Project: The Met School (The Metropolitan Career and Technical Center), is an alternative high school in Providence, and a lab
school for the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE). Among its innovative practices is the use of personalized learning
plans that allow students to make decisions about what to study, how to study, and even where to study (through the use of an
extensive internship program). As you might imagine such individualized learning poses interesting challenges for traditional ideas
of teaching and curriculum. This project is meant to provide the 9th grade class at the Met with a program to help students
understand the material covered in the Health curriculum recently required by RIDE, and to prepare them for the exam that all 9th
grade students are required to take each March.
Comments: Health is an important area of new curriculum these days, particularly in Rhode Island, and this project is a great
opportunity to create something innovative and effective, for students working in a remarkably flexible school environment.