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Preparing Students for College Success

Preparing Students for College Success. Westbrook High School Celebrating 50 years of teaching and learning. Dual Enrollment The Missing Link to College Readiness. Principal Leadership – March 2010 - Joni Swanson

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Preparing Students for College Success

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  1. Preparing Students for College Success Westbrook High School Celebrating 50 years ofteaching and learning

  2. Dual EnrollmentThe Missing Link to College Readiness • Principal Leadership – March 2010 - Joni Swanson • Students who participated in dual enrollment programs were 11% more likely to persist through the second year of college and 12% more likely to enter college within seven months of high school graduation • . . . And who completed 20 or more credits in the first year of college were 28% more likely to persist through the second year in college

  3. WHS Programming • Guidance College Night • Scholarship Programs • Parent Workshops • Morning, Afternoon, Evening • Scholarship Workshops • Morning, Afternoon • Notary Services Available

  4. WHS Programming • College Fairs • College Night Programming • Naviance • SAT & PSAT vs. ACT & PLAN

  5. SAT Preparation • In conjunction with CAPT • Embedded SAT Preparation in Mathematics Courses • Analyzing curriculum for connections (and disconnects) to SAT • Testing students in Alg 1, Geometry, Alg 2 with related SAT test items • Analyzing data to determine strengths and weaknesses of individual students and groups • Teacher training on SAT formats and strategies • Resources for teachers to use in the classroom with units that relate to particular items on the SAT

  6. WHS UConn ECE Courses • English 110 Seminar in Academic Writing 4 • French 267 French Language & Culture 3 • French 268 Writing in French  3 • Spanish 278 Intermediate Spanish Composition 3 • Spanish 279 Spanish Conversation: Cultural topics 3 • HDFS 190 Individual & Family Development 3 • Math 1125Q Calculus 1a 3 • Math 1126Q Calculus 1b 3 • Statistics 100V   Introduction to Statistics 4 • Physics 121Q     General Physics 1 4 • Physics 122Q      General Physics 2 4 • History 1502 US Hist. Since 1877 3 • Art 1030 Drawing 1 3

  7. WHS UConn ECE Course Offerings

  8. WHS UConn ECE Course Enrollments

  9. CT Legislative action this May • AP Courses Mandated • Do Dual Enrollment Programs count? • 4 years of Math for every student • Alg 1, Geometry, Alg 2 or Prob & Stat Required • What structures will we need to put in place at the MS and HS levels to accomplish this? • These requirements (and more!) will affect students entering 5th grade next year.

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