The attachment shows the electrical diagram of one student from the Carroll County High School Building Trades program.  The first drawing was from instructed and practiced work and the second was uninstructed, but derived from the understanding of concepts and steps that govern all three-way switch applications.

An example of studnet work at the program level would be the work that the Building Trades Program does for Prom.  Carroll County High School has received a National First Place award for Prom decorating.  Attached are pictures of another Prom where a castle was constructed in the school gym,  The entrace is over 22" tall complete with draw bridge and moat (with fountains and fog machines).  The remainder of the elevated castle structure served as seating/dining area. 

     With the start of the 2010-2011 school year at Carroll County High School, a new Mass Media instructor was hired with the intent of incorporating a student run TV Production Studio.  There was no readily available space for such an endeavor so one had to be located and created.  An abandoned girls bathroom, now a storage room, became the chosen location.  The Building Trades program was given the renovation task.  This became a student project for both the Building Trades and Drafting programs.  While the fixtures had been removed, the supply lines, valves, and drains remained.  The students were to determine how to handle this remodeling project.  The students decided the best approach was to construct a new wall just in front of the old plumbing instead of risking breaking a live pipe off in the wall (in a 40 year old building, this is a real concern).  The students from both Drafting and Building Trades consulted with the Mass Media students to determine the electrical and computer needs and where furnishings needed to be located.  Drafting produced a blueprint and Building Trades considered how to route and run the wires , boxes, conduit, and cables.  There was one obvious problem with using a bathroom, an echo.  The students had many solutions, but they were rejected when addressing the Commercial Fire Code Regulations.  The approved approach involved the use of ceiling tiles that had been saved over the years in a storage closet.  This collaborative student effort has resulted in a fully-functioning TV Production Studio for Carroll County High School.

Carroll County High School Building Trades instructors are involved in professional development on a continuing effort to offer our students innovative, rigorous, meaningful training to prepare them for the world of work or post secondary education.

Examples of professional development that has impacted our classes the most:

1.  OSHA Training for both Instructors to be OSHA 500 trainers:  This training allows us to train students in OSHA 10-hour certifications and also be qualified to upgrade to an OSHA 30-hour card within a 6-month window. This rigorous safety training offered at the beginning of their Building Trades I accomplishes several important factors: students become more safety conscious, students are issued an OSHA card that is good for life, and students are provided a certification that is a great employability tool.

2. Instructors are certified by a nationally recognized learning series National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER).  Certifications include Core Curriculum, Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing, Masonry, and Your Role in the Green Environment.  This training provider is recognized by VDOE for a verified credit in the different disciplines. We utilize the Core Curriculum for verified credit in Carroll County High School Building Trades.

3.   Mr. Warren and Mr. Leggett have attended multiple training seminars on managing the classroom and understanding how students learn, which helps them best present a lesson that will allow students with different learning styles to benefit from classes. Each presenter that has conducted training has a common thread, "get to know your students and be consistent with them." We look for gifts that our students have and encourage our students to use those gifts in our classes. We encourage students to help each other, present lessons, conduct demonstrations, be team leaders, be team members, and realize their own and others' importance to our class. We instill in our students the importance of having fun in class and on the job. Hard work is fun, its ok to be smart, and do a good job. It's not cool to get fired from a job or to be disrespectful to peers or teachers. Self-confidence is encouraged at every opportunity. Students are not set up to fail, but are instead set up to excel.