Mr. Mark Turner (Building Futures)
Welcome to my teacher page. I am super excited to be back for my third year at Building Futures. Building futures is a grade 10 program where students work side-by-side with tradespeople as they build two beautiful McKee Homes all while completing their grade 10 core classes.
Building Futures General Information
Rocky View Schools, together with McKee Homes, the Professional Home Builders Institute of Alberta, and the Alberta New Home Warranty Program are proud to continue the Building Futures Program into the 2016/17 school year. During this school year, a select group of Grade 10 students from WH Croxford High School, George McDougall High School and Bert Church High School will learn what it takes to build a new house. From pre-construction, all the way to two finished homes, students will have an opportunity to engage in a real-world, authentic project that offers them both a robust educational experience and life-relevant skills. Students who complete the program will receive their Residential Construction Site Manager Level One Academic accreditation, all while completing the curriculum for the Grade 10 school year.
Students from the program will typically spend four out of five days each week on a remote site. They spend part of each week working on their house construction projects throughout the entire school year, and the rest of their time working on their school curriculum. Classroom work emphasizes mastery learning and a good deal of hands-on, project-based learning. One day out of each week is spent at the school, completing Physical Education and other objectives more readily handled in a school setting (e.g. science labs).
At the conclusion of the year, students will have had the opportunity to earn credit in the following high school courses:
- English 10-1 or English 10-2
- Social Studies 10-1 or Social Studies 10-2
- Science 10 or Science 14
- Math 10C or Math 10-3
- Physical Education 10 (5 credit)
- CALM 10 (3 credit)
- HCS 3000 & HCS 3010 (Workplace Safety Systems)
- 10 CTS courses in the CON (Construction) strand
- 6 CTS courses in the ENT (Entrepreneurship) strand
- additional CTS credits based on student interest and projects pursued (e.g. volunteerism, marketing, etc.)
For additional information about the program, please contact one of the following individuals:
Mark Turner or Erica Rozema at 587 583 0670 (site phone)
