everyone can learn by rita yeung garland high school, garland isd 2007-08 texas pta reflections art...
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Everyone Can Learn by Rita YeungGarland High School, Garland ISD2007-08 Texas PTA Reflections art exhibit
Title I SIP Funding for
Continuation of College Readiness
Models
What are the three college Readiness Models?
• Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM) academy
• Early College High School (ECHS)
• College for All campus (CFA)
T-STEM Academy model
• T-STEM academies are rigorous secondary schools focused on improving instruction and academic performance in the STEM areas and increasing the number of students who study and enter STEM careers. T-STEM academies are demonstration schools and learning labs that develop innovative methods to improve science and mathematics instruction.
ECHS model
• ECHSs are autonomous, small schools designed to create a seamless transition between high school and college. ECHSs provide a course of study that enables students to receive both a high school diploma and either an associate’s degree or at least 60 credit hours toward a baccalaureate degree. Strong collaborative partnerships between schools and the IHE are developed to ensure the ECHS design elements are met.
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CFA Model
• CFA model infuses college-ready reforms into a campus to enable every student to graduate with a minimum of 12 college-level credits and prepared to earn a post-secondary credential or degree. Design elements/strategies for this model include :– 1) comprehensive district approach; – 2) college-ready curriculum and instruction program; – 3) strong P-16 partnerships; – 4) comprehensive academic and social supports; – 4) intensive summer academy for rising ninth graders including
administration of a Texas Success Initiative assessment to determine level of readiness for college-level courses; and
– 6) college-going culture.
Campuses eligible for the incentive
• Any SIP campus that either:– Is fully or provisionally designated by TEA as a T-STEM
Academy or as an ECHS; OR– Has been awarded a TTIPS grant to implement one of
the three models
Description of Incentive
• Funds are available to implement or strengthen any of the following design activities
– For T-STEM academies, those activities listed in the T-STEM Blueprint
http://www.thsp.org/programs/t-stem/
– For ECHS, those activities listed in the ECHS Design documenthttp://www.txechs.com/downloads/4_echs_design_elements_template.pdf
– For CFA, those activities listed in the Hidalgo case study
• http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/college_success_for_all.pdf
Benefits of Selecting Incentive
• Enables a campus to accelerate or deepen the model’s implementation
• Enables a campus to engage additional coaching resources
• Enables a campus to hire staff, purchase materials, or provide student supports - such as tutoring, - needed to implement the model
Commitments and requirements of selecting the incentive
• Must use funds specifically to implement the model in compliance with implementation documents listed in slide entitled “Description of incentive”
Considerations and interest in selecting the incentive
• This incentive is not for schools interested in beginning implementation of one of the models, but rather for those that have already begun implementation
• Implementation of these models is a multi-year process of at least five years. Consequently, those selecting this incentive should be interested in a long-term commitment to the model
• Campuses selecting this model may wish to consult the T-STEM or ECHS coach currently assigned to the campus for ideas on how best to use the funds
Contact person for the incentive
• For T-STEM model, contact Stacy Avery at TEA [email protected] or 512-463-2811
• For ECHS model, contact Laura Gaines at TEA [email protected] or 512-463-7746
• For CFA model, contact Jan Lindsey at TEA [email protected] or 512-936-2283
Texas Education Agency1701 N. Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701www.tea.state.tx.us