joyce c. loveless - pa commission for community colleges · joyce c. loveless . pa college ready...
TRANSCRIPT
Joyce C. Loveless
PA College Ready Summit
October 28, 2015
NC’s Approach: Early College High Schools
We believe that every student deserves to graduate ready for college and careers so they can provide for themselves, their families and their communities.
VISIO N Every student
graduates ready for college,
careers and life.
MISSION To accelerate systemic, sustainable innovation in education.
What We Do
5
Our approach is built upon these three core components:
What does it mean for a student to be college ready?
6
• Individually list attributes of college readiness
• Turn to a partner and share your list
• Together categorize and label your responses
David Conley’s Four Dimensions of College and Career Readiness
7
8
An Early College High School…
10
A small school that combines high school and college in a rigorous, supportive environment that enables fragile learners to earn a high school diploma as well as two years of transferable college credit an associate degree college credit and the tools for postsecondary success.
NC Cooperative Innovative High School Programs: § 115C-238.50. Purpose.
11
1. Has no more than 100 students per grade level
2. Partners with an institution of higher education to enable students to concurrently obtain a high school diploma, an associate’s degree, a career certificate or up to two years of transferrable college credit
3. Located on the campus of the institute of higher education , unless the governing board waives the requirement
12
University of North Carolina System
2015 Early College High Schools Partners with NC New Schools
Updated 4.17.14
Partner districts (including all served and in planning since 2004)
Early College High School (including schools in planning)
Evolution of Models
14
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
Placed-based schools on IHE campus
Virtual (distance)
Regional and STEM
District-wide and Comprehensive School Scaling
Impact Data To be added
Our Approach: Early College Strategies
16
1. Design and implement embedded affective and academic systems of support
2. Ninth and tenth grades are redesigned to build levels of academic readiness
3. Create explicit connections to higher education and to business and industry
4. Develop in every student productive dispositions to support the transition into college classes
Non-Negotiables
17
1. Partnerships and policy alignment
2. Involvement of business and industry
3. Sustainable funding
4. College Liaisons
5. Aligned Instructional programs and rigor
6. Integrated student supports
Think –Pair-Share
18
1. What efforts are already in place to connect high school and college? Who can access them?
2. How might state and local policies, practices and partnerships be reimagined to best align high school and college?
3. Do you have the capacity to make the structural and policy changes to act? What would it take?
4. What are your next steps?
19
Joyce Loveless Senior Director, School Services Early College High Schools NC New Schools/ Breakthrough Learning 919.277.3760 [email protected]
Find us online @ncnewschools
or visit www.ncnewschools.org
Contact Us