known as SREB, to write this four course curriculum that would have students explore the different ways that artificial intelligence infiltrates our entire culture and climate as a nation.” The program outlines how AI influences nearly every sector, from hospitality and tourism to finance, banking, transportation, and logistics. Students learn how information is gathered and coded and even write their own programs. “We’ll be designing for jobs that we don’t even know exist yet. So it’s very forward thinking and cutting edge,” she says. Daniel Morgan is also preparing students for emerging fields like electric vehicle technology, where the district’s instructor helped write the state curriculum.“The old days of working on a carburetor and understanding how a car works is long past, but now you’re adding an electrical vehicle component in there,” remarks Dr. Honeycutt. In addition, robotics, mechatronics, computerized manufacturing, and a range of other hands-on options give students access to real equipment and real skills. She emphasizes, “The technology is woven in so that all the students leave prepared for the jobs that they choose to enter.” MEETING WORKFORCE DEMAND The district designs its career pathways based on triangulated data from Upstate Workforce Development, One Spartanburg, Lightcast Data, and its own comprehensive local needs assessment.“We 331 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 12 SPARTANBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT THREE
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