THE OHIO APPALACHIAN COLLABORATIVE: PAVING A PATHWAY FOR RURAL EDUCATION Dr. Pamela Noeth – Director, Powerful Practices

THE OHIO APPALACHIAN COLLABORATIVE: PAVING A PATHWAY FOR RURAL EDUCATION

Dr. Pamela Noeth – Director, Powerful Practices

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Handouts

CCR Roadmap Planning Set Lifting Students Out of Poverty Marietta Strategic Plan


Inspiration: Connecting Education and Regional Prosperity



http://portal.battelleforkids.org/OAC/personalized-learning-pathways

Name That Ohio Pathway Maker….


Maryland’s “Merchants of Hope”

Insert Your Picture Here

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Tubman


Goals for today

Participants will:

• Make connections between Eastern Shore of Maryland Educational Consortium and the Ohio Appalachian Collaborative

• Be able to identify strength growth areas from their Community Readiness Assessments

• Share with other districts to find out strengths and growth areas for the entire Consortium

OHIO APPALACHIAN COLLABORATIVE

Paving a Pathway for Rural Education


The Ohio Appalachian Collaborative

21 Ohio Appalachian Collaborative Districts (27 districts) 20 traditional school districts 1 Career-Technical Center (2 campuses)

74 School Buildings (98 buildings)

2,066 Teachers (3,200 teachers)

34,000 Students (44,000 students) 50% Eligible for Free and Reduced-Price Lunch

(52%) Data: ACT Access, ACT benchmark, Dual

Enrollment Access Aspiration and Community Engagement


The “Why” of the OAC

Overall, 1 in 4 rural children live in poverty in the United States Of the 50 United States counties with the highest child-poverty

rates, 48 are rural Rural 8th graders are 59% more likely than peers in large cities

to use methamphetamines and 104% more likely to use any

type of amphetamines


GOALS OF THE OAC

Brain Drain/Brain Gain Degree Attainment – Ohio is 39th in the nation in degree

attainment The Valuable High School Diploma Education to Workforce Pipeline Career Pathways for Students



High Level Project Accomplishments 2014-2015

Dual Enrollment Student Participation2012-2013 = 1,308 2014-2015 = 2,417

Dual Enrollment Courses2012-2013 = 41 2014-2015 = 236

Dual Enrollment Credentialed Teachers2012-2013 = 82 2014-2015 = 156

OAC students have earned 12,699 hours of college credit Nearly $3 million dollars in avoided tuition costs for our

students and their families


Project Accomplishments Four model pathways were developed Currently, 27 districts have loaded their dual enrollment

courses into the OAC Shared Dual Enrollment Course Catalog

system The OAC Online Professional Learning Community, powered

by Schoology, is in development and will be available in

August, 2015 17 districts and approximately 185 classrooms now have capacity

for blended learning (classroom and online learning), impacting

7,700 more students


Dual Enrollment Students enrolled in Dual enrollment2015

2,417

Dual Enrollment Credits Earned2015

12,669

Value of credit earned2015

$2,967,501

College and Career Readiness ACT Participation rate2013

54.8%

Percent of Graduates Earning Remediation-Free ACT Score

2013

17.6%

Percent of Graduates Earning Industry Credential

2013

12%

Increasing Capacity Number of dual enrollment teachers2015

156

Number of teachers in the pipeline to be credentialed

2015

83

Number of regional IHE partners2015

16

College and Beyond Percentage of graduates enrolled in Ohio public IHEs in developmental math and

English2013

43.6%

2-year Ohio Public Community College Enrollment

2013

11.8%

4-year Ohio Public College/ University enrollment

2013

18.1%

Pathways Arts & Communications Health & Human Services Business & Entrepreneurship STEM

Pathway Enrollment(grades 6-8)

Available in 2016

Pathway Enrollment(grades 9-12)

Available in 2016

Pathway Completion

Available in 2017

OAC DATA DASHBOARD

CCR ROADMAP


Our CCR Journey – Oh, the Places We’ve Been

OAC Think Tank Relevant Practice National Research Network Training – 3 years Into the Future – LLC Workshops (SOAR), Straight A

Coaching Guide Activity Guide Getting to the Finish Line Game


3 Drivers of CCR


3 Drivers of CCR: Defining College & Career Readiness

Academic Preparation Academic knowledge students need for post-secondary success.

Accessibility Logistical aspects of CCR (financial, degree/career attainment,

preparation for post-secondary success).

Aspiration Hope = Goal + Pathway Students making appropriate and informed choices for post-secondary

success.


STEP #1: Complete Assessment as a District Team:

CCR Roadmap Activity Guide (pp. 6-9)

STEP #2: Complete Guiding Questions (p. 10)

STEP #3: Posterize – Strength & Growth Areas

STEP #4: Gallery Walk: Take note of trends/commonalities in both

Strength & Growth Areas

COMMUNITY READINESS ASSESSMENT STEPS:


Strategic Planning


STRATEGIC PLAN


Community Engagement

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