1 / 21

Improving School Success for Alaska Native Students in Large High Schools and

Improving School Success for Alaska Native Students in Large High Schools and Students in Low Performing Rural High Schools. AK Native 4-Year Graduation Rates Large High Schools 2011. District Enrollment Graduation Rate Anchorage *1,094 50.88%

suzuki
Download Presentation

Improving School Success for Alaska Native Students in Large High Schools and

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Improving School Success for Alaska Native Students in Large High Schools and Students in Low Performing Rural High Schools

  2. AK Native4-Year Graduation RatesLarge High Schools 2011 • District Enrollment Graduation Rate • Anchorage *1,094 50.88% • Mat-Su 593 57.93% • Fairbanks 403 51.18% *In the 2011-12 school year, ASD reported that 2,016 high school students identified themselves as Alaska Native and/or American Indian either alone or in combination with other ethnicities.

  3. Statewide 2011 Alaska Native High School Enrollment8,2704-Year Graduation Rate50.07 %

  4. Alaska Performance Scholarship • Caucasian students are four and one-half times more likely to be academically eligible for the APS than are Alaska Native/American Indian students, at 37.9% versus 8.3%. • Source: 2012 Alaska Performance Scholarship Outcomes Report, page 8

  5. Low Performing Rural High SchoolsA Closer Look

  6. Small Rural High School Sample Districts Lower Yukon North Slope Northwest Arctic Pelican City Pribilof Islands St. Mary’s (22 school districts) Aleutian Region Aleutian East Bering Strait Chatham Chugach Galena City Iditarod Kuspuk Lake & Pen Lower Kuskokwim Southeast Island Southwest Region Tanana Yupiit Yukon Flats Yukon Koyukuk Small High School Size Data Small High School Size Data

  7. Small High School Size Data Total high schools in sample: 131 Total high school students: 2,662 Total Native students: 2,539 % AK Native students: 95.38% Of the 131 High Schools in the Sample, the Number of High Schools With... 1-10 students: 57 11-20 students: 21 21-30 students: 15 31-40 students: 16 41-50 students: 12 51-60 students: 10 Small High School Size Data Small High School Size Data

  8. Rural Education Policy Shift • • Molly Hooch • • Residential high schools • • Expanded correspondence programs • • Loss of thousands of students and millions of • dollars in state education funding

  9. State Policy Impacts on Rural High Schools • Limited enrollments • Diseconomies of scale • High costs • Competition from state-funded programs • Workforce issues • Limited resources/scant programs • Lower graduation and higher drop-out rates

  10. What Alaska Native and Rural Students in Low Performing High Schools Need Opportunities

  11. Model Demonstration Programs Voyage To ExcellenceRasmuson ANSEP College Readiness ProgramCITC Education Program • Small Residential Programs • Programs Within Schools • Variable Term Length • District or Regionally Located • Locally Controlled

  12. Voyage To Excellence Overview • Operator: Chugach School District • Program Type: Residential short-term,1-4 weeks • Years in Operation: 15 • Service Area: Statewide • Enrollment: 250 students annually • Curriculum: Employability skills, character • education, life skills, Work Keys training, UAF • CTE credits, 8 national career certifications • Public/Private Partnerships: 70 • Results: Since 2003, 98% high school graduation • rate, 92% of graduates enter college, join • military, or enter work force • Entry Requirements: None • State Funding: No

  13. Rasumuson ANSEP College Readiness Program • Operator: Lower Kuskokwim School District • Program Type: 2 short-term summer sessions 6 and • 12 weeks, plus 1 semester at BHS during junior year • and 1 semester during senior year • Years in Operation: 2 years • Service Area: LKSD • Enrollment: 15 - 25 students • Curriculum: Advanced academics – math/science • Public/Private Partnerships: • Results: 100% graduation • Requirements: GPA of 2.5 or higher to enter, 3.0 or • higher to remain, commitment to summer programs • State Funding: No

  14. CITC Education Program Overview • Operator: Cook Inlet Tribal Council • Program Type: School within a school • Years in Operation: 12 • Service Area: Anchorage • Enrollment: 300 • Curriculum: ASD curriculum • Partnerships: Anchorage School District • Entry Requirements: Alaska Native • State Funding: No • Needs: Residential facility and state stipend funding

  15. Programs on the Horizon • • North Slope Borough School District • • Northwest Arctic Borough School District • • CITC Residential Program

  16. Benefits ofResidential Learning Centers 1. Student access to short- and long-term courses and programs that small high schools are unable to deliver. 2. State education funding would remain in a student’s home district or region. 3. Collaboration on course delivery and cost sharing.

  17. Benefits continued 4. Student access to technical centers, university campuses, job shadowing, and apprenticeships. 5. Year-round course delivery. 6. Increased opportunities for Performance Scholarship Program, CTE programs, social and service learning.

  18. Next Steps • 1. Fund existing unfunded residential programs. • 2. Solicit applications for residential programs that • augment school success for Alaska Native • students in large high schools and students in • low performing rural high schools. • 3. Partner with other organizations to build • residential facilities for approved programs. • 4. Develop a network of regionally-based state • funded residential programs.

  19. Thank You

More Related