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

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© 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

OHIO APPALACHIAN COLLABORATIVE Paving a Pathway for Rural Education

© 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

© 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

© 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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High Level Project Accomplishments  Dual Enrollment Student Participation = 1, = 2,417  Dual Enrollment Courses = = 236  Dual Enrollment Credentialed Teachers = = 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

© 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

© 2015, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Dual EnrollmentStudents enrolled in Dual enrollment ,417 Dual Enrollment Credits Earned ,669 Value of credit earned 2015 $2,967,501 College and Career ReadinessACT Participation rate % Percent of Graduates Earning Remediation-Free ACT Score % Percent of Graduates Earning Industry Credential % Increasing CapacityNumber of dual enrollment teachers Number of teachers in the pipeline to be credentialed Number of regional IHE partners College and BeyondPercentage of graduates enrolled in Ohio public IHEs in developmental math and English % 2-year Ohio Public Community College Enrollment % 4-year Ohio Public College/ University enrollment % 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

CCR ROADMAP

© 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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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.

© 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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STRATEGIC PLAN

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