adrienne o’neill, ed.d. – president, stark education partnership joseph rochford, ph.d. – vice...
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P-16 is a way of taking existing systems and considering how to rethink them to accomplish specific goals. P-16 is not competition among existing systems—rather it is a way to make transitions seamless for students. Dr. Adrienne O’Neill – President, Stark Education Partnership 3 of 21TRANSCRIPT
Adrienne O’Neill, Ed.D. – President, Stark Education PartnershipJoseph Rochford, Ph.D. – Vice President, Stark Education PartnershipBrenda Neel - Director of Instruction, Canton City SchoolsTheresa Seery, Senior Program Officer, KnowledgeWorks Foundation
P-16 is a way of thinking…
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• P-16 is a way of taking existing systems and considering how to rethink them to accomplish specific goals.
• P-16 is not competition among existing systems—rather it is a way to make transitions seamless for students.D
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P-16 is everyone coming together to figure out specific goals and then strategies to use to accomplish those goals.
Said another way…
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• Different ideas are willingly tried and become a reality
• Idea generators may also find sources to fund their ideas—if money is required
• Amazing results through the power of the collaborative, collective “we”
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Stark County Educational Service Center, 17 school superintendents represented by 4 superintendents and the ESC, 5 public and private colleges represented by the college presidents, local foundation directors, and representatives from the business community, economic development agencies & the social service agencies.
In Stark, “everyone” includes:
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• The Stark Education Partnership serves as a research and support arm to the P-16 Committee.
• Committee meets bi-monthly to set strategy direction and to review progress.
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– To increase the high school graduation rate
Stark County’s P-16 Goals:
– To increase the college-going rate in Stark County.
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Why those goals?
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A National Problem
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- Recommended reading
What are some examples of strategies we have used?
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– Small Schools, McKinley High School
– Early College, Timken High School
– OCAN/GEAR-UP
School Level Strategies:
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—Core curriculum—EPAS System/ACT —AlignOhio—Math Science Partnership—Malone College at Canton South—Stark State Satellites—CrossRoads
District Level Strategies:
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– Graduate Retention Initiative (Now adopted by Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce, Akron Chamber of Commerce and NOCHE)
– Preschool (Sisters of Charity of Canton)
– Afterschool(21st Century Grants, Stark Community Foundation)
– Scholarship Website
Community-Wide Initiatives:
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– Stark State recruitment after April 15, 2005
– Walsh retention
College Level Initiatives:
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– High school graduation rate is increasing
– College-going rate is increasing
– Communication & knowledge about importance of goals is increasing
What Are The Results?
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– Await establishment of statewide P-16 (expected June 2005)
– Marketing, statewide – Alignment statewide of grades 11-14
Where Do We Go From Here?
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Establishment of Ohio regional P-16 compacts & the role of KnowledgeWorks
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Idea Sharing
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