Partnering to Promote Core to College through a College Readiness Conference

Eileen DeLuca, Ph.D.

Dean, College and Career Readiness
Edison State College, Fort Myers, FL

Caroline Seefchak, Ph.D.

Chair, Developmental Studies
Edison State College, Fort Myers, FL

Background
SB 1908: Post-secondary institutions must collaborate with K12 institutions to provide remediation for not college-ready high school students.

College administrator connected with K-12 Curriculum Specialist at a State DOE training.
Collaboration led to the design and implementation of a College Readiness Conference.

Background: Edison State College

Established in 1962 13th largest community college in Florida Served 24,034 students 2011-2012 One in four students receive financial aid 32% of overall population are enrolled in one or more developmental course or courses Five county service district includes Lee, Collier, Hendry, Glades, and Charlotte

Edison State College Enrollment

Annual Enrollment Data: Academic Year 2011 - 2012

Conference Goals
Identify and address gaps between K-12 curriculum and Post-Secondary curriculum. Understand legislation related to common placement testing (Florida Statutes 1008.30).

Conference Goals
Gain a better understanding of what is expected of students in college. Gain clarification of specific academic standards required of college students. Understand mastery exam process for college developmental courses. Prepare students for the rigors of postsecondary academic coursework.

Conference Goals
Form connections between ESC and high school feeder district counterparts to understand the broader implications of college preparation. Understand the goals of Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
Create action plans for the implementation of CCSS.

College Readiness Conference

2011
Attendance 32 K-12 Faculty 13 faculty, staff, administrators from college

2012
50 K-12 Faculty 25 faculty, staff, administrators from college

2013
TBD

Funding Schedule

Fully-funded by College

Awarded $4500 mini-grant

Awarded $6,000 mini-grant

Held in March during a Held in June when K- Scheduled for K-12 Professional 12 and College Saturday, April 20 Development Day faculty were off contract

Project Budget
College Readiness Conference 2013
Item Binders Dividers (for binders) Paper Copies-Black/White Copies-Color P.E.R.T. Test Administrations Breakfast/Refreshments
Boxed lunch Stipends for K-12 Faculty Stipend for ESC Faculty Visitation to H.S. Total Cost

Number 80 4 Boxes 13 reams 3250 3250 60

75 75 30 10

Cost Per $3.98 40.66 3.43 0.0055 0.0490 0.94

7.95 8.95 150.00 $150.00

Total
$318.40 162.64 44.59 17.88 159.25

56.40
596.25 671.25 4,500.00 1,500.00 $ 8,026.66

PHOTOS

Spring 2012

Planning "To Do" List

1.College faculty and administrators connect with K-12 partners.

Start a planning team to include Developmental Studies Dean, Department Chair or Coordinator of Developmental Studies, Department Chair of English, Department Chair of Mathematics. K-12 personnel should include Language Arts, Reading and Mathematics Coordinators or Curriculum Specialists. It is also a good idea to get a principal or assistant principal on the team.

Planning "To Do" List

2. Hold initial meeting.

Talk about conference ideas and what both the College stakeholders and the K-12 stakeholders want to get out of the conference. Set conference goals. Sketch out a tentative agenda.

"To Do" List 3. Set a date. Can it be done on a K-12 professional development day so that faculty are on contract and no substitutes are needed? 4. Book a location College Campus is good to "set the tone. College campuses also tend to have meeting spaces that may be reserved.

Planning "To Do" List

5. Identify funding sources.

What can K-12 contribute (e.g. can they pay for substitutes so that K-12 faculty can be released to attend?)? What can college contribute (e.g. the price of food, materials)?

Planning "To Do" List 6. Set up a registration system (e.g. through Survey Monkey).

7. Get the word out! Invite high school faculty, curriculum specialists, administrators, college faculty (especially math and English), Adult Education faculty. Send an invitation that includes a tentative agenda.

Planning "To Do" List

8.Gather materials, ask planning team what items needed to be photocopied, and put into a binder.
Create discussion questions, PowerPoints, activities, etc. Get copies of relevant course syllabi. Find useful web pages to share. Identify various people to "lead" sessions. Identify support staff (e.g. student assistants) to handle sign-in, tours, etc.

Planning "To Do" List

9. Hold conference. 10. Gather evaluations Collect evaluation sheets or send out a link through Survey Monkey.

Planning "To Do" List

11. Stay in touch. Create a list serve of participants and send out regular communications related to College Readiness, Common Core Standards, the P.E.R.T., PARCC, etc. Invite them to next year's conference!

Make it better every year

This years College Readiness Conference incorporates a Core to College Visitation Program.

Thank you!
Eileen DeLuca, Ph.D. Dean, College and Career Readiness ecdeluca@edison.edu Caroline Seefchak, Ph.D. Chair, Developmental Studies cseefchak@edison.edu