


State-Wide Impact
- Partner District
- Comprehensive Partner
- Innovation Zone School

Zuni is implementing internships, community capstones, and has a Graduate Profile. They have also piloted Competency-Based Learning and Assessments and Performance Assessments to change the daily teaching and learning experience. They built a paid internship program that serves 60 students a year.
*In addition to being a Comprehensive Partner, Zuni High School is also an NMPED Innovation Zone School.
Santa Fe school district piloted capstones as an option for credit recovery.
Bond Wilson is piloting CTE Capstones and Internships. Newcomb High School is using Out of School Time budget to buy welding equipment.
Kirtland High school is developing capstones for English credit recovery. They have launched a paid internship program.
*In addition to being a Comprehensive Partner, the Central Consolidated School District is also an NMPED Innovation Zone School.
Bond Wilson is piloting CTE Capstones and Internships. Newcomb High School is using Out of School Time budget to buy welding equipment.
Kirtland High school is developing capstones for English credit recovery. They have launched a paid internship program.
*In addition to being a Comprehensive Partner, the Central Consolidated School District is also an NMPED Innovation Zone School.
Dexter is developing CTE pathways and designing a career exploration capstone for 12th graders
Cuba has designed and implemented a large scale paid internship program, which includes transportation for students.
Technology Leadership High School developed a comprehensive whole school transformative SEL design that includes the integration of Youth Peer Support Specialists as part of student support.
Health Leadership High School integrated paid internships for every student into their curriculum, with specific focus on healthcare pathways.
Des Moines developed a graduate profile and offers paid internships that center around a community problem of housing. Students are building a tiny house, in addition to interning in the community.
*In addition to being a Comprehensive Partner, Des Moines High School is also an NMPED Innovation Zone School.
Peñasco created a graduate profile and teamed up with partners across the state to host a project-based learning institute for K-12 teachers that focused on acequias, water rights, and land grants.
Hatch did a whole staff SEL assessment; they identified what SEL practices they are already doing well and are now discerning how to meet the needs that surfaced. Students are learning about growing chile hydroponically to account for a future with fewer water resources.
Vista Nueva High School has developed capstones that involve the community and offer paid internships as well as transportation. Students are creating a community space in a multi-year capstone project based on what young people in the community need.
Aztec High School has a graduate profile, offers paid internships, and has created eight different CTE pathways for their students.
Lake Arthur created a graduate profile and is developing work-based learning opportunities for students. They have started a community garden at the school and also run a free store at the school for the community.
Alamogordo High School developed a graduate profile with indicators. Students are assessed on competencies as they go through work-based learning and internships. They also revamped their agriculture program to include farm-to-table offerings and food for families experiencing homelessness as well as a Ramen station in the cafeteria.
Gordon Bernell Charter School developed a capstone project focused on mental health through art in partnership with the Sanitary Tortilla Factory. There will be three cohesive pathways within the capstone project, each complementing the others. One of these pathways will emphasize career development, providing students with practical skills and insights into potential professional avenues within the intersection of mental health and art.
Students at Del Norte are interning in local community-based organizations to support housing access, thereby gaining valuable insights into the challenges faced by community members experiencing homelessness. Through this experiential learning, they are identifying innovative solutions to create resources to support students at Del Norte High School who are experiencing homelessness, fostering a compassionate and supportive environment within the school community.
Atrisco started their own paid internship program which includes a teacher cadet/near peer tutoring program.
Los Padillas is creating their graduate profile to develop their strategic plan.
Las Montañas is combining industry standards with common core standards and developing capstones.
The program, sponsored by ORD, is run by Future Focused Education (FFE), an Albuquerque-based nonprofit that seeks to better connect underserved and nontraditional students to college and careers. Since fall 2021, the paid outdoor internship program has placed 67 students with 14 outdoor recreation industry employers in Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Las Cruces. This participation level represents tremendous growth over the first cohort, which consisted of only three interns, announced in September 2021.
As an Innovation Zone school, the Academy of Tech and Classics is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, ACE Leadership High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Albuquerque Sign Language Academy is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Alma d’arte High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, the Carlsbad Municipal School District is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Cloudcroft Municipal Schools are working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Cobre Consolidated School District is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone Local Education Agency (LEA), the Albuquerque CTE Department is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, the Dził Ditł’ooí School of Empowerment, Action and Perseverance is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone LEA, the Early College Academy / Career Enrichment Center is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Explore Academy is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Gallup High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Goddard High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Grants High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Lovington High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Las Cruces Public Schools is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Los Lunas High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Lovington High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Mark Armijo Academy Charter School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Mescalero Apache Schools are working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, the Monte del Sol Charter School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Native American Community Academy is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Navajo Preparatory School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, New America School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Ramah High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Rio Rancho Public Schools are working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Robert F Kennedy High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Roswell High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Santa Fe Indian School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, the School of Dreams Academy is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Siembra Leadership High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Silver Consolidated Schools are working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Soccorro High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, South Valley Academy is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.
As an Innovation Zone school, Tularosa High School is working to integrate things like graduate profiles, capstones, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and work-based learning into their curriculum.