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El Paso Pathways Project

January 23, 2012 El Paso, Tx Streamlining Transitions Through Vertical Alignment. El Paso Pathways Project. The Great Cultural Divide. Bridging the Divide. Mission Statement:

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El Paso Pathways Project

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  1. January 23, 2012 El Paso, Tx Streamlining Transitions Through Vertical Alignment El PasoPathways Project

  2. The Great Cultural Divide

  3. Bridging the Divide Mission Statement: The Texas Pathways Project is focused on increasing college and career readiness and success at the local, regional, and state levels through data-driven decision-making, increased collaboration between all educational segments, effective educational interventions and professional development, the promotion of strategies for systemic change, and regular evaluation of the project and its developed interventions. THE PATHWAYS PROJECT

  4. Goals of the Pathways Project • Improve access to, analysis of, and use of data to inform decision-making at secondary and postsecondary levels. • Improve coordination between secondary and postsecondary sectors through face-to-face collaborative learning teams. • Improve successful transitions from secondary through postsecondary.

  5. THECB generates reports • Faculty / partners review reports Goals of the Pathways Process • Faculty teams design / change interventions • Faculty teams start interventions • Interventions are evaluated using data.

  6. Data Collection and Use COLLECTED USE • Data transmission to THECB uses a method that protects sensitive data. • Only THECB staff can access student-level Pathways data. Enrollment Course (grades included) Graduation Data

  7. Faculty Reports College Calculus Alignment reports are designed to illustrate possible gaps in secondary / post-secondary alignment. College Pre-Calculus H.S. Pre-Calculus Below College Pre-Calculus Institution-level reports show how different student populations affect alignment and how successful projects affect alignment

  8. DATA: The Example of Algebra 2

  9. First College Math Course at a Higher Ed Institution Students who Passed Algebra 2 in High SchoolH.S. Graduates FY 2005-2007 2-Year 4-Year 88.3% 59.4% 40.0% 15.4% Basic Math College Algebra Calculus Intermediate Math Pre-Calculus Other

  10. First College Math Course at a Higher Ed Institution Students who Passed Algebra 2 with an ‘A’ in High SchoolH.S. Graduates FY 2005-2007 4-Year Basic Math Intermediate Math College Algebra Pre-Calculus Calculus Other 52.6% 44.9%

  11. DATA: The Example of english iv

  12. Highest H.S. English Course Taken by Students Entering Community College Location C Location A Location B AP English* English IV English III Below English III

  13. First College English Course at a 2-year institutionStudents who Passed English IV in High SchoolH.S. Graduates FY 2005-2007 Location C Location A Location B 87.0% 44.9% 51.0% 48.1% 49.0% 13.0% Developmental Education Composition Other

  14. First College English Course at a 2-year institution Pass RatesStudents who Passed English IV in High SchoolH.S. Graduates FY 2005-2007 Location C Location A Location B 77.6% 76.7% 76.1% 76.5% 70.8% 67.6% 60.9% 56.1% 57.1%

  15. Online Data Sources • Texas Education Agency • Public Education Information Management Systems (PEIMS) • Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) • Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board • High school to college • Performance (GPA) • Dual credit • Texas Success Initiative (TSI) • Accountability • Transfers • Texas P-16 Education Information Resources (TPEIR) See Handout for Links

  16. Key elements of Pathways

  17. Texas Pathways Local Consortia Regional Coordinators San Antonio San Jacinto Houston RGV El Paso THECB Consortia Structure Student Feeder Pattern IHE IHE LEA LEA LEA Vertical Team Structure English Science Mathematics Social Studies IHE LEA Co-chair Co-chair

  18. The Commitment • Commitment by Leadership • To support faculty teams and coordinator(s) • To act on data • To support innovations and interventions • To take the risks of R&D • Commitment by Faculty • To participate regularly over time • To act on data • To take risks by thinking innovatively about the system

  19. The Collaboration • All partners share data • Data is not used to compare or evaluate institutions or campuses • Faculty from all segments participate and hear one another • Partners are in this together to serve their (shared) students

  20. Faculty Teams– the Core of Pathways– • meet once a month • are supported by a regional coordinator, the THECB, local leadership and stakeholders • identify possible local road blocks to successful transition • develop interventions/systemic policy change for all education levels to better alignment

  21. Facilitating Vertical Teams • Represent each sector in leadership (co-chairs) • Establish group norms • Assist scheduling (release time, meeting venues and times) • Establish team goals • Establish team member roles • Provide organizational support and means to carry the results of the work beyond the membership

  22. Sample interventions

  23. Faculty Team Interventions Navigate College Readiness • Review Critical TEKS and TEKS-CCRS validation studies and crosswalks • Take and analyze college readiness-placement assessments • Review college readiness and success research • Evaluation and Adjustment of CR Assessment for Alignment to College Algebra and TEKS Professional Development • Participate in professional development related to the interpretation and use of P-16 data, including the data-driven decision-making process • Secondary and Postsecondary PD: College Writing • Learning Strategies PD • “Just-in-Time” PD for Science Teachers

  24. Faculty Team Interventions Shared Experience • Share syllabi • Visit each other’s classes • Share assignments and grading rubrics and compare scoring practices to identify shared and divergent expectations in student performance • Participate in ISD curriculum modification activities • Develop surveys for students and/or faculty to increase knowledge about programs and provide additional context for data provided to the teams

  25. Faculty Team Interventions Messaging • Develop means to more effectively communicate with regional leadership • Development of White Papers for institutional leadership Interventions with Students • Development of a 4th Year H.S. Mathematics Intervention • Development of a FTIC Mathematics Orientation

  26. resources to Leverage

  27. Projects and Resources • Developmental Ed Demo Projects (4-yr and 2-yr) • AVID Postsecondary • Early College High Schools • TCCRI Faculty Collaboratives http://www.txfacultycollaboratives.org/ • College Readiness Assignments Field Test (CRAFT) • P-16 Institutes

  28. Projects and Resources • State-level data resources • P-16 Councils • Chambers of Commerce • Faculty involved in CCRS work • Colleges of Education • IHE/ESC college readiness staff

  29. THECB Contacts Ginger Gossman Senior Research Specialist, Pathways ginger.gossman@thecb.state.tx.us Kristen Kramer Director of Success Initiatives, P-16 Initiatives kristen.kramer@thecb.state.tx.us

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