CTAT LeadershipJuly 13, 2009

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

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

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

ual CreditConcurrent EnrollmentTech Prep

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 programPre-enrollment services delivered at

high school campus

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

Tech Prep Initiatives• Credit-in-escrow• 153 agreements in 26 school

districts • 5,958% increase from FY04 to

FY08 students collecting credit

Five-Year Fall ECS Enrollment

Five-Year Students CollectingArticulated Credit

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Summer Bridge Programs Writing

Reading

Mathematics

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

Youth Camps

100+ Camps Ages 5 and above www.austincc.edu/cam

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▪ Theater▪ Ballroom Dancing▪ Computer Game

Development▪ Web Design▪ Medical Terminology▪ Photoshop▪ SAT Test Prep

Many high school students find the college enrollment process intimidating.

Austin Community College District provides hands-on, one-on-one support to assist every senior through each step of the college admissions process.

Program is free to the school districts.

During graduation ceremonies, high school graduating seniors receive acceptance letters to Austin Community College District.

Emphasis on post-secondary transitions 15,000+ seniors FY09 ACC Adult Education College Connection

▪ 41% GED completers entered ACC in FY08

Enrollments into ACC

ACC College Connection ACC College Connection ProgramProgram

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)

Anglo 50%

African American 8%Hispanic 34%

Asian 5%

Other 3%

College Connection Diversity

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

Virtual one-stop, college-information facility College catalog Schedule information College applications FAFSA Other

Staffed by ACC personnel

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

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

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

• 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

Academically rigorous classesCollege classes as early as summer

at end of Grade 10Grade 9 and 10 classes are taught

by school district teachersProvides guidance and coaching

from high school advisors through the first 2 years of college

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

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

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

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

Flexibility• Adding summer courses allows students

to complete the core curriculum the summer following graduation

Lockhart High SchoolGeorgetown High School

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.