75 % Hands-On
	Hands on, brains on
	High Quality Equipment
	Durable, compelling, and open-ended equipment
	A Challenge Structure
	A structure that begins with basic projects, moves on to challenge projects and culminates in capstone projects
	A New National Model
	Consistent with best practice , NSF technology visioning, and the University of Colorado Integrated Technology Teaching and Learning Center