In order to be accepted to the University of California (UC) system, a student must prove s/he has completed a specific array of course subjects, know as A-G courses. In 2005, Big Picture Learning’s schools in California were invited by the UC BOARS Committee and the UC Office of the President to create a new, alternative model for presenting curriculum for A-G course approval based on the California State academic standards.
This work was completed by Big Picture in 2006 and was officially accepted by the UC Boars Committee as evidence that the non-traditional Big Picture program and its related curriculum met A-G course requirements. The UC BOARS Committee, for the first time in its history, approved an alternative process (the above referenced model) for A-G course approval.
The new model consisted of matrices of learning objectives aligned with California academic content standards that track student progress and document how standards have been met and mastered. In addition to these matrices, Big Picture provided the UC Committee with these supplemental documents:
A detailed statement of the Big Picture educational philosophy.
A complete description of the wide variety of Big Picture students’ learning experiences, such as Learning through Internships/Interests (LTIs), and how these learning experiences address State standards.
Student case studies to illustrate to the Committee how the Big Picture’s nontraditional system of individualized student learning experiences fully addresses California’s academic content standards.
The Big Picture Learning team created approximately twenty matrices addressing all of the A-G requirements (link to sample matrices below). These matrices demonstrate a deep understanding of the multiple layers of each standard for each course. Each matrix provides a concise deconstruction of each part of each standard to demonstrate how the skills and knowledge contained therein and how Big Picture students’ experiences lead to mastery of these skills and knowledge.
Since 2006, these matrices have been adapted for use in other Big Picture schools in other states. This successful process of translation not only demonstrates that Big Picture students have fulfilled state-mandated course requirements; it displays the saliency and rigor of the Big Picture Learning design.
Algebra Sample Matrix
English Sample Matrix
Earth/Physical Science Matrix
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Big Picture High School Fresno Intern Gets Career Experience
While many of his high school classmates have their noses deep in textbooks, 16-year-old Aaron Mosby gets to spend some of his class time at Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo.
But Aaron isn’t playing hooky — he’s in an off-campus internship designed to give him real-world career experience. It’s part of his curriculum at Big Picture High School, a Fresno charter school that opened this year. Aaron is one of a growing number of high school students learning outside of the classroom in an unpaid internship and getting class credit for it.
To read more of this Fresno Bee article click here!
Posted: May 9, 2010
Article by Tracy Correa
But Aaron isn’t playing hooky — he’s in an off-campus internship designed to give him real-world career experience. It’s part of his curriculum at Big Picture High School, a Fresno charter school that opened this year. Aaron is one of a growing number of high school students learning outside of the classroom in an unpaid internship and getting class credit for it.
To read more of this Fresno Bee article click here!
Posted: May 9, 2010
Article by Tracy Correa
New Faster Acceptance!
NEW FASTER ACCEPTANCE: Fill out and submit the electronic Student Interest Form first and check the option stating that you are beginning your application process. We will place you in line immediately to help ensure that you get a spot at the school. Then follow-up by sending your complete application within one week after you submit the Student Interest Form.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
New College Prep Middle School is Currently Accepting Applications!
Big Picture Middle & High School Fresno is currently accepting applications for students in the 7th, 8th, and 9th grade for the 2010-2011 school year. Openings are filling fast so be sure to reserve a spot for your child today!
Tuition Cost: **FREE**
Location: 1207 S. Trinity Street Fresno, CA 93706
Phone: 559-420-1234 Website: www.bphsf.org
Email Enrollment Questions: kroubedeaux@bphsf.org
Student Interest Form: http://www.bphsf.org/Forms/Student_Interest_Form-2.htm
BPHSF is a new public charter school located in Old Historic Fresno. We are a School of Choice offering college and career preparatory programs for students entering middle or high school. At BPHSF, students are able to discover their goals and dreams through project based instruction, daily advisory classes, constant mentoring, student-parent-teacher partnerships, community service projects, and academic planning using the Big Picture Learning design.
The mission of Big Picture High School, Fresno (BPHSF) is to prepare "One Student at a Time" in life skills, college entrance and the 21st century workforce. This will be accomplished through relevant, real life active learning, academic rigor, and community involvement.
BPHSF is built around the recognition that each student has unique interests, needs, and abilities that the educational program must take into account. BPHSF believes that the key to achievement lies in fostering students' individual interests and encouraging their active participation in the learning process. BPHSF offers an educational concept that focuses on authentic learning in order to develop students’ ability to apply knowledge and skills to real life experiences and challenges.
Tuition Cost: **FREE**
Location: 1207 S. Trinity Street Fresno, CA 93706
Phone: 559-420-1234 Website: www.bphsf.org
Email Enrollment Questions: kroubedeaux@bphsf.org
Student Interest Form: http://www.bphsf.org/Forms/Student_Interest_Form-2.htm
BPHSF is a new public charter school located in Old Historic Fresno. We are a School of Choice offering college and career preparatory programs for students entering middle or high school. At BPHSF, students are able to discover their goals and dreams through project based instruction, daily advisory classes, constant mentoring, student-parent-teacher partnerships, community service projects, and academic planning using the Big Picture Learning design.
The mission of Big Picture High School, Fresno (BPHSF) is to prepare "One Student at a Time" in life skills, college entrance and the 21st century workforce. This will be accomplished through relevant, real life active learning, academic rigor, and community involvement.
BPHSF is built around the recognition that each student has unique interests, needs, and abilities that the educational program must take into account. BPHSF believes that the key to achievement lies in fostering students' individual interests and encouraging their active participation in the learning process. BPHSF offers an educational concept that focuses on authentic learning in order to develop students’ ability to apply knowledge and skills to real life experiences and challenges.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
New College Prep Middle School in Fresno is Currently Accepting Applications!
Big Picture Middle & High School Fresno is currently accepting applications for students in the 7th, 8th, and 9th grade for the 2010-2011 school year. Openings are filling fast so be sure to reserve a spot for your child today!
Tuition Cost: FREE
Location: 1207 S. Trinity Street Fresno, CA 93706
Phone: 559-420-1234
Email Enrollment Questions: jonmorse@bphsf.org
Student Interest Form: click here
BPHSF is a new public charter school located in Old Historic Fresno. We are a School of Choice offering college and career preparatory programs for students entering middle or high school. At BPHSF, students are able to discover their goals and dreams through project based instruction, daily advisory classes, constant mentoring, student-parent-teacher partnerships, community service projects, and academic planning using the Big Picture Learning design.
The mission of Big Picture High School, Fresno (BPHSF) is to prepare "One Student at a Time" in life skills, college entrance and the 21st century workforce. This will be accomplished through relevant, real life active learning, academic rigor, and community involvement.
BPHSF is built around the recognition that each student has unique interests, needs, and abilities that the educational program must take into account. BPHSF believes that the key to achievement lies in fostering students' individual interests and encouraging their active participation in the learning process. BPHSF offers an educational concept that focuses on authentic learning in order to develop students ability to apply knowledge and skills to real life experiences and challenges.
Tuition Cost: FREE
Location: 1207 S. Trinity Street Fresno, CA 93706
Phone: 559-420-1234
Email Enrollment Questions: jonmorse@bphsf.org
Student Interest Form: click here
BPHSF is a new public charter school located in Old Historic Fresno. We are a School of Choice offering college and career preparatory programs for students entering middle or high school. At BPHSF, students are able to discover their goals and dreams through project based instruction, daily advisory classes, constant mentoring, student-parent-teacher partnerships, community service projects, and academic planning using the Big Picture Learning design.
The mission of Big Picture High School, Fresno (BPHSF) is to prepare "One Student at a Time" in life skills, college entrance and the 21st century workforce. This will be accomplished through relevant, real life active learning, academic rigor, and community involvement.
BPHSF is built around the recognition that each student has unique interests, needs, and abilities that the educational program must take into account. BPHSF believes that the key to achievement lies in fostering students' individual interests and encouraging their active participation in the learning process. BPHSF offers an educational concept that focuses on authentic learning in order to develop students ability to apply knowledge and skills to real life experiences and challenges.
Check out our music program @ BPHSF
The music program at BPHSF is integral to the success of the BPHSF model. As many of the students who enter BPHSF come from low performing schools which lack music education, the music education they receive while at BPHSF may be the first source of music enrichment they encounter in their lives.
It is here that students who would not have been introduced to music instruction in their old schools are given the proper attention they need to learn, appreciate, understand, and make music.
It is here that students who would not have been introduced to music instruction in their old schools are given the proper attention they need to learn, appreciate, understand, and make music.
Music at BPHSF
The music program at BPHSF is integral to the success of the BPHSF model. As many of the students who enter BPHSF come from low performing schools which lack music education, the music education they receive while at BPHSF may be the first source of music enrichment they encounter in their lives.
It is here that students who would not have been introduced to music instruction in their old schools are given the proper attention they need to learn, appreciate, understand, and make music.
It is here that students who would not have been introduced to music instruction in their old schools are given the proper attention they need to learn, appreciate, understand, and make music.
Our Mission
The mission of Big Picture High School, Fresno (BPHSF) is to prepare “One Student at a Time” in life skills, college entrance and the 21st century workforce. This will be accomplished through relevant, real life active learning, academic rigor, and community involvement.
BPHSF is built around the recognition that each student has unique interests, needs, and abilities that the educational program must take into account. BPHSF believes that the key to achievement lies in fostering students’ individual interests and encouraging their active participation in the learning process. BPHSF will offer an educational concept that focuses on authentic learning in order to develop students’ ability to apply knowledge and skills to real life
experiences and challenges.
BPHSF is built around the recognition that each student has unique interests, needs, and abilities that the educational program must take into account. BPHSF believes that the key to achievement lies in fostering students’ individual interests and encouraging their active participation in the learning process. BPHSF will offer an educational concept that focuses on authentic learning in order to develop students’ ability to apply knowledge and skills to real life
experiences and challenges.
The Big Picture Learning Design
The Big Picture Learning design is a dynamic approach to learning, doing, and thinking. This approach is based on three foundational principles: first, that learning must be based on the interests and goals of each student; second, that a student’s curriculum must be relevant to people and places that exist in the real world; and finally, that a student’s abilities must be authentically measured by the quality of his or her work.
For more information about the Big Picture Program, click here to view the national website.
For more information about the Big Picture Program, click here to view the national website.
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