EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY

• Paul Francisco, Greeley-Evans District 6

Overview

ECHS • National SnapshotECHS • Academic PlanECHS

• Staffing ECHS • Discussion and Questions

ECHS

Early College Academy Core Beliefs

• Early College Schools have high expectations for all students

• Every student is capable of college-level work • Students need acceleration, not remediation.• Students learn more when challenged and

engaged by instruction and rigorous academic work.

• ECHS looks to serve a diverse student body economically, culturally and academically.

What Is Early College?

Early college is an educational transformation model, that was developed and implemented by Jobs for the Future with funding from the Gates Foundation over the last 10 years.

Early colleges are high schools bring college into high school to provide youth with a path to and through postsecondary education.

Early College Features

Students earn a high school diploma and up to two years of transferrable college credit—tuition free

A rigorous instructional framework aligned to college-ready standardsA strong college-going culture throughout the school

Student-centered learning and student support

Location on or near college campuses to build students’ identity as college goers

FAST FACTS: EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS, 2013-14 SCHOOLS: 280including grades 9-12, 9-13, and 6-12

STATES: 32

STUDENTS: 80,000+GRADUATES: 5,880*NEW EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOLS UNDER DEVELOPMENT: 56

NUMBER OF EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOLS10 or more schools

 5-9 schools

 1-4 schools

District 6 ECHS Design

Academic Plan

Colorado Academic Standards

Colorado gtPathway Curriculum

Aims Community College AA

Degree Requirements

District 6 High School Graduation

Requirements

Early College

AcademyGraduate

EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY: MEETING THE STANDARDS FOR SUCCESSFUL GRADUATES

Intentional Design Elements

Combine stand alone high school with college campus-based courses to allow for Individual Academic Plans & Interest

• High engagement • Power of place.

Support Systems Built in from Day One– Aims Community College Academic Support

Program– ICAP Completion Activities– College Readiness, Skills and Success Workshops– Test Preparation Accuplacer, Course Final

preparation, ACTExtra-Curricular Activities including Clubs focused around leadership. – Athletics and other clubs offered off site.

District 6 ECHS Design

Facility Plan

5590 W. 11th St.,Greeley, CO 80634

Currently Aims Community CollegeCorporate Learning Center

Challenge 1: College Level Science Teaching Laboratories

Proposed Solution:• Aims Community College

will be constructing a new science labs for ECHS use.

• Next year temporary labs for Biology and Physics.

Challenge 2: ECHS Learning Center

– Fully supported by Aims Community College

– Individual and Group Instruction

– Support for all Academic Courses

– Materials to enhance research and teaching

– Technology

Challenge 3: Physical Education Dedicated Space

Proposed Solution:• The ECHS and Aims Community

College are collaborating to insure access for student to appropriate physical education activities. AIMS has offered to allow ECHS to offer courses at the newly renovated Aims Gymnasium

Challenge 4: Transportation

• A combination of district transportation resources and city bus routes will be used to address this need.

• We are working on this plan as we learn where we need to get kids from and to.

ECHS Student Enrollment

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3200

(9th, 10th Grade Only)325

(9th, 10th, 11th Only)450-500

All Grades 9-12

ECA StaffingDistrict 6 Staffing

Principal 1Office Staff 2Teachers (Tentative based on Enrollment) 6Counselor (Tentative based on Enrollment) 1Custodial/ Food Services 2Total 12

AIMS Staffing• Aims Administrator• 1.5 FTE Media Center Support: Fully credentialed instructor and assistant• 1 FTE Tutor Coordinator with tutoring support (individual, group and peer

tutoring)• 0.5 FTE Financial Literacy/Student Life Coordinator• Full and part time faculty to provide annually provide 90 college-level

sections in the following academic areas: Chemistry

EnglishEnvironmental ScienceFine ArtsGeographyHealth and Wellness

HistoryLiteratureMathematicsPhilosophyPolitical ScienceSpeech Communication

World Languages

Aims Community College Supports Approve long-term lease of Corporate Learning Center Support design and ongoing cost of postsecondary Learning Center

Librarian Librarian Technician Electronic Data Bases 1:1 Technology Plan with 5 Computers for Student Emergencies

Support design and construction cost of science labs Support Academic Administrator, Advising Staff & Tutoring

Coordinator Position Assigned to ECHS Support Inclusion of use of gymnasium and/or resources to support

physical education programming Funding Model Similar to Career Academies which includes Tuition,

Fees and Textbook - $100 per credit Provide laptop/tablet device for each student

Questions

Discussion & Questions