Innovative Project-Based Learning
Venture Academics, an innovative project-based learning model launches this fall. Led by the Linn-Mar Community School District, this community based program is a partnership with Marion Economic Development and Community Promise. Venture Academics allows students to earn high school credit by meeting Iowa Core standards and applying knowledge to real-world projects. Though some traditional teaching and learning methods will be employed at Venture, the Venture experience will focus on extending classroom learning to real world applications, problems, and solutions.
Venture gives students the opportunity to develop valuable 21st century skills such as productivity and accountability, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, flexibility/adaptivity, and complex communication. We are looking for local businesses and professionals to partner with Venture to build relationships with students and support them in their learning. Students will experience exposure to the local business community and gain awareness of the businesses that exist where we live and what they provide.
Venture offers learning in the 10 subject areas listed below. Students select the subject area that interests them.
- Digital Design and Communication
- English
- Life Science
- Biomedical Science
- Marketing Essentials
- Earth Science
- Advanced Business
- Environmental Science
- Behavioral Science
- Civics
CLICK HERE to learn more about Venture Learning Goals.
Connect with Venture
There are various levels of engagement for business and local professionals within the Venture program. We need partners to serve as mentors, advisors, guest speakers, or even host students in a business. Your involvement could look like a classroom visit and answering students’ questions about your area of expertise. Maybe you'd like to be a project advisor by offering skills and knowledge to students as they work on a project. You could also support Venture by providing students with a project to work on for your business and mentor them through the process.
We are excited for students to have the opportunity to apply knowledge to real world projects and build awareness of the local business community. We can’t wait to partner with you as we launch this innovative new program!