1. George Laskaris New Jersey Higher Education Network

2. Is that an Oxymoron ??

3. Little history of HE/K-12 collaboration and dialog at the highest levels of governance Lack of statewide interoperability standards for K-12 Local school boards have a long history of “home rule” politics which deters efforts to promote collaboration K-12 teachers overloaded with new re- certification requirements

4. HE faculty are reluctant to get involved without $$ and staffing assistance HE faculty are frequently impatient with the level of startup effort in dealing with K-12 Few mechanisms & incentives in place to educate K-12 teachers about the wealth of content resources available from HE

5. Working through HE programs focused on teacher preparation & development Federal & state grant programs providing resources to “jointly” develop standards- aligned curriculum programs Coordinated regional support centers that bring together HE, K-12 schools and technology providers to promote teacher prep, professional development and curriculum development

6. One program provides teams of 2 teachers, 12 days of hands-on professional development, plus a full day symposium on network apps designed for teachers. Over 80 schools have participated and the teams receive materials to deliver in-service workshops to their colleagues. Research-based programs where HE faculty and K-12 teachers collaborate in studying learning outcomes & assessment

7. Making content resources developed for HE available on the network with little education and support for K-12 Trying to take successful “locally designed” community based programs and scale them beyond the local relationships that created them. Attempting to implement state-wide programs that conflict with local school board politics and compete for local resources

8. Those strategies that have been successful are labor intensive, expensive and take time Still haven’t resolved many of the barriers dealing with governance structures and home rule politics Need new strategies and approaches for improving dialog and collaboration