Episode 059: Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) Interview with Corey Mohn, Executive Director & Erin Jacobson, learner

Shift Your Paradigm: From School-Centered to Learner-Centered

In this episode, we’re learning with Corey Mohn and Erin Jacobson. Corey is the Executive Director of the Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS), a nationally recognized, innovative high school program. Students fast forward into their future and are fully immersed in a professional culture, solving real world problems, using industry standard tools and mentored by actual employers, all while receiving high school and college credit. CAPS is an example of how business, community and public education can partner to produce personalized learning experiences that educate the workforce of tomorrow, especially in high skill, high demand jobs.

Erin Jacobson is a junior at Blue Valley CAPS. Last semester she was in Technology Solutions and is in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship class this semester.

Here is a question we are pondering:

• What are your school’s or district’s core values, and how do they support your transformation to a learner-centered environment?

Resources

• About the CAPS Network
• Twitter: @NetworkCAPS
• Where students lead film on CAPS network
• Education Reimagined article on CAPS
• Education Reimagined conversation with Cory Mohn and Ashlyn Kennedy
• Venture Dash Competition – video featuring Erin Jacobson