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Construction Technology
 

Skills Acquired

Students gain skills that will benefit and stick with them throughout their lives. It all starts with our first rule in the shop. Rule #1: Be safe and keep others safe, in this rule respect and care for both yourself and others is required.

Additional skills include but are not limited to: Problem solving, communication skills, both written and verbal, artistic evaluation and design, self-evaluation. Project management, product development, critical thinking, individual expression and grit. Every project will challenge you to give up or settle, overcoming an attitude of ‘good-enough’ is a mindset we could all use more of and each time we succeed we gain a bit more grit.

Students acquire knowledge and skills in a sequential, standards-based pathway program that integrates hands-on, project-based, and work-based instruction. Curriculum standards included in this sector are designed to prepare students for technical training, postsecondary education, and entry to a career. 

Specifically, students in our beginning classes will learn how to:

• Use the tools, equipment, and specialty materials safely

• Fabricate beginner, intermediate, and advanced carpentry and woodworking projects

• Work efficiently and effectively as an individual or in a group setting

• Evaluate their projects, problem-solve and fix their mistakes as a critical thinker

• Demonstrate leadership skills by helping one another out & passing along their knowledge & skills

Specifically, students in our advanced classes will focus on the skills of:

• Gaining an in-depth experience in artistic perception, historical and cultural context, aesthetic valuing, creative expression and connections, relationships and applications 

This experience will be demonstrated through the students visual and creative expression of wood design furnishings, turning objects on the lathe, creating musical instruments, and other artistic objects.  Various forms and materials will be used in the class, which include diverse wood species, reclaimed materials and techniques, and restoration. Students will study and analyze various cultural and historical art forms and articulate comprehension through the creation of personal and public art. Students will create original works of art demonstrating mastery in art forms, which reflect their feelings, beliefs and points of view.

Work Based Learning Activities

In the shop we make a little bit of everything, the required projects are probably very similar to those of any shop, cutting boards, chairs, desks, turning projects. We also design and make Skateboards, snowboards and surfboards. Our big project we work on is a TINY HOUSE project which is a livable tiny house built on a specialized trailer, it contains a kitchen, bathroom and shower, living room and sleeping loft.