The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center

Why The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center was nominated

The MET provides students with the opportunity to direct their own learning through internships. , Every student has an individualized learning plan built around that child’s needs and interests. The school includes internships, ILPs, advisory, and a breakthrough college transition program. Part of Big Picture Learning., As a school in the Big Picture Learning network, this school supports the organizational mission of activating the potential of Schools, Systems, and Education through student-driven, real-world learning. Its design helps to scaffold and facilitate student learning aligned with the "10 Expectations" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K96c-TGnSf4) and it is organized to implement the "10 distinguishers" (https://www.bigpicture.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=389353&type=d&pREC_ID=902235) to deliver "one kid at a time" personalized learning situated in the communities it serves., The Met High School implements the innovative learning model, Big Picture Learning (BPL), which activates deeper student engagement in learning by using interest-driven, real-world contexts as its pedagogical foundation.