Contact Info: 1820 W. Spring St. Palestine, TX 75803 (903) 727-2326
About: The mission of the UT Tyler Innovation Academy is to develop students who leave school STEM College and Career Ready. STEM College Ready indicates students are prepared to enroll in a STEM Major at a university. Typically this means they are calculus ready upon graduation or have completed calculus in high school.
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STEM: The UTTIA’s guiding document is the Texas STEM (T-STEM) Academy Blueprint. It is our goal to serve as a demonstration site for schools seeking to develop STEM Schools. The UTTIA was one of the first schools in Texas to apply the T-STEM blueprint to the elementary grades.
The UTTIA specializes in STEM Education and offers a STEM Pathway with an Engineering focus or a Multidisciplinary Pathway with a Computer Science focus. As the UTTIA grows we anticipate adding a Biomedical Science pathway.
All students are expected to graduate on the Distinguished Academic Plan and complete 15-30+ hours of university credit. Students need to be Algebra ready by 8th grade and meet the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) assessment by the end of the sophomore year of high school to maximize the number of university credits earned while enrolled in high school.
STEM: The UTTIA’s guiding document is the Texas STEM (T-STEM) Academy Blueprint. It is our goal to serve as a demonstration site for schools seeking to develop STEM Schools. The UTTIA was one of the first schools in Texas to apply the T-STEM blueprint to the elementary grades.
The UTTIA specializes in STEM Education and offers a STEM Pathway with an Engineering focus or a Multidisciplinary Pathway with a Computer Science focus. As the UTTIA grows we anticipate adding a Biomedical Science pathway.
All students are expected to graduate on the Distinguished Academic Plan and complete 15-30+ hours of university credit. Students need to be Algebra ready by 8th grade and meet the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) assessment by the end of the sophomore year of high school to maximize the number of university credits earned while enrolled in high school.
21st Century Skills: According to Texas Education Code University charters:
- Must include innovative teaching methods;
- The UTTIA utilizes Project and Problem-based Instruction (PBL), incorporating blended learning and technology enhanced teaching methods.
- Must be implemented under the direct supervision of a member of the teaching or research faculty of the public senior college or university;
- The UTTIA curriculum is supervised by the Roosth Chair in Education, Dr. Michael Odell appointed the College of Education and Psychology and the College of Engineering in cooperation with the UTTIA Faculty Advisor, Dr. Wesley Hickey from the College of Education and Psychology.
- Must be designed to meet specific goals described in the charter, including improving student performance, and each aspect of the program must be directed toward the attainment of the goals;
- The UTTIA is designed to develop STEM College and Career Ready students.
- Must be measured using specific, objective standards set forth in the charter, including assessment methods and a time frame; and
- The UTTIA is data-driven. The curriculum is aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEA) as well as the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards (THECB).
- The UTTIA utilizes assessments that objectively measure achievement, student growth, college readiness, and 21st Century Skills needed in the work-place.
- Financial operations of the university charter school must be supervised by the business office of the public university.
- The UTTIA financial operations are handled by the Office of Business Affairs and the Office of Research and Technology Transfer at UT Tyler.