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Blazing Cross-Institutional Trails:

Pioneering a College Readiness Conference

Eileen DeLuca, Ph.D.Dean, College and Career ReadinessEdison State College, Fort Myers, FL

Caroline Seefchak, Ph.D.Chair, Developmental Studies

Edison State College, Fort Myers, FL

37th annual

National Association of

Developmental Education

(NADE) Conference

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Blazing the Trail SB 1908: Post-secondary institutions must

collaborate with K-12 institutions to provideremediation for not college-ready high schoolstudents.

College administrator connected with K-12Curriculum Specialist at a State DOE training.

Collaboration led to the design andimplementation of a College ReadinessConference.

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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 enrolled in one or

more developmental course or courses

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Background: Edison State College

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Background: Edison State College

Annual Enrollment Data:

Academic Year 2011 - 2012

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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).

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Conference Goals

Gain a better understanding of what is

expected of students in college.

Gain clarification of specific academicstandards required of college students.

Understand mastery exam process for college

developmental courses. Prepare students for the rigors of post-

secondary academic coursework.

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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 StateStandards (CCSS).

Create action plans for the implementation of

CCSS.

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College Readiness Conference

2011 2012 2013

Attendance 32 K-12 Faculty

13 faculty, staff,

administrators

from college

50 K-12 Faculty

25 faculty, staff,

administrators

from college

TBD

Funding Fully-funded by

College

Awarded $4500

mini-grant

Awarded $6,000

mini-grant

Schedule Held in March during aK-12 Professional

Development Day

Held in June when K-12 and College

faculty were off

contract

Scheduled for anSaturday in April

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College Readiness Conference 2013Item Number Cost Per TotalBinders 80 $3.98 $318.40

Dividers (for binders) 4 Boxes 40.66 162.64

Paper 13 reams 3.43 44.59

Copies-Black/White 3250 0.0055 17.88Copies-Color 3250 0.0490 159.25

P.E.R.T. Test Administrations 60 0.94 56.40

Breakfast/Refreshments75 7.95 596.25

Boxed lunch 75 8.95 671.25

Stipends for K-12 Faculty 30 150.00 4,500.00

Stipend for ESC Faculty

Visitation to H.S. 10 $150.00 1,500.00

Total Cost $ 8,026.66

Project Budget

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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.

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2. Hold initial meeting.

Talk about conference ideas and what both

the College stakeholders and the K-12stakeholders want to get out of the

conference.

Set conference goals. Sketch out a tentative agenda.

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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 meetingspaces that may be reserved.

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5. Identify funding sources.

What can K-12 contribute (e.g. can they

pay for substitutes so that K-12 facultycan be released to attend?)?

What can college contribute (e.g. the

price of food, materials)?

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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), AdultEducation faculty. Send an invitation that

includes a tentative agenda.

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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.

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9. Hold conference.

10. Gather evaluations

Collect evaluation sheets or send out a

link through Survey Monkey.

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11. Stay in touch.Create a list serve of participants and

send out regular communications

related to College Readiness, CommonCore Standards, the P.E.R.T., PARCC,

etc. Invite them to next year's

conference!

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Thank you!

Eileen DeLuca, Ph.D.

Dean, College and Career Readiness

ecdeluca@edison.edu

Caroline Seefchak, Ph.D.Chair, Developmental Studies

cseefchak@edison.edu