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NATIONAL EARLY COLLEGE CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 29, 2013

EARLY COLLEGE BEGINNINGS IN UTAH

• Academy of Math Engineering & Science (AMES) 2003/University of Utah
• Itineris Early College High School 2004/Salt Lake Community College
• Northern Utah Academy of Math Engineering & Science (NUAMES)

2004/Weber State University

• Utah County Academy of Sciences (UCAS) 2005/Utah Valley University
• Success Academy 2006/Southern Utah University & Dixie State College
• InTech Collegiate High School 2007/Utah State University

• Each school has a math & science

academic mission.

• All schools, except one, are located on
• r near a college campus.
• All schools, except one, use

10-12 grade configuration.

• All schools, except one, have primarily

an engineering/physics focus with the exception being biotechnology.

CONNECT TIME

(Student Advisory)

At Itineris Early College High School, every student is enrolled in a structured course designed to develop the skills necessary for college or career

• readiness. The class will consist of a

group of students of the same grade, called a cohort. Each cohort will have

• ne faculty member that will facilitate

the curriculum. The cohort and faculty member will remain the same for the three years a student is enrolled at Itineris.

CREATING COLLEGE GOING CULTURE

• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Memory
• Test Taking Strategies
• Health & Nutrition
• Learning Styles
• Critical Thinking
• Academic Honesty
• Diversity
• Money
• Academic Advising
• Time Management
• Personal Educational Planning
• Career Information
• Study Skill Development
• Cooperative Learning Projects
• Service Projects
• Communication Skills
• Collective Decision Making
• Academic Vocabulary

CONNECT TIME

CURRICULUM

(Research Based)

• College Calendar
• No Bells
• College Class Schedule (M,W,F)
• College Student ID’s
• Classroom Management

System (Blackboard, Canvas, etc.)

• Grading Practices
• Teacher Evaluations
• No Assemblies

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77% 18 18% 5% 5%

Secondary Postsecondary Distance

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tand ndar ards ds an and Q d Qua ualit ity

NYU Downgrades Dual Enrollment

Not all colleges accept dual-credit hours amassed by Texas high school students

Report Shows Dual Enrollment Best When on College Campus

Council of Writing Program Administrators WPA-L Listserv topic: “Credit Laundering”

NACEP EP Sta tand ndar ards ds: : Gu Guid idin ing Pr Prin inci ciples es

• College courses offered in high schools are as rigor

gorous us as courses offered on the sponsoring college campus

• CEP

EP students dents are held to the same expectations and standards of achievement as on campus students

• CEP

EP ins nstr truct uctor

• rs

s meet the same requirements for on campus adjunct instructors, and are provided support by faculty in their discipline

• CEP

EP program gram oversight sight is sufficient to ensure the academic integrity of its courses, regardless of where they are taught and by whom A high quality concurrent enrollment program (CEP) is one where:

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laboration boration is is Cr Crit itic ical al

• Instructors must be approved by the academic

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• Instructors must receive course

se-spe specif cific ic orien entat tation n prior to teaching the course

• Ongoing ann

nnual, ual, discipline cipline-spec specif ific ic professional development

• Mechanisms for alignment of curric

riculu ulum, m, assessm sessmen ents, ts, and nd grading ding scales es

• Faculty

lty site e visits its to ensure that the college course taught in the high school is the same as the course

• ffered on campus

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sist stent ent Ex Expec ecta tati tions

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• Students meet the same academic

emic crit iteria eria to enroll

• ll in

course (placement testing, course prerequisites)

• Courses must include same course conten

ent, t, learning rning

• utcom
• mes,

es, and grading ding scales es

• Students must be assessed

sessed using consistent methods

• Course registration

gistration and transc anscriptin ripting is consistent with

• n campus procedures

Di Disp splaying ying Gr Grea eater er Acc ccou

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ntabili lity ty

• Conducting end of course

se student dent evaluation ations for every CEP course section each term, regardless of the frequency of on-campus evaluations

• Preparing program

ram evaluatio ations ns through surveys of participating instructors, guidance counselors, and principals

• Rese

sear arch h long ngitu itudinal inal student udent suc uccess ess, including student alumni surveys Because of the added scrutiny that concurrent enrollment faces, programs can display greater accountability by: