Partnerships with Post-Secondary

1. CTAT Leadership July 13, 2009 Partnerships with Post-Secondary

2. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Strategic Plan“Closing the Gaps”Overview

3. Closing the Gaps • Closing the Gaps warns that if more Texans do not receive college degrees by 2030, the State could lose up to $40 billion in annual household income. • The goal is to increase student enrollment in higher education by 630,000 by 2015. • Most students will elect to start at a community college. • Austin Community College District expects 15,000 additional students by 2015. Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/ClosingtheGaps/ctgtargets_pdf.cfm?Goal=1

4. Why Should Community Colleges and School Districts Partner? • Our constituencies overlap (parents, students, business communities) • We have a common interest in raising educational achievement levels • Closing the Gaps applies to all of us • Economic development depends on educated trained workforce • We have similar challenges • Funding • Accountability • We are stronger when we work together

5. ACC Partnerships with School Districts • Closing the Gaps • Early College Start • ACC Summer Programs for Students • College Connection • Mobile Go Center • Early College High School • P-16 College Readiness Initiative

6. Early College Start ual Credit Concurrent Enrollment Tech Prep

7. Early College Start • Umbrella concept for ways students can obtain free/low-cost college credit while in high school • Dual credit • Co-enrollment • Tech Prep/Credit-in-escrow • ACC outreach program • Pre-enrollment services delivered at high school campus

8. ACC Early College Start Initiatives • Tech Prep Initiatives • Credit-in-escrow • 153 agreements in 26 school districts • 5,958% increase from FY04 to FY08 students collecting credit Five-Year Students Collecting Articulated Credit Five-Year Fall ECS Enrollment Dual Credit and Co-Enrollment • Academic transfer courses • Tuition/fee waiver • 149 course sections in 27 school districts • 124% increase from Fall 04 to Fall 08 • 40% of ECS students return to ACC after graduation

9. Benefits of ECS • Makes college accessible and affordable • Creates a college-going culture in high school • Increases college-going rate • Creates enrollments for college programs • Creates familiarity with merits and value of community college • Supports “Closing the Gaps” goal

10. Student Benefits • Provides free/low-cost college experience • Fulfills advanced measures for Texas’ Distinguished Achievement Plan • Enhances seamless transition to college • Satisfies high school graduation requirement and earns college credit (dual credit)

11. Student Benefits • Allows completion of college/core curriculum/general education transfer courses • Allows CATEMA* statewide registration of Tech Prep credits • Provides access to courses not available in high school (e.g. Japanese, Russian, photography) *Career and Technology Education Management application (system to enter, display, update, report data)

12. School District Benefits • Offers large range of college-level opportunities • Offers increased “menu” options of ECS college credit and AP • Offers college-level programs that students not considering AP can access • Offers classes not available in high school curriculum

13. School District Benefits • Provides alternative to “wasted” senior year perception/criticism • Reduces high school personnel units as more students take college classes • Offers potential to satisfy 4x4 needs • Is convenient—ACC will offer classes during school day on high school campus

14. Advantages of ECS • Students gain a true college experience • college academic content, • typical college semester format (rather than over an entire academic year) • exposed to college professors who meet SACS standards • Students establish a college transcript • credit in-hand upon successfully completing the college course • no additional testing needed

15. Advantages of ECS • Ease of transfer of college credit • transfers seamlessly to public institutions in Texas • transfers easily to Texas private institutions and out-of-state public and private institutions • Maturing experience for students • follow college enrollment process • attend new student orientation • learn the mechanics of going to college and college survival skills

16. ACC SummerPrograms for Students

17. Summer 2009 Pre-Collegiate Programs • Summer Bridge Programs • Writing • Reading • Mathematics

18. Summer 2009 Pre-Collegiate Programs • Career exploration • Riverside and Eastview Campuses • 4-7th graders • Automotive Technology • Science and Math • Building and Carpentry • Health Sciences • Forensic Science • Creative and Analytical Writing • Robotics and Nano-Technologies • Sports • Peer Mediation

19. Summer 2009 Pre-Collegiate Programs • Youth Camps • 100+ Camps • Ages 5 and above • www.austincc.edu/camp • Theater • Ballroom Dancing • Computer Game Development • Web Design • Medical Terminology • Photoshop • SAT Test Prep

20. College Connection

21. College Connection Program • Many high school students find the college enrollment process intimidating. • Austin Community College District provides hands-on, one-on-onesupportto assist every senior through each step of the college admissions process.

22. College Connection Program • Program is free to the school districts. • During graduation ceremonies, high school graduating seniors receive acceptance letters to Austin Community College District.

23. ACC College Connection Program • Results • Raises regional college-going rate • Texas higher education participation rate increases of up to 11% • 76% incoming freshmen persist from fall to spring (11% higher than ACC overall rate) Enrollments into ACC College Connection Diversity Emphasis on post-secondary transitions • 15,000+ seniors FY09 • ACC Adult Education College Connection • 41% GED completers entered ACC in FY08

24. Mobile Go Centers

25. ACC’s Two Mobile Go Centers • MGC #1 • Length, 34 Feet • Air-Conditioned • 14 Computer Stations • MGC #2 • Length, 42 Feet • Air-Conditioned • 16 Computer Stations • Equipped with: • Printers • Scanner • Copier • Satellite Internet

26. ACC’s Mobile Go Centers • Virtual one-stop, college-information facility • College catalog • Schedule information • College applications • FAFSA • Other • Staffed by ACC personnel

27. ACC’s Mobile Go Centers • Support College Connection program activities • Enable ACC to reach individuals where they live, work, and/or attend school • Festivals • Sports Events • Supermarkets • Shopping Malls • Schools • Other • www.austincc.edu/go

28. Early College High School

29. Early College High Schools • Goal • Blend high school and college • small school concept • secondary and postsecondary partners take joint responsibility for students • Curriculum is carefully designed so that students can earn a high school diploma while earning college credit

30. Early College High Schools • Key Characteristics • Engages students in college-level course work • Ensures that students graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree or 2 years of transferable college credit

31. Early College High Schools • Provides access to college, important to economically disadvantaged students • Assumes that all students will complete a postsecondary credential • Often targets students who are underrepresented in higher education

32. Early College High Schools • Academically rigorous classes • College classes as early as summer at end of Grade 10 • Grade 9 and 10 classes are taught by school district teachers • Provides guidance and coaching from high school advisors through the first 2 years of college

33. Early College High Schools • Gates Foundation Support • Requirements for dedicated space on college campus • Dedicated faculty • At-risk students, dropout recovery • Funding mechanism, usually ADA (grant funding is for planning) • Challenges for ACC

34. ACC’s Model Development • How does ACC’s model differ? • Works with available college resources • Focuses on completion of core curriculum • Works within the tuition waiver allowed by ACC policy

35. ACC’s Model Development • Academic year planning • Can be started by any school in summer or fall with sufficient enrollment • Timing and sequence of courses to make sense for rising juniors and seniors • Hybrid faculty and facility use • Transportation

36. ACC’s Model Development • Flexibility • Cohort approach • Application process • Parent involvement • Multiple points of entry • Juniors and/or seniors • Students can earn up to 2 years of college credit

37. ACC’s Model Development • Flexibility • Adding summer courses allows students to complete the core curriculum the summer following graduation

38. Working Models • Lockhart High School • Georgetown High School

39. P-16 Texas College Readiness Standards

40. P-16 Standards and Courses • College & Career Readiness • Standards approved January 2008 • Approved standards can be viewed at: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/collegereadiness/TCRS.cfm • Texas College & Career Readiness Project • Three phases: • Phase I – Standards adoption • Phases II & III – Student-based assignments developed and piloted, proficiency- based scoring rubrics developed, academic and CTE reference course profiles developed.

41. For Copies of this Presentation:Contact: Gary Madsen Director, P-16 Initiatives Austin Community College District 512-223-7087 gmadsen@austincc.edu