CCBC STEM Academy A HighPotential Model for Dual

CCBC STEM Academy: A High-Potential Model for Dual Enrollment Jodi Greco Carver Community College of Beaver County 1

Beaver County, Pennsylvania 2010 Census: Population- 170, 500 2014 Poverty Rate- 11. 7% 17 public and private high schools in the county Beaver County Distress Score – 27. 3: Based on unemployment, high school diplomas, income stats – In 2 nd tier out of 5 (comfortable) • Beaver County ranks 39/67 in health rating in Pennsylvania • Unemployment rates- Dec. 2015 (5. 5%); Dec. 2016 (5. 6%): Dec. 2017 (4. 9%) The U. S. unemployment rate in Dec. 2017 was 4. 1% • SHELL Global building Ethane Cracker plant which takes ethane from the Marcellus and Utica shales and turns it into the building blocks of many types of plastics. • • Community College of Beaver County 2

CCBC transforms lives through personalized education, dynamic partnerships, and high impact practices. The college has an annual enrollment of 6, 000 credit and non-credit students. CCBC is an Achieving the Dream Leader College and offers 75 degree, certificate and diploma programs, hundreds of Continuing Education and Workforce Development programs, seamless transfer to a wide variety of baccalaureate and graduate institutions, and a nationally distinctive high-school academy program. Community College of Beaver County 3

Academy Model • Spend 1. 5 hours studying at CCBC each school day. • Study with like-minded students from many school districts. • Receive up to 28 college credits if you spend junior and senior years in an Academy. • Train in a high-demand career field. • Receive text books for free. • Financed: Pell-Grants, scholarships, school district sponsored, student responsibility. Community College of Beaver County 4

Dual Enrollment PELL Experiment Community College of Beaver County 5

Statistics Community College of Beaver County 6

Academy Videos Aviation Academy: https: //youtu. be/ic. Rxxbx. D 6 CU Health Academy: https: //youtu. be/4 KJLFm. YBses Community College of Beaver County 7

Retention from Spring 2017 to Fall 2017 Aviation Health Community College of Beaver County 8

Student GPA’s • • • Average Term GPA for Academic year 2016 -2017 All credit students 2. 66 Aviation Academy (Chippewa) 3. 27 Aviation Academy (Parkway West) 3. 44 Health Academy 2. 54 Community College of Beaver County 9

Imagining STEM at CCBC Introduced Fall 2017 Community College of Beaver County 10

One Academy: Two Tracks Engineering Process Technology Coming Fall 2019: Coding

What Is Process Technology? https: //youtu. be/USne 6 TBt. IYg Community College of Beaver County

Curriculum Sheet Community College of Beaver County 13

Students Total students: 15 High schools: 6 Seniors: 6 Juniors: 9 Engineers: 9 Process-Tech: 6 Returning Seniors: 4 Returning Juniors: 9 Community College of Beaver County

Initiatives • • Academy “Champion” Model Early Intervention Group Registration Daily Attendance – Reporting to Schools Titan Transition Course – Creates Cohort High-School Celebration – Since May 2016 AIM for Future Fridays Recruiting Event – Leadership Development Community College of Beaver County 15

Recruiting

Highlight • Two STEM Academy students received SHELL scholarship to study Process Technology. Community College of Beaver County 17

Challenges • • • Enrollment- Smallest Academy Interest in STEM fields is low Reaching minorities and women Dealing with failing grades Student attendance issues Student Retention Cost-effective recruiting programs Early intervention for failing students High school students adjusting to college Community College of Beaver County 18

Share your ideas • Brainstorming Session • Deep Dive into an Idea (time permitting) Community College of Beaver County 19

Brainstorming Do not criticize any ideas Build on other’s id eas ality T Qu O N y t i t n Qua ward k c a b t o ard, n w r o f k o Lo usly Write furio shly i d n a l t u Think O c t Do no NO bad ideas Don’t worry about executing ideas Community College of Beaver County Inc re id a p m o eas one y r e v lude E 20

Thank you You gave me your time, the most thoughtful gift of all. -Dan Zadra Jodi Carver jodi. carver@ccbc. edu Community College of Beaver County 21