1. THE OHIO APPALACHIAN COLLABORATIVE: PAVING A PATHWAY FOR RURAL EDUCATION Dr. Pamela Noeth – Director, Powerful Practices

2. © 2015, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Handouts  CCR Roadmap Planning Set  Lifting Students Out of Poverty  Marietta Strategic Plan

3. © 2015, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Inspiration: Connecting Education and Regional Prosperity

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5. © 2015, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved http://portal.battelleforkids.org/OAC/personalized-learning-pathways Name That Ohio Pathway Maker….

6. © 2015, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Maryland’s “Merchants of Hope” Insert Your Picture Here Frederick Douglass Harriet Tubman

7. © 2015, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Goals for today Participants will: Make connections between Eastern Shore of Maryland Educational Consortium and the Ohio Appalachian Collaborative Be able to identify strength growth areas from their Community Readiness Assessments Share with other districts to find out strengths and growth areas for the entire Consortium

8. OHIO APPALACHIAN COLLABORATIVE Paving a Pathway for Rural Education

9. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved The Ohio Appalachian Collaborative  21 Ohio Appalachian Collaborative Districts (27 districts) 20 traditional school districts 1 Career-Technical Center (2 campuses)  74 School Buildings (98 buildings)  2,066 Teachers (3,200 teachers)  34,000 Students (44,000 students) 50% Eligible for Free and Reduced-Price Lunch (52%) Data: ACT Access, ACT benchmark, Dual Enrollment Access Aspiration and Community Engagement

10. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved The “Why” of the OAC  Overall, 1 in 4 rural children live in poverty in the United States  Of the 50 United States counties with the highest child-poverty rates, 48 are rural  Rural 8th graders are 59% more likely than peers in large cities to use methamphetamines and 104% more likely to use any type of amphetamines

11. © 2015, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved GOALS OF THE OAC  Brain Drain/Brain Gain  Degree Attainment – Ohio is 39 th in the nation in degree attainment  The Valuable High School Diploma  Education to Workforce Pipeline  Career Pathways for Students

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13. High Level Project Accomplishments 2014-2015  Dual Enrollment Student Participation 2012-2013 = 1,308 2014-2015 = 2,417  Dual Enrollment Courses 2012-2013 = 41 2014-2015 = 236  Dual Enrollment Credentialed Teachers 2012-2013 = 82 2014-2015 = 156  OAC students have earned 12,699 hours of college credit  Nearly $3 million dollars in avoided tuition costs for our students and their families

14. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Project Accomplishments  Four model pathways were developed  Currently, 27 districts have loaded their dual enrollment courses into the OAC Shared Dual Enrollment Course Catalog system  The OAC Online Professional Learning Community, powered by Schoology, is in development and will be available in August, 2015  17 districts and approximately 185 classrooms now have capacity for blended learning (classroom and online learning), impacting 7,700 more students

15. © 2015, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Dual EnrollmentStudents enrolled in Dual enrollment 2015 2,417 Dual Enrollment Credits Earned 2015 12,669 Value of credit earned 2015 $2,967,501 College and Career ReadinessACT Participation rate 2013 54.8% Percent of Graduates Earning Remediation-Free ACT Score 2013 17.6% Percent of Graduates Earning Industry Credential 2013 12% Increasing CapacityNumber of dual enrollment teachers 2015 156 Number of teachers in the pipeline to be credentialed 2015 83 Number of regional IHE partners 2015 16 College and BeyondPercentage of graduates enrolled in Ohio public IHEs in developmental math and English 2013 43.6% 2-year Ohio Public Community College Enrollment 2013 11.8% 4-year Ohio Public College/ University enrollment 2013 18.1% Pathways  Arts & Communications  Health & Human Services  Business & Entrepreneurship  STEM Pathway Enrollment (grades 6-8) Available in 2016 Pathway Enrollment (grades 9-12) Available in 2016 Pathway Completion Available in 2017

16. CCR ROADMAP

17. © 2015, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Our CCR Journey – Oh, the Places We’ve Been  OAC Think Tank  Relevant Practice  National Research  Network Training – 3 years  Into the Future – LLC Workshops (SOAR), Straight A Coaching Guide Activity Guide Getting to the Finish Line Game

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19. 3 Drivers of CCR: Defining College & Career Readiness  Academic Preparation Academic knowledge students need for post-secondary success.  Accessibility Logistical aspects of CCR (financial, degree/career attainment, preparation for post-secondary success).  Aspiration Hope = Goal + Pathway Students making appropriate and informed choices for post-secondary success.

20. © 2015, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved STEP #1: Complete Assessment as a District Team: CCR Roadmap Activity Guide (pp. 6-9) STEP #2: Complete Guiding Questions (p. 10) STEP #3: Posterize – Strength & Growth Areas STEP #4: Gallery Walk: Take note of trends/commonalities in both Strength & Growth Areas COMMUNITY READINESS ASSESSMENT STEPS:

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22. STRATEGIC PLAN

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