CINCINNATI, OH—Just a few short months ago, Deer Park 2018 graduate Daniel Daily became the first high school student in the world to complete Project Management coursework over his high school career and take and pass the CAPM Certification for Project Management Professionals.
Two months later, another Deer Park alum, Mark Everman (Class of 2018), became the second ever to do so. Deer Park Schools would like to extend our congratulations to Mark on this impressive accomplishment!
From the June 5, 2019 Project Management Release:
Project management is not for the faint of heart. All the pressure of bringing a project successfully to the finish line, no matter what the size, is on the shoulders of the project manager. And people who make their living in project management know quite well what “CAPM” or “PMP” mean. Specifically, a “Project Management Professional” or PMP® earns this prestigious global distinction from the Project Management Institute by completing hours and hours of project experience, taking designated PM courses, studying diligently & methodically, and passing an intense examination from PMI. It’s the top rung of the Project Management career ladder.
It’s a long road to PMP®. So, while logging hours to qualify, some project managers enhance their standing by sitting for the Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM)® certification. The exam is by no means easy. And if passed, achieving a CAPM® ranking can bring a project manager significant prestige and a nice bump in pay from some employers.
These efforts and accolades are typically reserved for accomplished professionals, people with years of professional training and on-the-job experience managing projects. Yet Deer Park Community City Schools decided to start investing in and growing talented young project managers early.
In 2015, Deer Park engaged Transform Consulting, curriculum architects, to build a Project Management Career Academy. Transform Consulting partnered with the Project Management Institute Southwest Ohio Chapter (PMI SWO) and the PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF), and set out to design, create and launch Project Management 101, the first project management course in a new series of career academies at DPHS. In 2017, a handful of PM-101 students were invited to step-up next into a just-constructed intermediate course in PM-201 to apply their practical PM knowledge to real-life projects.
And then, in 2018, three of the PM-201 graduating seniors were invited to take a PM-301 course that would prepare them to sit, once 18 years old and graduated from high school, for the Certified Associate Project Management® exam. This international credential is recognized around the world as a stepping stone on the way to becoming a Project Management Professional (PMP)®.
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For more information on the Deer Park Career Academies, contact Jake Snyder, Executive Director of Communications, Deer Park Community City Schools, 513-936-5935. For more information on the Project Management Institute Southwest Ohio Chapter’s Academic Outreach, contact Lacey Strete, PMP, PMI-ACP, MCP, CPM who is VP of Outreach on the PMI SWO Board (outreach@pmiswohio.org).
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