Middle College Magic

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Middle College Magic

• Middle College High School
• at
• San Bernardino Valley College

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Structure of Presentation

• History of Program
• Demographic contest
• Presentation of Data
• Qualitative
• Student surveys
• Faculty surveys
• Quantitative
• Grade comparison with students in the general
  student population
• Test score comparison with other high schools in
  the state.

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What is the Middle College

• Concept was initiated in New York in 199?
• Collaborative partnership between community
  college and high school district
• San Bernardino Valley College and San Bernardino
  City Schools started the MCHS Program at Valley
  College in Fall of 2001.

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Types of HS Students who Attend SBVC

• Any HS student with a GPA of 2.7 or higher
• Early College Program
• (includes 9th graders who do not attend college
  courses but who take HS classes only with other
  early college students)
• Other programs
• Only high achieving students bused in for part of
  the day

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Educational Demographics of the San Bernardino
Area

• Community close to the school has a high drop-out
  rate.
• High percentage of population who have never
  attended college
• Low college going rate
• Low-income
• Link to map

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Faculty Resistance

• Initial resistance from the faculty took 3 forms
• SBVC is located in a low income area with a
  student population with a high need for basic
  skills. Admitting high school student
  (especially underperforming students) is taking
  us in the wrong directionthe goal is to be less
  like a high school not more like a high school.
• High school aged girls are vulnerable to older
  boys
• Discomfort with the prospect of parental
  involvement

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The MCHS Program at SBVC

• SBVC MCHS started in Fall 2001 with 75 students.
• Students could only be admitted if they met the
  following criteria
• 10th grade
• Student enrolled in one of the High Schools in
  the San Bernardino City Unified District
• Reasonable flexible social criteria

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Changes in Selection Criteria

• First year Criteria
• Low income
• Ethnic minority (under-represented group)
• First generation
• ESL
• SAT9 50th ile and lower than average GPA
• Second year
• 5 of the students were high achievers

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Structure of Program

• Morning
• Classes with high school teachers
• Afternoon / Evening
• Classes with college faculty
• No parental contact with college faculty
• All parental interaction is limited the MCHS
  teachers and administrators
• Parents participate in an orientation with
  district and SBVC adminstrators

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Problems that Emerged

• Money
• High school students cant be required to pay for
  books.
• Colleges do not buy books for students
• SBVC benefits for the FTES
• The HS . Loses part of their enrollment while
  they are required to purchase the books

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Pass-rate Comparison with SBVC Students in the
General Student Population

• Link to file

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SBVC Middle College Students Compared to other HS
Students

• SAT-9
• CAHSEE
• AYP
• English composition
• English language
• Math

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Student Survey Results

• Important to be around other students of high
  school age
• Would like more activities
• Dances
• Yearbook

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Faculty Survey Results
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GPA Comparison
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Comparison of Number of
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Comparison of W Grades