Central Educational Center Charter School Dissemination Initiative Russ Moore, CEO Newnan, Georgia

CEC (What is It?) Mission: To ensure a viable 21st century workforce

What Is CEC? Joint Venture Partnership –Business and Industry –Coweta County Schools –West Central Technical College Charter School Not-for-Profit Corporation Center for Lifelong Learning SEAMLESS! National Model High School

Seamless Education Academics CTE High School College Education Business

What Does CEC Do? Academics and Career/Technical –Dual-enrollment with Technical College –Articulation with Higher Education –GED/Adult Literacy –Evening High School –Evening Technical College Continuing Education Customized Corporate Training Community Events

Dual-Enrollment Programs Basic and Advanced Dental Assisting CAD – Mechanical and Architectural Certified Manufacturing Specialist Certified Customer Service Specialist Child Development Associate Computer Repair Technician Website Fundamentals Patient Care Assistant and Technician Gas Metal Arc Welding Shielded Metal Arc Welding Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Machine Operator and Machining Lathe Operator and Mill Operator Basic and Advanced Culinary Services

Why CEC? U.S. Senate Committee: Health, Education, Labor and Pensions U.S. House Committee: Education and the Workforce Why CEC? Workforce Development

Required Education Levels % 65% 15% Training Beyond High School High School Diploma or Less College Degree(s)

Required Education Levels % 10% 70% Training Beyond High School High School Diploma or Less College Degree(s)

Required Education Levels % 80% Training Beyond High School College Degree(s)

Instructional Design

PERFORMANCE-BASED content (not subject-based only) Design Principles

Instructional CONTENT Post-secondary PERFORMANCE Job & Organization ECONOMIC SUCCESS Design Principles

Performance-based content HIGH EXPECTATIONS & ACCOUNTABILITY –All students can learn –MOST to a high level –We tend to obtain what we measure Design Principles

THIS? F D C B A OR THIS? F D C B A We should EXPECT…

Performance-based content High Expectations & Accountability Precision Design HIGH LEVEL SIMULATION = TRANSFER Design Principles

Work Ethic Grade Attendance Character Teamwork Appearance Attitude Productivity Organizational skills Communication Cooperation Respect

Business Model –CEO and Board of Directors –6 of 17 directors from business Curriculum design –11 advisory boards Work-Based Learning –185 business partners –470 work-based team members –“connected electives” (no early release) Business Interaction

One company –$75 million local impact –Facility expansion –300 new jobs –Caused $50,000 in private support for school Economic Development

Dual-Enrollment –559 students –Earned 657 college certificates BEFORE getting HS diploma –98% graduation rate –100% placement rate Post-secondary Job for which they are trained Workforce Development

HS Graduation Test –“1 st time pass rate” improvement for “economically disadvantaged” Writing +4% Language +7% Math +15% Social Studies+18% Science +19% SAT scores –County average up 33 points “Traditional” Measures

Enrollment doubled –650 in 2000 –1450 in 2003 Majority of county seniors enrolled voluntarily Dropout Rate - 42% improvement –8.6% in 2000 –5.0% in 2003 “Traditional” Measures

Student Satisfaction (Scale of 1-5) CEC 4.19 (25% ) Other HS 3.36 Conclusion: Curriculum is RELEVANT Source: National Study of School Evaluation, 2004 “Traditional” Measures

Steering committee Partnership Blend academics and CTE Produce accomplished citizens Develop work ethic Meet community/employer needs Technical certificates Articulation and dual enrollment Performance-based instruction Raise expectations Collect and monitor data Hire CEO High-quality facility Charter school status Essential Elements

Raise test scores Graduate more students Place more graduates Lower unemployment Improve workforce Attract higher education Attract more/better industry Reduce drop-out rate Results

CEC Faculty Like Coweta County Did!

Questions? Russ Moore Central Educational Center (678)