BAY MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (BMCHS)

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BAY MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL(BMCHS)

• Status Report
• August 21, 2007

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Overview of BMCHS Project

• As written
• Strong career guidance grades 8-10
• Health occupations classes grades 11-12 half
  time HS/College during senior year. (50 students
  Fall 07)
• Full time college year 13
• Revised Plan
• Build on success of first year students
• Recruit students for expanded opportunities for
  second year
• Build the capacity for expansion to full
  middle/early college program in 3-5 years

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New Vision

• Focus efforts/resources 2007-2008 to
• Identify and recruit underserved students in the
  middle level grades.
• Educate middle level parents and students on
  career preparation and options for success.
• Model Bay Middle/Early College after successful
  Fitzharris Alternative High School programs.
• Use the foundation grant to fund the program.

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BMCHS Funding Mechanisms

• Existing
• Planning grant
• In kind from Bay College
• In kind from ISD
• Operations 2007-2008
• Planning Grant Carry Over (18K)
• OSF (3K)
• Community Foundation (4K)
• Pending
• Gordon Foods (9K)
• Plum Creek (9K)
• RGK Foundation (9K)
• Hannahville Indian Community (35K)

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New Vision

• Continue with planning grant one more year.
• Utilize carry-over and new grant funds to design
  a system to match the new vision.
• Continue to recruit additional partners who
  support the new vision. (Hannahville Indian
  Community).
• Take advantage of the current funding mechanism
  already in place to support the alternative
  education program. (Foundation Grant)

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Location of BMCHS - New Vision

• Fitzharris High School Wells, Michigan
• Local districts
• Bark River-Harris Schools-Harris
• Big Bay de Noc Schools-Cooks
• Escanaba Area Public Schools-Escanaba
• Gladstone Area Schools-Gladstone
• Manistique Area Schools- Manistique
• Mid-Peninsula Schools-Rock
• Rapid River Schools-Rapid River
• Nah Tah Wahsh PSA-Wilson

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Location of BMCHS

• Higher Education Partner
• Bay de Noc Community College-Escanaba
• Health Care Partners
• OSF St. Francis Hospital-Escanaba
• Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital-Manistique
• Marquette General Hospital/Doctors Park Family
  Physicians-Escanaba

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BMCHS Governance

• In place
• Partners committee
• BMC Principal/Coordinator
• To be determined
• Student involvement
• Parent involvement
• Consider National Consortium list

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Curriculum Development at BMCHS

• Progress
• Health Occupations I (Including MERSA Project and
  online components)
• Seminar aligned to allow for college credit
• Stress Reduction Class
• To be determined
• Second year course list and coordination with Bay
  College
• Curriculum design consistent with National
  Consortium

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BMCHS Student Support Services

• Seminar
• team building activities.
• strategies for college success.
• improvement of interpersonal skills/relationships.
  
• TRIO
• High School Support Network

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BMCHS Student and Faculty Recruitment

• Coordinator/principal in place.
• Secondary Staff - Focus recruitment and
  professional development on staff with high
  potential especially those successful in
  existing programs.
• College Faculty Expand recruitment of and focus
  professional development on staff with high
  interest and potential.

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Integration and Training of BMCHS Faculty and
Staff

• Staff
• State partnership network
• Mentorship
• Site visits Mott MC, Olive Harvey MC
• National Middle College Consortium Institute
• Faculty
• Curriculum Development Secondary and
  Post-Secondary.
• Project based learning.

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Professional Development at BMCHS

• Curriculum Symposium
• Site Visits (State Partners, Mott Middle College,
  Olive Harvey Middle College)
• National Consortium Institute
• Curriculum Development

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BMCHS projected numbers for Fall 2007
(original plan)

• Students
• Two groups of approximately 25 students-a morning
  and afternoon class- were to be enrolled in
  Health Occupations I.
• Teachers
• Health Occupations-2 Secondary
• Seminar 1 BMC Staff Member
• Stress Management 1 Bay College Instructor
• Support Staff
• 1 half-time project assistant

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BMCHS New Vision

• No students will be enrolled in fall 07
• Focus efforts and resources to ensure success of
  new vision in 2008 2009.
• Improve communication, commitment and involvement
  of partners.
• Build on renewed interest and support expressed
  by 100 of LEA Superintendents and Bay College
  President

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Coordination of Schedules at BMCHS

• Original plan - utilize existing DSISD Schedule
  with morning and afternoon release of students
  from home schools to attend BMCHS.
• There were many roadblocks when attempting to
  coordinate the Bay College courses with schedules
  from (8) different school districts located in
  two counties.
• Trimesters vs. Two Semesters
• 167 day schedules vs. 180 day schedules
• Four Day Weeks vs. 5 Day Weeks

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Student Transportation Issues at BMCHS

• Initial plan
• Utilize existing infrastructure between LEA and
  ISD.
• Supplemental transportation via local public
  bussing system (DATA).
• Student personal transportation to/from clinical
  sites.
• New Vision
• Location near/on Bay College campus relieves many
  transportation problems

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BMCHS Public Relations

• Curriculum symposium January 12, 2007
• Meetings
• local civic organizations
• superintendents/principals
• area high school counselors
• Local Media
• Television
• College Paper - Bay Beacon
• Newspapers Escanaba and Manistique
• Parent nights
• Telephone conversations w/local parents
• Letters to local school board members

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BMCHS Successes

• Partnerships were established.
• Schools/Health Care Providers/Community
  Organizations
• Parents
• Relationships between K-12 and Community College
  have been strengthened.
• Networks were established. (Mentor, other Middle
  Colleges (Michigan and others), National
  Consortium.

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BMCHS Challenges

• Short time frame from inception to implementation
  limited chances for thoughtful dialog between
  partners.
• Less than full planning grant funding limited
  time/personnel available.
• Education/Understanding/Communication of MC
  concept was difficult.
• Changes of key personnel limited continuity.
• Because of above items, commitment to the project
  (especially by the local administrators) was not
  complete.

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Three Lessons Learned at BMCHS

• This is a major project. Time must be allotted to
  consider options and choose the one that best
  fits your circumstances.
• You need to have the commitment and support of
  administrators (ISD and LEA superintendents,
  college president) throughout the entire process
  to be successful.
• Key decision makers need to be directly involved
  with the framework design of the project in order
  to have their support.

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Our advice to new grantees

• Listen to and make note of the pitfalls the past
  grantees experienced and try to avoid these
  problems.
• Keep an open mind. Investigate and consider
  options. The concept that will work in your
  community may not be any of the designs currently
  in practice.
• Communicate, Communicate, Communicate!