CSI-ESPERANZA

VALERIE EASTONROP Medical Careers Teacher

FRANK PEREZEsperanza High School Language

Arts Teacher

BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR PROGRAM

• We are in our 3rd year as an Academy• Our HOSA enrollment has increased from

39 last year to 91 paid members this year.• We have just added a biology teacher to

our team, now giving us a Health teacher, Medical teacher, and two Language Arts teachers.

• This was our first time doing a huge integrated project

WHAT IS THE CSI PROJECT?

• An idea to create an integrated lesson that would involve everyone of our students.

• We came up with a mock crime scene and a whodunit scenario complete with character roles and scenarios that the students had to incorporate into the lesson.

• Roles included: Jury, Lawyers, CSI, 911 Dispatcher, Suspects, Witnesses, Paramedics, Police Officers. Ultimately, everyone had a role and responsibility.

WHAT IS THE CSI PROJECT?• Overall, this lesson caught the attention of

the Orange County Register which was great publicity for our Academy.

• It also kicked up a huge interest from students all across the campus, as well as staff members, school board members, and school district administrators who are not very familiar with what we do as an Academy.

PLANNING AND COLLABORATION

• Started the planning process in December.• Final day of lesson execution was June 3rd.

• Planning is important.

• Things to consider: STAR testing, AP testing, Spring Break, CAHSEE, end of the year senior activities and …cough… cough…illnesses.

PLANNING AND COLLABORATION

• Inter-disciplinary correlations.

• Knowing and respecting each other’s schedules and curriculum progression.

• Brainstorming the scenario and choosing guest speakers.

Calendar: AprilMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

4 5 6 7 SLC 8 SLC

11 12 Academy mtg.

13 14 15

18Spring Break

19Spring Break

20Spring Break

21Spring Break

22Spring Break

25Star

26Star

27Star

28Star

29Star

Calendar: MayMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2 AP 3 AP 4 AP 5 AP 6 AP

9 AP 10 AP 11 APAssign roles

12 AP Assign roles

Role quiz

13 APRole Quiz

Outfits

Set up scene

16 Guest speakers?

Kit scene

Assit.Surgeon?

Nurses

Surgeon

Surgery Tech.

Anthesis.?

17Role quiz

kit18 Reveal 19dispatcher

Fire dept/Police

EMT/Paramedic

Acting ACTNeighbors calling

Police call 911/ Disturbance

Find son

20ACT

Weekend Change Scene

23 Senior interviews PLC/ Hospital reveal

Surgeon die in surgery

24 Senior interviews Autopsy results

25 Senior interviews Homicide detective

CSI investigation

26 Senior interviews

Compile evidence 3 days of investigation

27 No school

30 Memorial Day

31compeling

Defense- 4

DA-4

1defense and DA 2grand jury

Presentation Frank and Valerie

3resolution

Calendar: JuneMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 2Final Day of Project

3

6 7 8 9 10 Last Day For Seniors

13 14 15 16 Last Day of School

IMPLEMENTATION

• Introducing the lesson to the students.

• Briefing students on guest speakers and importance in relation to project.

• Starting the project and giving students ownership of it once it started.

• Guiding students, but not controlling them.

CLOSURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

• Jury, quizzes, lessons carrying over to other curriculums.

• Students graded by our created rubrics.

What would we do differently?

• Earlier planning (considering spring break, CAHSEE, STAR testing, AP testing, finals schedules).

• More definite solution to please the students

Questions?

• Any concerns you have with the project

• Comments

• Suggestions