{"id":22161,"date":"2022-05-21T14:46:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T14:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22161"},"modified":"2022-05-21T14:46:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T14:46:39","slug":"oklahoma-legislation-creates-flight-path-for-core-credit-for-high-school-aviation-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/oklahoma-legislation-creates-flight-path-for-core-credit-for-high-school-aviation-classes\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Legislation Creates Flight Path for Core Credit for High School Aviation Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – Career and Online Education Director David Day with Pryor High School Innovation Center is one of Five Oklahoma Aviation High Schools of Excellence teaching the AOPA “You Can Fly” curriculum.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A three-year effort to qualify aviation and aerospace\ncourses as core curriculum for students has been signed into law.  The goal was to create a mechanism for the\n4-year \u201cYou Can Fly\u201d High School Curriculum developed by the Aircraft Owners\nand Pilots Association (AOPA), which is being adopted by school districts at a\nrecord pace across the state, to qualify as core credit and provide additional\noptions for students. Senate Bill 1147, by Sen. Zack Taylor, R-Seminole and\nNicole Miller, R-Edmond, directs the State Board of Education to determine if\ncourses on aviation are eligible for non-elective academic credit toward\nmeeting Oklahoma\u2019s graduation requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Eckler, Ada High Aviation instructor, teaches the AOPA “You Can Fly” program, and recently earned his private pilot license alongside several students learning the aviation curriculum. Ada Public Schools is part of the Five Oklahoma Aviation High Schools of Excellence. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Over the last several years, the Oklahoma Aeronautics\nCommission has led the way to advocate and implement this new curriculum to\nsupport Oklahoma\u2019s commitment to solve workforce challenges and to ensure that\nthe state\u2019s second-largest industry, aviation and aerospace, continues to be a\nmajor economic driver for the state. Oklahoma is ranked in the top 3 in the Nation\nfor implementing the AOPA curriculum with 28 schools that are currently\nteaching the program for the 2021-2022 school year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late 2021 the Commission, as part of a statewide\nconsortium, was awarded a Federal Aviation Administration Workforce Development\nGrant to further support the implementation of the AOPA program and to make\nOklahoma\u2019s educators aware of the potential that aviation and aerospace have in\ntheir classrooms. Ada High School, McAlester High School, Mustang High School,\nOkmulgee High School, and Pryor High School were all early adopters of the AOPA\nprogram and are leading the charge with implementing the curriculum across the\nstate. Because of their expertise and willingness to share their knowledge they\nhave been designated as Oklahoma Aviation High Schools of Excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHundreds of students across Oklahoma are enrolled in\nrigorous aviation coursework that will lead them to high-quality post-secondary\naerospace programs and industry careers. As a pilot, I knew that introducing\nthis bill this session would be needed to ensure Oklahoma aviation courses\ncould count as core credits,\u201d said Sen. Zack Taylor, Seminole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy providing the ability for students to receive core\ncredit for aerospace coursework, the Oklahoma legislature has paved the way for\nschools to build career pathways that will not only benefit students but will\nensure the continued growth of Oklahoma\u2019s second leading industry,\u201d said Rep.\nNicole Miller, Edmond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Director of Aeronautics Grayson Ardies said \u201cOklahoma\nhas demonstrated an excellent commitment to the implementation of strong\naviation education programming to help our state\u2019s number two industry with its\nworkforce needs. Many in the industry have long-desired this aviation-focused,\nprimary-level education curriculum to get students started on an early flight\nplan for joining the aviation or aerospace career field.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can learn more about the program by visiting oac.ok.gov\/aviation-education<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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