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• David Dugger
• Executive Director

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Do not confine your children to your learning,
for they were born in a different time. Hebrew
Proverb
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Staff

• Mr. David Dugger, Executive Director
• Mr. Randall Cooper, Director of Operations
• Mr. Keith Kellman, Mathematics faculty member and
  CORE Advisor
• Dr. Pete Sutherland, Science faculty member and
  CORE Advisor
• Mr. Ryan Hyde, English
• Ms. Amber Bishop, Social Studies
• Ms. Angela Means, Student Support
• Dr. Alexandra Krikos, Student Support

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What are early college high schools and middle
colleges?

• Early College High School and Middle Colleges
  are
• small high schools with no more than 500 students
  that emphasize personalized learning
• schools where students graduate with a high
  school diploma and college credits
• schools where students attain academic/strategic
  learner, life management and entry level job
  skills
• schools designed to prepare students for the
  world beyond high school

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What is the Early College Alliance?

• County wide educational consortium program
• ECA _at_ EMU students remains connected to
  district while participating in the program
• Students can participate in all district
  curricular and extra-curricular activities
• Students will receive a high school diploma from
  the district, certificate of completion from the
  ECA and an official transcript from EMU
• The word Alliance is important!
• A collaborative and cooperative educational
  partnership between local school districts, WISD
  and Eastern Michigan University

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ECA _at_ EMU Education and Community Partners

• Washtenaw Intermediate School District
• Eastern Michigan University
• Lincoln Consolidated Schools
• Ypsilanti Public Schools
• Whitmore Lake Public Schools
• Milan Public Schools
• University of Michigan Health System
• St. Joseph Mercy Health System
• Ypsilanti Chamber of Commerce
• Michigan Works! (Workforce Development Board)

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What makes theECA _at_ EMU unique?

• Educational collaborative designed to work within
  the system, as opposed to it
• Students remain eligible to participate in all
  district curricular and extracurricular
  activities
• District retains FTE and of the Foundation
  Allowance
• Local school districts, WISD and EMU work
  collaboratively to staff, provide oversight and
  develop the program

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ECA Governance Structure
W. Lake
ECA Superintendent Oversight Group
Ypsilanti
ECA Executive Director
EMU Health Medicine CHHS
EMU Business College of Business
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Graduate ECA/LEA
Early College Alliance - Allied Health and
Medicine Strand

• Personalized learning mentoring
• Life management skills and job readiness skills
• High school core academics and post-secondary
  course work delivered by ECA and EMU faculty
• Employment readiness skills/work place learning

Feedback loop
Feedback loop
Local Districts
Gateway Activities/Assessment

• Summer Program for students going into ECHS

9-10

• Skill strengthening opportunities (summer,
  in-school, after-school

Gateway Activities/Assessment
6-8

• Skill strengthening opportunities (summer,
  in-school, after-school)

Pre K-5

• Skill strengthening opportunities (summer,
  in-school, after-school)

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Who can attend the ECA?

• Students who are currently 9th or 10th graders
• Students must be enrolled in one of the ECA
  districts to attend the program
• Current non-public school students will be
  required to demonstrate 9th grade proficiency in
  mathematics and English composition
• No skill limitations
• Minimum Age 13 years of age

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Why would a student choose toattend the ECA?

• A chance to earn college credit while in high
  school in the areas of math, science, health,
  medicine, technology and business
• Exposure to college and college expectations
• Jump start on college and career
• Financial security
• Annual Income by degree earned 2003 - U.S. Dept.
  Labor
• High School Diploma 36,835
• 2 Year Degree 51,970
• 4 Year Degree 68,728
• Masters Degree 78,541

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Inside the box education
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Outside the box education
Educational Focus
Skill Building
Credit Gathering External Control Magical
Thinking Intellectual Wandering
Internal Control
Realistic Thinking
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What We Believe

• Current educational practice developed for the
  industrialized age, not the 21st century
• The systemic nature, or status quo of our current
  educational system is contrary to what we
  actually know about how people learn
• Many high school students are capable of
  performing at college level and beyond
• Effective, high performing educational programs
  focus on both structural and instructional
  changes
• All students can succeed if they choose to learn
  how to become strategic learners

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What we do know

• High school students who take college classes
  while in high school have higher rates of success
  in college compared to those who dont, or who
  take IB or AP
• Students who are required to take developmental
  courses in college are more likely to drop out of
  college than graduate
• 1 of every 3 students is required to take
  developmental courses in college
• 3 or more developmental courses in college - 1 in
  10 chance of graduating

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ECA is Non-Time Centric
Todays practices different standards for
different students and promotion by age and grade
according to the calendar-are a hoax, cruel
deceptions of both the students and society.
Time, the missing element in the school reform
debate, is also the overlooked solution to the
standards problem. Holding all students to the
same high standards means that some students will
need more time, just as some require less.
Standards are then not a barrier to success but a
mark of accomplishment. Used wisely and well,
time can be the academic equalizer. (Prisoners of
Time, National Education Commission on Time and
Learning, 1994)
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Non-Time Centric Principles of Domain Learning
Required Post-secondary Skill Level
Perceived Reality
Skill Level
Reality
Domain Learning
Fundamentals
Time (Grade Pre K 12)
Grade 12
Pre-K
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Understanding the ECA _at_ EMU Process
EMU Coursework
ECA and EMU Coursework
ECA Transitions Skill Building
CORE Advisor - ECA _at_ EMU
1st Year
Graduates
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What Do We Do? The 3 Rs

• Relationships
• Counsel - Oversight - Resource - Educate
• CORE Advisor a connection between the student,
  staff, school and parent
• Relevance
• Individualize the educational experience to
  create successful strategic learners, as opposed
  to students who go to school
• Rigor
• Transition high school aged students to college
  credit course work through personalized learning
  with high academic and behavioral expectations

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How Do We Do It? The 5 Basics

• Life Management Soft skills
• Social Intelligence
• Academic fundamentals
• CORE Advisors
• Academic focus at post-secondary level and beyond
• EMU resources and environment

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Life Management Soft Skills

• Attendance
• No excused absences documented, but never
  excused
• Preparation
• Are you ready to learn?
• Follow Through
• Take ownership for your education
• Communication
• Are you advocating for yourself, or are you
  whining?
• Responsibility
• Everything is your fault!

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ECA Academic Program

• Extremely high expectations for all (students,
  parents, administrative staff and faculty)
• Skills based
• Academic Fundamentals
• College entry skills (Social, Emotional,
  Academic)
• Block scheduling (4 classes, 5 days a week, 7.5
  hrs instruction per week, per subject)
• Low class sizes approx. 20 to 1 ratio
• Curriculum aligned with 1st year 100-level
  courses skill based education, not credit based
  education
• College expectations
• No extra credit, no late work, no make-up work
  and no excused absences

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Coach / Mentors (CORE) The key piece of the
puzzle

• Each student has the same mentor, advisor,
  significant adult from admission to graduation
• Personalized Learning Plans
• Liaison to EMU faculty, administration and
  program advisors
• Tracks performance and provides feedback to
  parents
• Primary point of contact for each parent

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Students take ownership for their learning

• Students learn to understand themselves as
  learners and as a people
• Students learn to align their academic goals with
  their strengths, weaknesses and desires
• Student learn to accept what it means to be
  responsible for their actions
• Students learn to explore multiple career
  pathways
• Students learn about educational and career
  laddering

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Exceptional EMU Resources

• Diversity Age, race and ethnicity
• College level academics
• Realistic connection to the world beyond high
  school
• Access to technology
• Access to counseling, support and tutoring
  services
• Access to EMU activities, sports and clubs
• Access to EMU advisors
• Full immersion into the college environment

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English Mathematics Science Social Studies Electives
S1 9th Eng. 9 (.5) Algebra I (.5) Earth Sci (.5) US History (.5) P.E. (.5)
S2 9th Eng 9 (.5) Algebra I (.5) Earth Sci (.5) US History (.5) P.E. (.5)
S1 10th Eng 10 (.5) Geometry (.5) Biology (.5) Civics (.5) Appl. Arts (.5)
S2 10th Eng 10 (.5) Geometry (.5) Biology (.5) ???? (.5) Appl Arts (.5)
Multiple Assessments gt Personalized Learning And Personalized Learning Plans Multiple Assessments gt Personalized Learning And Personalized Learning Plans Multiple Assessments gt Personalized Learning And Personalized Learning Plans Multiple Assessments gt Personalized Learning And Personalized Learning Plans Multiple Assessments gt Personalized Learning And Personalized Learning Plans Multiple Assessments gt Personalized Learning And Personalized Learning Plans
S1 ECA Fall ECA Eng (.75) ECA Math (.75) ECA Sci (.75) ECA SS (.75) Including Online Exp. No Class
S2 ECA Winter A1 - EMU Eng 120 Comp I (1.0) Grade gt C ECA Math (.75) A2 EMU BIOL 110 Int. Biology (1.0) Grade gtC ECA SS (.75) No Class
S3 ECA Spring A1 - EMU Eng 121 Comp II (1.0) Grade gt C No Class No Class No Class A1- EMU COSC 105 Computing and Social Resp
S4 ECA Fall A1 EMU CTAS 121 or 124 Fund of Speech EMU MATH 105 College Alg (1.0) Grade gt C A2 EMU Gen. Chem. I 121/122 A3 EMU HIST 109 World Hist (1.0) Grade gt C Flex
S5 ECA Winter A4 EMU LITR 100 Gen. Literature Flex Add. Req -EMU Gen. Chem. II w/ lab CHEM 123/124 A3 EMU PLSC 112 Am. Gov. (1.0) Grade gtC A3 EMU GEOG 110 World Regions (1.0) Grade gtC
S6 ECA Spring A3 EMU AAS 101 Int. Af. Am Studies No Class No Class No Class A2 EMU PSY 101 Gen Psych
S7 ECA Fall Flex A1 EMU Math 119 App. Calculus (1.0) Grade gtC Add. Req. EMU Survey Organic Chem. w/ lab CHEM 270/271 A3 EMU Macro Econ 201 (1.0) Grade gt C A4 EMU PHIL 120 Int. Crit. Reasoning
S8 ECA Winter A4 EMU LITR 101 Lit. Fiction Flex Add Req. EMU Fnd. Bio Chem CHEM 351 Flex A4 EMU DANC 102 Modern Dance
S9 ECA Spring Flex No Class No Class No Class Flex
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Early College Alliance -Timelines

• January 22nd, 2008
• Enrollment process begins
• of ECA slots determined by district population
• Multiple Assessments
• Only 100 complete enrollment packets accepted
• Enrollment packets online, or available at ECA
  District High Schools
• April 2008 Fall 2008 cohort selected
• Lottery?
• May - June 2008
• Intake meetings
• June - August
• Skills development sessions at EMU

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Early College Alliance
Education for the 21st Century

• Early College Alliance
• Eastern Michigan University
• Ypsilanti, MI 48197
• www.earlycollegealliance.org
• [phone]
• ecamail_at_wash.k12.mi.us