Community College of Beaver County CCBC STEM Academy: A High-Potential Model for Dual Enrollment Jodi Greco Carver Community College of Beaver County

Beaver County, Pennsylvania 2010 Census: Population- 170,500 2014 Poverty Rate- 11.7% 17 public and private high schools in the county Beaver County Distress Score – 27.3: Based on unemployment, high school diplomas, income stats – In 2nd tier out of 5 (comfortable) Beaver County ranks 39/67 in health rating in Pennsylvania Unemployment rates- Dec. 2015 (5.5%); Dec. 2016 (5.6%): Dec. 2017 (4.9%) The U.S. unemployment rate in Dec. 2017 was 4.1% SHELL Global building Ethane Cracker plant which takes ethane from the Marcellus and Utica shales and turns it into the building blocks of many types of plastics. Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County CCBC transforms lives through personalized education, dynamic partnerships, and high impact practices. The college has an annual enrollment of 6,000 credit and non-credit students. CCBC is an Achieving the Dream Leader College and offers 75 degree, certificate and diploma programs, hundreds of Continuing Education and Workforce Development programs, seamless transfer to a wide variety of baccalaureate and graduate institutions, and a nationally distinctive high-school academy program.  Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County Academy Model Spend 1.5 hours studying at CCBC each school day. Study with like-minded students from many school districts. Receive up to 28 college credits if you spend junior and senior years in an Academy. Train in a high-demand career field. Receive text books for free. Financed: Pell-Grants, scholarships, school district sponsored, student responsibility. Community College of Beaver County

Dual Enrollment PELL Experiment Community College of Beaver County

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Community College of Beaver County Academy Videos Aviation Academy: https://youtu.be/icRxxbxD6CU Health Academy: https://youtu.be/4KJLFmYBses Community College of Beaver County

Retention from Spring 2017 to Fall 2017 Aviation Health Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County Student GPA’s Average Term GPA for Academic year 2016-2017 All credit students 2.66 Aviation Academy (Chippewa) 3.27 Aviation Academy (Parkway West) 3.44 Health Academy 2.54 Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County Imagining STEM at CCBC Introduced Fall 2017 Community College of Beaver County

One Academy: Two Tracks Engineering Process Technology Coming Fall 2019: Coding

What Is Process Technology? https://youtu.be/USne6TBtIYg Community College of Beaver County

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Community College of Beaver County Students Total students: 15 High schools: 6 Seniors: 6 Juniors: 9 Engineers: 9 Process-Tech: 6 Returning Seniors: 4 Returning Juniors: 9 Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County Initiatives Academy “Champion” Model Early Intervention Group Registration Daily Attendance – Reporting to Schools Titan Transition Course – Creates Cohort High-School Celebration – Since May 2016 AIM for Future Fridays Recruiting Event Leadership Development Community College of Beaver County

Recruiting AIM FOR THE FUTURE

Community College of Beaver County Highlight Two STEM Academy students received SHELL scholarship to study Process Technology. Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County Challenges Enrollment- Smallest Academy Interest in STEM fields is low Reaching minorities and women Dealing with failing grades Student attendance issues Student Retention Cost-effective recruiting programs Early intervention for failing students High school students adjusting to college Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County Share your ideas Brainstorming Session Deep Dive into an Idea (time permitting) Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County Brainstorming Do not criticize any ideas Build on other’s ideas Quantity NOT Quality Look forward, not backward Write furiously Think Outlandishly Do not compare ideas Include Everyone NO bad ideas Don’t worry about executing ideas Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County Thank you You gave me your time, the most thoughtful gift of all. -Dan Zadra Jodi Carver jodi.carver@ccbc.edu Community College of Beaver County