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Advancing College Success in Healthcare: The Rural Secondary Teachers' Alliance Approach

Explore how the Rural Health Alliance supports high school health academies in North Central Florida through collaboration with employers, colleges, and community organizations to prepare students for nursing and allied health professions. Learn about the alliance's achievements, teacher training programs, and innovative strategies to enhance post-secondary options for rural students.

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Advancing College Success in Healthcare: The Rural Secondary Teachers' Alliance Approach

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  1. A Rural Secondary Teachers’ Alliance Encourages Success in College Health-Care ProgramsHow Did We Plug Them into a Support Network?

  2. Presentation Outline What is the RHA? What Brings Us All Together? How Did We Develop It? What’s a Typical Institute Like? What Have We Accomplished? Where Do We Go from Here?

  3. Who Is the Rural Healthcare Alliance? Santa Fe College High School Academies Healthcare Industry

  4. Who Are We - Where Is the RHA North Central Florida (100’s) (13) We started with: • Healthcare Employers (8) • Community Colleges (3) • High Schools (8) • Universities (2) • Community Organizations (Heart of Florida)

  5. Communities brought together by a DOL grant Goal: Increase number of qualified professionals to fill Nursing & Allied Health vacancies in the Heart of Florida Focus: Support Rural High School Health Academies Result: Better prepared students

  6. What have we tried? Technology Access Networking Curriculum Support

  7. RHA Teachers’ Institute a Typical Experience

  8. What is the Teachers’ Institute Today? With a little help from our friends (Perkins Initiatives)

  9. Who Comes to the RHA Teachers’ Institute

  10. Accomplishments Networking with rural academies Expanded offerings with the academies Increased Post-secondary options

  11. Evaluating the RHA Teachers’ Institute Then (in 2006 , 2007 and 2008)

  12. Evaluating the RHA Teachers’ Institute Now (2010 and 2011)

  13. What’s new? Pre-testing High School Instructor Coaching Re-writing Exams

  14. Analysis of Success? Health Cores College Courses Introduction to Health Care (3.0 cr hrs) Medical Terminology(3.0 cr hrs) College Sciences Courses Human Anatomy & Physiology (4.0 cr hrs) Elements of Chemistry (4.0 cr hrs)

  15. Questions?

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