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A Rural Secondary Teachers’ Alliance Encourages Success in College Health-Care Programs How Did We Plug Them into a Support Network?. Presentation Outline. What is the RHA?. What Brings Us All Together?. How Did We Develop It?. What’s a Typical Institute Like?. What Have We Accomplished?.
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A Rural Secondary Teachers’ Alliance Encourages Success in College Health-Care ProgramsHow Did We Plug Them into a Support Network?
Presentation Outline What is the RHA? What Brings Us All Together? How Did We Develop It? What’s a Typical Institute Like? What Have We Accomplished? Where Do We Go from Here?
Who Is the Rural Healthcare Alliance? Santa Fe College High School Academies Healthcare Industry
Who Are We - Where Is the RHA North Central Florida (100’s) (13) We started with: • Healthcare Employers (8) • Community Colleges (3) • High Schools (8) • Universities (2) • Community Organizations (Heart of Florida)
Communities brought together by a DOL grant Goal: Increase number of qualified professionals to fill Nursing & Allied Health vacancies in the Heart of Florida Focus: Support Rural High School Health Academies Result: Better prepared students
What have we tried? Technology Access Networking Curriculum Support
RHA Teachers’ Institute a Typical Experience
What is the Teachers’ Institute Today? With a little help from our friends (Perkins Initiatives)
Accomplishments Networking with rural academies Expanded offerings with the academies Increased Post-secondary options
Evaluating the RHA Teachers’ Institute Then (in 2006 , 2007 and 2008)
Evaluating the RHA Teachers’ Institute Now (2010 and 2011)
What’s new? Pre-testing High School Instructor Coaching Re-writing Exams
Analysis of Success? Health Cores College Courses Introduction to Health Care (3.0 cr hrs) Medical Terminology(3.0 cr hrs) College Sciences Courses Human Anatomy & Physiology (4.0 cr hrs) Elements of Chemistry (4.0 cr hrs)