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Ramp-Up to Readiness™

Ramp-Up to Readiness™. Information Session. University of Minnesota Rochester Tuesday, February 21, 2012. The University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium. FDIJGATJQN. FDIJGATJQN. When I say the word college it includes:. Our Agenda Today.

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Ramp-Up to Readiness™

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  1. Ramp-Up to Readiness™ Information Session University of Minnesota Rochester Tuesday, February 21, 2012

  2. The University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium

  3. FDIJGATJQN

  4. FDIJGATJQN

  5. When I say the word collegeit includes:

  6. Our Agenda Today • Four Students Discussion: What makes a student really ready? • The Reasons for Ramp-Up: The economic and educational arguments for preparing all students for postsecondary success • Ramp-Up Overview: What exactly are we considering doing? • Conclusion: Let’s be honest, can we really add another thing to our plate?

  7. Voices of Four Real College Students Your task: Choose the student you are most concerned will not succeed in college given what we know about his or her readiness for postsecondary education.

  8. Jenn: “I had a chemistry class my first quarter here…and I was in that class with a lot of people who knew the material. They were like, ‘Wow! This was easy. Why don’t you know this?” And I felt like I was dumb. And I knew I wasn’t. I worked so hard for a C in college when in high school I was in AP Chemistry and I got straight A’s…So it’s like I’m trying to catch up and it’s hard. I wish someone would have pushed me more….” Source: “College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First-Generation Urban College Students,” M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

  9. JB: “ Writing in college has been one of the most difficult things I have ever experienced. I would definitely change my curriculum back in high school to have the chance to do more writing and writing about topics that are more academic….I spent three years in ESL where we didn’t do as much writing…writing little essays, not a big research paper. Last semester I had to write three research papers. One was 20 pages, one was 15 pages, and one was 12 pages. They were all due back to back.” Source: “College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First-Generation Urban College Students,” M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

  10. Terra: “A lot of kids in high school, when they don’t understand something, they go straight to their teacher and ask for help….But if you automatically go to the teacher and they give you the answer, when you hit college, you’re going to want the answer and go to your professor, and they’re just going to look at you and tell you to go find the answer.” Source: “College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First-Generation Urban College Students,” M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

  11. Robert: “ Time management is probably the hardest to get used to. You’re used to someone waking you. You are used to being reminded and constantly told about different stuff that now you have to do on your own. I think that’s the hardest part. Taking over from someone already having that structure for you and now you have to be functional for your own self.” Source: “College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First-Generation Urban College Students,” M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

  12. Voices of Four Real College Students • Jenn: Realizing that expectations for success in chemistry are higher in college than they were in high school • JB: Discovering that the quality and quantity of writing expected in college are greater than in high school, especially in ESL classes • Terra: Learning that college professors often expect students to find answers that some high school teachers provide for them • Robert: Struggling with time management and self-directed learning

  13. Our Agenda Today • Four Students Discussion: What makes a student really ready? • The Reasons for Ramp-Up: The economic and educational arguments for preparing all students for postsecondary success • Ramp-Up Overview: What exactly are we considering doing? • Conclusion: Let’s be honest, can we really add another thing to our plate?

  14. The economic argument for investing in readiness

  15. The Connection Between Education and Earnings Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey

  16. There are barriers that can’t be crossed… Source: 360° Center for Manufacturing and Applied Engineering, MN State Colleges and Universities

  17. The Educational Premium Will Increase Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, June 2010

  18. Percentage of jobs in 2018 that will require a postsecondary education Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, June 2010

  19. The 21st Century American Dream: Source: Ron Haskins, “Education and Economic Mobility” in Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America, edited by Julia Isaacs, Isabel Sawhill, and Ron Haskins (Washington, D.C.: Brookings-Pew Economic Mobility Project, 2008), p. 91-104

  20. Telephone Survey of 804 Minnesota Adults:October-December 2011 “There will always be plenty of ways for people with only a high school education to make a decent living in Minnesota.” • Strongly agree: 11% • Somewhat agree: 33% • Somewhat disagree: 34% • Strongly disagree: 22% Source: 2011 Minnesota State Survey, Minnesota Center for Survey Research

  21. Telephone Survey of 804 Minnesota Adults:October-December 2011 “The number one goal of high schools should be preparing almost all students to enter and succeed at some type of education after high school.” • Strongly agree: 55% • Somewhat agree: 34% • Somewhat disagree: 8% • Strongly disagree: 3% Source: 2011 Minnesota State Survey, Minnesota Center for Survey Research

  22. The educational argument for investing in readiness

  23. What is missing here?

  24. Economics 101: The Law of Supply and Demand

  25. High aspirations aren’t the problem Source: Education Week

  26. Survey Data on 4,000 Twin Cities Students 97% say they expect to attend college 97% say their families expect them to attend BUT… 75% say they don’t check homework for accuracy 67% say they don’t give up socializing for school work Source: Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, U of M, 2009

  27. Asking for Help: Whose Job Is It Anyway? 41% of students say they don’t ask for help when they don’t understand something BUT… 87.4% of staff in those students’ schools said that when students struggle with schoolwork, it is their responsibility to ask for help

  28. Our Agenda Today • Four Students Discussion: What makes a student really ready? • The Reasons for Ramp-Up: The economic and educational arguments for preparing all students for postsecondary success • Ramp-Up Overview: What exactly are we considering doing? • Conclusion: Let’s be honest, can we really add another thing to our plate?

  29. Where Ramp-Up Came From:

  30. How Ramp-Up Was Developed • Centennial Senior High, Circle Pines • Central Senior High, Saint Paul • Century Junior High, Forest Lake • Chaska Senior High, Chaska • Ellis Middle School, Austin • Forest Lake Senior High, Forest Lake • Forest Lake ALC, Forest Lake • Irondale High School, New Brighton • Metro Tech High, Minneapolis • Murray Junior High, Saint Paul • Olson Middle School, Minneapolis • Richfield Senior High, Richfield • Shakopee Senior High, Shakopee • South High School, Minneapolis • Southwest Junior High, Forest Lake • Twin Cities Academy, Saint Paul • Washington Tech Magnet, Saint Paul • Here’s what we learned...

  31. Not all students embrace academic rigor…

  32. Many students don’t know how to accesscollege

  33. Lots of students lack motivation…

  34. And persistence is a challenge for many…

  35. That led us to the design of Ramp-Up to Readiness™: Rigor + Access + Motivation + Persistence = READINESS

  36. And so students need a clearer road to their futures

  37. Where Ramp-Up Fits:

  38. The Structure of Ramp-Up

  39. The Ramp-Up Process

  40. But how can we provide personalized attention to all kids????!!! Ramp-Up and Technology

  41. An Emerging eFolio Option

  42. A Work in Progress:

  43. Let’s turn now to your penetrating questions

  44. Our Agenda Today • Four Students Discussion: What makes a student really ready? • The Reasons for Ramp-Up: The economic and educational arguments for preparing all students for postsecondary success • Ramp-Up Overview: What exactly are we considering doing? • Conclusion: Let’s be honest, can we really add another thing to our plate?

  45. Source: Andrew Collins, Associate Superintendent, Saint Paul Public Schools

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