Missouri Innovation Campus, Lee’s Summit School Building, Education Development
Missouri Innovation Campus, Lee’s Summit
MIC learning environment, MO, USA – design by Gould Evans Architects
Sep 28, 2018
Missouri Innovation Campus, Lee’s Summit
Design: Gould Evans ; Associate Architects: DLR Group
Location: 1101 NW Innovation Parkway, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, United States of America
Lee’s Summit School District R-7 – Missouri Innovation Campus
Touted as the most accelerated K-16 program in the country, the Missouri Innovation Campus advances competencies-based learning and challenges many outdated conventions about learning environments. The MIC program is the result of a unique partnership among Lee?s Summit School District, Metropolitan Community College, and the University of Central Missouri.
Beginning their junior year of high school, MIC students begin a three-year paid internship for credit. By taking dual credit courses through high school, students receive an associate?s degree upon high school graduation. Two years later, or quicker, they earn a bachelor?s degree from UCM. Placement rates are nearly 100% and student debt is nearly zero?innovative benchmarks in today?s education environment.

The MIC curricular are co-designed with KC area business partners who collaborate in the development of core competencies, curriculum, and new programming. As new industry demands emerge, new MIC programs are developed to meet talent ...