REACH FOR COLLEGE!COLLEGE-READINESS INSTITUTE

In partnership with Community College of DC

Welcome!

Introductions Dr. Jonathan Gueverra, CEO Community College of the District of

Columbia

Deb Insel, Executive Director Reach for College!

Alisha Scruggs, Interim Program Director Reach for College!

College-Readiness Institute

Partnership of:

Community College of DC Reach for College!

Reach for College!

Nonprofit organization Since 2005 To increase the number of low-income

students going to and succeeding in college Provide a 9-12 curriculum of college-

readiness Provide professional development in use of

curriculum and in college-readiness Worked with 2,400 students in DC and Prince

George’s County, MD last year

Introductions, cont.

Participants 7 words:Google, schmoogle, Mom says get a PhD.

10 words:First name, school or organization name, your role

there, something about yourself we might not suspect

Deb Reach for College! Director, kayaker on the Potomac

A Community of Learners

We are often going to represent two educational levels—high school and college. We are all here to:

Share expertise, experience, wisdom and to learn from each other.

We hope you will begin a conversation with your colleagues that will continue for weeks and months as you continue to share materials, ideas, and support each other all to benefit the young people.

Goals of College-Readiness Institute

To inspire with a vision of college-readiness.

To provide practical strategies and materials that you can use right away.

To help you create your own materials for your own students that will help them toward college-readiness.

Other Goals of Institute

To be creative in approaching our challenges.

To keep the young people always in mind.

To be respectful and supportive of each other.

To have fun while we work.

Why are we here?

Why are college and career-readiness important? Are college- and career-readiness the same thing? Are our students currently prepared for college

and careers? What does college/career readiness look like? If our students are not currently prepared, what

can we do to better prepare them? What target goals should we have so we’ll know

when we’ve attained them and been successful? What do you want to take away from this

Institute?

College-Readiness Video (Thanks to MCPS)

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Why is college- and career-readiness important?

Globally

The US has fallen behind in the number of college graduates, now ranking 10th.

President Obama has said that college and career-readiness should be the goal for all students.

Why is college- and career-readiness important?

Locally In Washington, D.C., only

29% of students go to college and only 9% graduate.

70% of jobs in D.C. require some postsecondary education.

Majority of D.C. young adults cannot get good jobs in their home town.

Why is college- and career-readiness important?

For the Young PeopleThey will have a better shot at success and promotion in a career.

They will be more likely to succeed in a postsecondary educational setting & graduate.

They will be more likely to earn a living wage and be competitive for advancement.

Why is college- and career-readiness important?

For you To teach to current standards. For your satisfaction. So you can know you are doing

everything you can to help your students be prepared for life and to succeed in

whatever they undertake.

Schedule & rules we learned in school

Schedule for week is in packetMornings always in hereChoose your afternoon session

(A311 or A218) Be prompt please Ask questions when you don’t understand

something Be nice to and help each other Do your homework (also in packet) Readings and bring materials that you want to

work on for lesson or unit plans

No excuses

Quote for the DayDay 1

“A well-aligned curriculum [between high school and college] should help decrease college remediation rates . . .”

(College Knowledge, p. 159)

HomeworkIn preparation for Day 2

In review of today’s discussions, please read about standards and alignment, pages 153-168. In preparation for tomorrow, please read pages 3-9, 38-40, 175-188. Peek at university work samples for English on pages 247-262, 303-306.

Very important! Bring with you materials, books, standards or whatever will be helpful to you in order to create a unit or lessons in the workshops tomorrow that you will use in your teaching/work this fall.

CEU’s and Certification to teach freshman orientation at CCDC

Attendance is important CCDC will award certification to be an

adjunct professor for freshman orientation only with at least 80% attendance

30 hours of CEU’s will be awarded by RFC with the same attendance requirement

Certificates and letters for the CEU’s will be given at the end of the Institute or by September 1.

Structure of afternoon sessionsPart I

Two presenters: One representing high school One representing college

Each presenter will give a 15 minute presentation

Time for discussion

Structure of afternoon sessionsPart II

Every day but today you will have time to work on preparation for fall school opening.

Bring laptop, files, materials, books, flash drives, anything you want to work on to help you infuse college-readiness into the work you do with students.

The presenters will be there to assist and guide you.

Sharing at end of day

Choose someone in your group to share one big idea that seemed to be, perhaps, the most important to come out of your session.

What’s the

Big idea?

Share two or three other ideas that seem to support the Big idea

Big idea

Supportingidea

Supportingidea

Questions?

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Quote for the DayDay 1

“A well-aligned curriculum [between high school and college] should help decrease college remediation rates . . .”

(College Knowledge, p. 159)