Dual Enrollment & Early College Duval County Public Schools Webinar: Dual Enrollment in Rural and Urban Settings Regional Educational Laboratory at SERVE Center UNC, Greensboro December 8, 2011 Robie Cornelious Specialist
Purpose of Presentation Snapshot of Duval County Public Schools Programmatic Components Of Dual Enrollment & Early College Programs Supporting Historic Data Past and Current Challenges Affecting Implementation Strategies Used To Mitigate Challenges 2
Key DCPS Staff Ed Pratt-Dannals Superintendent Patricia Willis Deputy Superintendent Dr. M. Carolyn Girardeau Executive Director, High School Programs Acceleration Programs is a division of High School Programs 3
DCPS Highlights FLDOE District Grade B Approximately 125, 000 students k -12 22 high schools, includes a virtual school 2 schools consistently rank in top 15 of National Schools 3 schools with IB Diploma Program 3 schools are IB Diploma Candidate Schools 4 schools with AICE Program 4 schools with Early College Program Access to AP and dual enrollment all high schools 4
1981 IB & *College Prep Stanton Acceleration Programs Historical Perspective 1998 AICE Raines 2005 AICE **Raines IB & Early College ***Ribault 2010 AP Honors Atlantic Coast Douglas Anderson Darnell-Cookman First Coast Andrew Jackson Frank H. Peterson A. Philip Randolph AICE Duncan Fletcher Nathan Forrest IB Terry Parker Edward White Samuel Wolfson 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 1997 IB & *College Prep Paxon *College Prep is now considered AP Honors **Board approved plan to revitalize Cambridge AICE at Raines ***IB Diploma Program relocates from Jean Ribault to Andrew Jackson, July 2013 2003 AICE Mandarin Early College Lee 2009 AP Honors Baldwin Early College Englewood Sandalwood 5
Access to Dual Enrollment Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) Recognized by the Florida College System for having largest increase (59%) in participation within a 3 year period Academic & CTE dual enrollment Partner for Early College Programs University of North Florida (UNF) More stringent eligibility requirements Academic dual enrollment State Sponsored Programs 6
FSCJ Eligibility & Continuation Criteria High School GPA: Maintain 3.0 FSCJ GPA: Maintain 2.0 One Set or Combination of Cut Scores Postsecondary Ready CUT- SCORES CPT Reading 83 Sentence Skills 83 Math 72 SAT-1 Verbal 440 Math 440 ACT Reading 18 English 17 Math 19 PERT Reading 104 English 99 Math 113 7
Early College at DCPS Design - Hybrid of National Model Applications are accepted in Grade 8 Students Housed at High School Grades 9 and 10 SLC - Cohort Scheduling 1 Concurrent Course Grade 9 2-4 Concurrent Courses Grade 10 Students Housed at FSCJ Grades 11 and 12 Students must be full-time 4 or more courses each Fall and Spring Summer courses to catch up not get ahead May participate in sports at high school not at FSCJ Students exit with AA-degree and HS diploma 8
DCPS Dual Enrollment Program with FSCJ At a Glance 2010-2011 Participating Students 2,622 Course Registrations 5,133 Credit Hours Earned 15,049 % Course Registrations on High School Campus 65% % Course Registrations on College Campus 35% % Courses Passed with Grade of C or Better 95% Top 3 Course Registrations SLS 1103 Strategies for Success in College, Careers, Life ENC 1101 English Composition I MAC 1105 College Algebra Source: (FSCJ, August 2011). Dual Enrollment Program 2010-11 Statistical Reports 9
FSCJ Unduplicated Dual Enrollment Student Count, 2006-2011 4000 3819 3000 3103 2267 2622 2000 1752 1585 1986 1000 1431 1079 862 0 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 DCPS Total FSCJ Source: (FSCJ, August 2011). Dual Enrollment Program 2010-11 Statistical Reports 10
Top 5 Dual Enrollment Programs for 2010-2011 School /Program Students (Unduplicated) Credits Earned Course Titles % Courses Grade C + Duncan Fletcher 268 2,791 53 95% Early College at Robert E. Lee 206 2,522 94 91% Sandalwood 326 1,330 48 90% First Coast 247 1,295 49 96% Early College at Jean Ribault 108 1,063 43 90% Source: (FSCJ, August 2011). Dual Enrollment Program 2010-11 Statistical Reports 11
Demographics: Top 5 DE Programs School /Program %Black %White Enrollment % Free Reduced Lunch Duncan Fletcher 18% 71% 2,238 28% Early College at Robert E. Lee 64% 23% 1,709 59% Sandalwood 32% 43% 3,074 42% First Coast 54% 37% 2,083 44% Early College at Jean Ribault 95% 3% 972 69% Source: DCPS Instructional Research & Accountability December 7, 2011 12
Take Aways for Top 5 DE Programs Schools with low enrollment and/or large numbers of low socio-economic students, like Lee and Ribault would not have made the Top 5 List without the Early College Program The district s ability to understand trends and implement new programs affords underserved populations access to courses not offered at their schools 13
Significant Concurrent Enrollment Fletcher High School 2010-2011 FRE 1120 Beginning French I SPN 1120 Beginning Spanish I FRE 1121 Beginning French II SPN 1121 Beginning Spanish II FRE 2200 Intermediate French I SPN 2200 Intermediate Spanish I FRE 2201 Intermediate French II SPN 2201 Intermediate Spanish II ENC 1101 English Composition I LIT 2000 Introduction to Literature HUM 2210 Humanities: The Foundations HUM 2230 Humanities: Cultures 15 th to 20 th Century MAC 1105 College Algebra MGF 1106 Topics in College Mathematics CHM 2045C General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis GLY 1010C Physical Geology and Laboratory OCB 2000C Fundamentals of Marine Biology OCE 2001 Survey of Oceanography 14
45 Early College AA-Degrees Earned 2007-2011 36 38 40 27 29 18 9 11 8 10 11 9 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Robert E. Lee Jean Ribault Note: Inaugural cohort graduation for Early College Students at Englewood and Sandalwood is 2012-13. 15
Programmatic Challenges Need to increase participation for traditionally underrepresented students and African-American males Eligibility requirements Persistent mindsets regarding who should be eligible and/or informed Schools with few or no teachers able to be credentialed District policies that prevented students from leaving school during the school day State/District budget shortfall affecting state textbook allocation; reducing district/individual school budgets 16
Meeting the Challenges Implemented Early College Programs in challenged schools FSCJ and DCPS partnered to offer Pilot program: waive eligibility requirements for SLS 1103 - juniors and seniors has increased college-going culture Quadrant Meetings - School Staff; Community Events Community/Parents/Students to increase awareness of all accelerated mechanisms Relaxed district policies allowing students to take college courses at FSCJ or UNF during school day Implemented course limits 3-3-2 model; asked sustained Early College Programs to provide funding for books 17