Monday was a school day off for students, but an inservice day for teachers in the Sioux Falls School District. Dozens of teachers took an opportunity to do something unique on Monday: go to college.
Two buses full of teachers and district staff went to South Dakota State University in Brookings on Monday to learn more about different career programs.
It’s part of SDSU’s, and the district’s, missions to work more closely together and mutually benefit each other.
Vernon Brown, associate vice president for external affairs at SDSU, said the idea for teachers to visit on Monday stems from Superintendent Jane Stavem’s interest in SDSU’s involvement in the NASA contest and her visit with leadership over the summer.
Career and technical education teachers, math teachers and more were able to tour campus and visit different programs that relate to their content area, like aviation, culinary, nursing, engineering, pharmacy and more.
For example, some learned how to compound and make drugs in the pharmacy program, some saw the NASA contest area and some worked with equipment and respiratory care, Brown said.