Coordination with Your Local Community College

1. Coordination with Your Local Community College A Win, Win, Win Situation Alan Joynson – Northwest Regional ESD Sydney Elliott – Tillamook Bay Community College

2. Working with your local college is a three way win;

3. Win 1 – For Your Program • - For your program it is a validation of its value and a help to attract serious students.

4. Win 2 – For the College • - For you at the college it can mean increased FTEs • Has the potential to increase enrollment in programs • As well as fulfilling your mission of providing educational access and affordability to students.

5. Win 3 – For the Students • - For our students it means they will be obtaining college level credit before they even get there, saving them money and time in the process of getting a degree! • Know any students who would want college credit for practically free!

6. Perkins Funded? • Having a Program of Study that leads to a post-secondary institution will become a requirement by 2012. • These things take time, start now!

7. From Perkins: • A CTE Program of Study is comprised of a secondary component and a postsecondary component leading to a postsecondary certificate of completion (45 quarter hours +), degree or an industry-recognized credential. • CTE Programs of Study must lead to occupations in high demand, high wage career areas (as listed at Regional High Demand, High Wage Occupations). • The secondary component and postsecondary component may be approved separately or jointly. Separate approval must explicitly show the alignment of standards across the two educational levels. • Courses within a CTE Program of Study must be based on, and aligned with, industry-validated technical and academic standards. • CTE Program of Study content standards and assessment strategies must be validated by local or regional employers or industry groups.

8. Start with the basics • Is your current program aligned with an industry standard? • Does your program lead to a High Wage, High Demand occupation? • Does a local college have a program that is similar to yours? • Could you tweak your curriculum to match up with it? • Maybe your local college has wanted to start a program like yours?

9. Garnering support • You need a local industry to partner with • Your superintendents will love to hear you are working on this. • Form an Advisory Committee – local industry partners & employers. • Who is hiring your grads now? • Ya’ think the kids would like to get some college credit, & practically for FREE!

10. What the College Needs • Develop Curriculum to meet college level outcomes • Teacher qualifications • Help students navigate higher education • Registering & Admitting students • Placement testing • Transcripts / Records

11. What’s in it for the College • FTEs • Recruitment & Retention • Diversify student population • Develop more Career Pathways • Translate transcripts into enrollment

12. College Credit for High School Students • Dual Credit • College Now • Career Pathways • Programs of Study • Chunky Modularizations • Expanded Options

13. Articulations & The Best College for Your Program • Start with your local community college • Try to articulate the most for your students

14. The Transcript; The culmination of all your hard work and how to get it into your students’ hands

15. Getting Transcripts to the Student • For Dual Credit: • Admit students to college • Register students • Instructor to give grades • Give students a hand-out on how to access their grades / unofficial transcripts on-line • Make sure students get their official transcripts sent to the college of their choice