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Planting the Seeds: Early Outreach Programming March 2008 AACRAO Annual Meeting Orlando Christine Kerlin Vice President for Enrollment Management Everett Community College [email protected]
Simple Demographics • Our bulge is in grades 1-5 right now. • We face diminishing and flattening high school graduates for a number of years after 2009.
Snohomish County Students in Grades, 2006-07 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1
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http://www.k12.wa.us/DataAdmin/pubdocs/p105/Oct06GradeP105.xls
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Dropout Rates Compound the Issue Fail to graduate on time: • African American: 11-15% • Asian/Pacific Islander: 8-16% • Caucasian: 18-25% • Hispanic: 23-42% • Native American: 48-61% Variation due to different schools
Growing Diversity An increasing proportion of students in the early grades have been typically under-represented (or at risk) in higher education. We need them to stay in school, prepare, and go to college. WA State
My County
73%
81%
64%
69%
Grade 12 Caucasian
Grade 2 Caucasian
Our Conclusion • Recruiting only Juniors and Seniors misses a large number of students. • Not only have some students dropped out, but many have tuned out, and many are not taking the right courses. • We decided to plant the seeds - early!
Several Programs “I Am Going to College” “Summer Science Camp” Elementary and Middle School visits The Middle School “Menu” Students of Color Career Conference
“I Am Going to College” Co-sponsored with NELA, Northwest Education Loan Association: – They provide a curriculum to the schools. – They provide funds for backpacks, T-Shirts, gifts, pizza. – They assist with preliminary organization.
The College: •Creates the agenda •Hosts the event •Makes the presentations •Handles publicity •Does follow-up
“I Am Going to College” • Hosted twice a year • About 80-150 kids each time • Usually two schools at each event • Teachers and parent aides accompany them; kids are brought by bus
“I Am Going to College” Sample activities: • • • • • • •
Welcome What is College? Preparing for College The Money Game Campus tour Going to “class” Lunch Short movie or speaker - a few times we brought the dolly llama ☺ •Graduation - earning a certificate of College Knowledge •Follow-up with letter to parents in the kids’ back-pack
The Money Game Taxes (15%) Rent (w/roommate) Food Utilities (elec. Phone…) Personal Misc. (movies, restaurants)
Sub Total Auto (pmt, insurance, gas…)
Sub Total Healthcare (doc, insurance)
Sub Total
H.S. Drop Out $7.10 $1,100
H.S. Grad $9/hr $1,500
2Yr. Coll Grad $15/hr $2,500
4 Yr. Coll Grad $21/hr $3,500
Results? • Too early to tell. • We know it is now an expected event. • Kids tell their brothers and sisters and parents. • Good relations with schools. • We do not collect their names, so not sure we will ever know! • May be able to see an upward trend in our yield from local schools, but mobility is such we may not see a clear trend. • Then intangible result is “undoing institutional racism”.
“Summer Science Camp” • Two camps, one week each, in August • Collaboration between community college and YMCA Minority Achievers program. • Funded by Boeing, Verizon. ($1012,000 per week) • In-kind by colleges and YMCA. • Not for the faint of heart!
“Summer Science Camp” • Aimed at 7th, 8th, 9th graders • Goal is to include more females and students of color • However, it is open to all • One week session, 25 kids each • 9-4, Monday through Friday • Free, with snacks and lunch
“Summer Science Camp” Curriculum includes • • • • •
Science lab experiences Field trips Teams Competitions Emphasis on college prep and science careers • Learning about gender and ethnic diversity in science • Seeing successful role models as team leaders and as instructors • Graduation
“Summer Science Camp” • Orientation for Parents is the kickoff each summer; parents invited to graduation. • Just finished our fifth summer. • Some kids are “repeaters”. • Follow-up during the year with letters, invitations to events, a winter “reunion”.
Results • Positive relationships with kids, many of whom we see in other venues. • Several have enrolled. • Siblings want to attend. • Focused some diverse resources on a single project. • Some kids are smart from the outset; others simply enjoy the attention they are getting. • We have their names and we can track their enrollment.
School Visits • Some of these are visits to our “I Am Going to College” partners; others are the result of other relationships. • Select schools with high ethnic populations, with limited English students. • Presentations vary: fairs, classroom presentations, Money Game. See our Menu. • They are just as important to us as the high school visits.
Students of Color Career Conference • Middle and high schools send students of colors – and others – to a 6-hour event on the college campus on a Friday. • Speakers, sessions, booths, prizes • Co-sponsored by the city of Everett, Everett Public Schools and Snohomish County.
Resources - Partners • YMCA, youth program, or similar program – helps to identify populations and specific students. • K-12 counselors and/or principals. • Other colleges and organizations – helps to diversify programming options, and helps share the resources needed. • Business and industry – helps with funding as well as program. • Your own faculty.
Resources - Staff • A designated champion. • Staff time for planning, the scope of which depends on the scope of your program(s). • Staff on the day of the event(s) – intense. Need several staff and volunteers for setup, signs, greeting, herding, programming, tear-down. Sometimes use staff for transportation. • College students – as volunteers, as team leaders. • Faculty and staff – leading sessions. • Public Information Office – you want news coverage! • Your president, for the graduation. • More staff time.
Resources - Supplies • Pizza, snacks. • Souvenirs, gifts, prizes. – Favorites are backpacks, dictionaries, books, highlighters, notepads (note that these are fairly low-cost).
• Signs, handouts.
Resources: Misc • • • • •
Ads Travel Printing Postage Is the llama misc?
Altruistic Goals & Themes • Instill a vision: “I am going to college” • Raise awareness of financial aid options • Advise students of the courses they need to take to prepare for college, for life • Familiarize first-generation students with the college environment • Develop comfort with our own campus • Undo institutional racism.
A few other comments • St Louis Community College and University of Missouri at St Louis – $28 million federal grant. GEAR-UP. » »
http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/may2006/education.html http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/may2006/education.html
• AWE+SUM at Westminster College, Utah »
http://www.westminstercollege.edu/camps/
• Northwest Missouri State University, with funding from the Kauffman Foundation – summer program for 8-12th graders.
This work makes you feel really good!
Simple Demographics • Our bulge is in grades 1-5 right now. • We face diminishing and flattening high school graduates for a number of years after 2009.
Snohomish County Students in Grades, 2006-07 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
http://www.k12.wa.us/DataAdmin/pubdocs/p105/Oct06GradeP105.xls
12
Dropout Rates Compound the Issue Fail to graduate on time: • African American: 11-15% • Asian/Pacific Islander: 8-16% • Caucasian: 18-25% • Hispanic: 23-42% • Native American: 48-61% Variation due to different schools
Growing Diversity An increasing proportion of students in the early grades have been typically under-represented (or at risk) in higher education. We need them to stay in school, prepare, and go to college. WA State
My County
73%
81%
64%
69%
Grade 12 Caucasian
Grade 2 Caucasian
Our Conclusion • Recruiting only Juniors and Seniors misses a large number of students. • Not only have some students dropped out, but many have tuned out, and many are not taking the right courses. • We decided to plant the seeds - early!
Several Programs “I Am Going to College” “Summer Science Camp” Elementary and Middle School visits The Middle School “Menu” Students of Color Career Conference
“I Am Going to College” Co-sponsored with NELA, Northwest Education Loan Association: – They provide a curriculum to the schools. – They provide funds for backpacks, T-Shirts, gifts, pizza. – They assist with preliminary organization.
The College: •Creates the agenda •Hosts the event •Makes the presentations •Handles publicity •Does follow-up
“I Am Going to College” • Hosted twice a year • About 80-150 kids each time • Usually two schools at each event • Teachers and parent aides accompany them; kids are brought by bus
“I Am Going to College” Sample activities: • • • • • • •
Welcome What is College? Preparing for College The Money Game Campus tour Going to “class” Lunch Short movie or speaker - a few times we brought the dolly llama ☺ •Graduation - earning a certificate of College Knowledge •Follow-up with letter to parents in the kids’ back-pack
The Money Game Taxes (15%) Rent (w/roommate) Food Utilities (elec. Phone…) Personal Misc. (movies, restaurants)
Sub Total Auto (pmt, insurance, gas…)
Sub Total Healthcare (doc, insurance)
Sub Total
H.S. Drop Out $7.10 $1,100
H.S. Grad $9/hr $1,500
2Yr. Coll Grad $15/hr $2,500
4 Yr. Coll Grad $21/hr $3,500
Results? • Too early to tell. • We know it is now an expected event. • Kids tell their brothers and sisters and parents. • Good relations with schools. • We do not collect their names, so not sure we will ever know! • May be able to see an upward trend in our yield from local schools, but mobility is such we may not see a clear trend. • Then intangible result is “undoing institutional racism”.
“Summer Science Camp” • Two camps, one week each, in August • Collaboration between community college and YMCA Minority Achievers program. • Funded by Boeing, Verizon. ($1012,000 per week) • In-kind by colleges and YMCA. • Not for the faint of heart!
“Summer Science Camp” • Aimed at 7th, 8th, 9th graders • Goal is to include more females and students of color • However, it is open to all • One week session, 25 kids each • 9-4, Monday through Friday • Free, with snacks and lunch
“Summer Science Camp” Curriculum includes • • • • •
Science lab experiences Field trips Teams Competitions Emphasis on college prep and science careers • Learning about gender and ethnic diversity in science • Seeing successful role models as team leaders and as instructors • Graduation
“Summer Science Camp” • Orientation for Parents is the kickoff each summer; parents invited to graduation. • Just finished our fifth summer. • Some kids are “repeaters”. • Follow-up during the year with letters, invitations to events, a winter “reunion”.
Results • Positive relationships with kids, many of whom we see in other venues. • Several have enrolled. • Siblings want to attend. • Focused some diverse resources on a single project. • Some kids are smart from the outset; others simply enjoy the attention they are getting. • We have their names and we can track their enrollment.
School Visits • Some of these are visits to our “I Am Going to College” partners; others are the result of other relationships. • Select schools with high ethnic populations, with limited English students. • Presentations vary: fairs, classroom presentations, Money Game. See our Menu. • They are just as important to us as the high school visits.
Students of Color Career Conference • Middle and high schools send students of colors – and others – to a 6-hour event on the college campus on a Friday. • Speakers, sessions, booths, prizes • Co-sponsored by the city of Everett, Everett Public Schools and Snohomish County.
Resources - Partners • YMCA, youth program, or similar program – helps to identify populations and specific students. • K-12 counselors and/or principals. • Other colleges and organizations – helps to diversify programming options, and helps share the resources needed. • Business and industry – helps with funding as well as program. • Your own faculty.
Resources - Staff • A designated champion. • Staff time for planning, the scope of which depends on the scope of your program(s). • Staff on the day of the event(s) – intense. Need several staff and volunteers for setup, signs, greeting, herding, programming, tear-down. Sometimes use staff for transportation. • College students – as volunteers, as team leaders. • Faculty and staff – leading sessions. • Public Information Office – you want news coverage! • Your president, for the graduation. • More staff time.
Resources - Supplies • Pizza, snacks. • Souvenirs, gifts, prizes. – Favorites are backpacks, dictionaries, books, highlighters, notepads (note that these are fairly low-cost).
• Signs, handouts.
Resources: Misc • • • • •
Ads Travel Printing Postage Is the llama misc?
Altruistic Goals & Themes • Instill a vision: “I am going to college” • Raise awareness of financial aid options • Advise students of the courses they need to take to prepare for college, for life • Familiarize first-generation students with the college environment • Develop comfort with our own campus • Undo institutional racism.
A few other comments • St Louis Community College and University of Missouri at St Louis – $28 million federal grant. GEAR-UP. » »
http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/may2006/education.html http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/may2006/education.html
• AWE+SUM at Westminster College, Utah »
http://www.westminstercollege.edu/camps/
• Northwest Missouri State University, with funding from the Kauffman Foundation – summer program for 8-12th graders.
This work makes you feel really good!
