A Curriculum for College Track’s Academic Summer Advancement Program

Nonprofit serving East Palo Alto high school students

From the College Track website: “Our mission is simple and straight-forward: get our students successfully through high school and into college.”

Of 2001 and 2002 graduating classes, 100% students have been accepted to colleges

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The Demographic of College Track Students for 2003

70%

14%

8%

5%

2%

1%

Latin

African-American

Multi-Racial

Pacific Islander

Asian

Middle Eastern

• College Track admits about 35 ninth grade students each year

College Track Demography

Hispanic

Curriculum Mission

To help College Track students develop leadership and teamwork skills

To have students articulate their values, personal credo, and goals

To develop the foundation for smart decisions in high school

Curriculum Logistics

12-session course in College Track’s ASAP summer program

ASAP students are rising ninth graders, just entering the College Track Program

Course will occur twice weekly in afternoon (after academic classes)

Class size ~ 12 students Students come from various school

systems

Use of Progressive Ideology

What we’re aiming for: Encouraging students to develop their own

reasons for wanting to go to college Grounding these reasons in the students’ prior

experiences Preparing students to take ownership over their

decisions in high school Having students learn from each other

Design Process

Going over ideas with College Track directors. Getting thumbs up / thumbs down from College

Track students on our ideas for activities. Enlisting the help of peers in class on better

scaffolding methods, timing etc.

Theme One: Leadership and Teamwork Experience the challenges and

benefits of working with their peers Understand the difficulties and

rewards of being an excellent leader

Theme two: artiFACTcapsule

Think about how their past experiences have formed foundational values for them

Envision how these values can help to determine their futures

Theme three: New Worlds and Transitions Help students

to examine the various contexts of their lives (i.e. school, home, College Track)

Overcome challenges to negotiate between these contexts successfully

Outline of Lesson Plan Goal Learning Objective Benefits Directions for the Facilitator Materials needed Activity and time Assessment and time

Thank You

Ruhi VasanwalaRuhi Vasanwala

Masataka NakaueMasataka Nakaue

William TriantWilliam Triant

Any Questions?

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