Spring Institute ~ May 6, 2009
Mar 20, 2016
Current Challenges Faced by District, Students, and Families
Parents and students do not know how to access postsecondary education
69% of our students are not prepared for college level work
Incapability to monitor and track student preparation to access postsecondary education or to evaluate the impact of efforts to improve postsecondary education access
VISIONTo ensure that each student is prepared for and
understands how he/she can access postsecondary education in a way that is supported and expected by the entire community so that all students access and complete postsecondary education.
Objectives To build a knowledge/resource
base for college access which will foster development of a college-going culture in the GCCISD community
To academically prepare students
for access to postsecondary education
To develop a system that can measure postsecondary enrollment and evaluate the success of post secondary access programs
Post-secondary Access Strategies
Expose students to a “college-going” culture prior to high school Kids2College (February 2009) Mesquite Elementary Curriculum
Post-secondary Access StrategiesProvide parents with college access resources
help prepare their children Parent and Student Workshop series
It’s Never too Late to Go Back to School College Cost Estimator College Q&A Luncheon Dual Enrollment Information Sessions How to Get Our Kids to College: African-American Matriculation
Post-secondary Access StrategiesProvide students with
additional college entrance exam preparation and support Making the Grade Kaplan Score (SAT/ACT Prep Seminars)
Post-secondary Access StrategiesTrack students’ college access service and
program participation (including admissions and FAFSA, college matriculation, and college completion)
WEST System Partnership with Lee College’s Institutional
Research
Post-secondary Access StrategiesIncrease students’ awareness of the college access
process College Access Campaign High School College Access Center College Access Webpage
Parent Workshop: It’s Never too Late to Go Back to School
College Admissions Game for High School Advisory Lesson
Elementary and Junior High College Trivia
College Night Career Explorations
College and Career Week Activities
How Will We Evaluate Our Efforts?The steering committee will meet to develop a strategy of how to
evaluate the postsecondary access initiatives.
In addition to the formative and summative evaluations of each individual activity, the overall initiative will be evaluated based on the following:
Advanced placement and dual credit completion will increase College entrance exams taken by high school students will
increase The number of high school seniors completing college
admissions applications and FAFAS will increase Increase in awareness of parents and students surveyed at the
beginning and end of academic school year College readiness percent based on college entrance exams
and TAKS scores will increase
The evidence for the success of these initiatives will be garnered by the WEST system, college transition report, AEIS report, and Lee College’s institutional research department.