Central Educational Center: Reinventing Education through Business-Education Partnerships and Instructional Design Russ Moore, CEO Central Educational Center (CEC) Newnan, Georgia Archived Information

What Is CEC? Joint Venture Partnership –Business and Industry –Coweta County Schools –West Central Technical College Charter School Not-for-Profit Corporation Center for Lifelong Learning 2004 National Model High School

What Does CEC Do? Academics and Career/Technical Dual-enrollment Articulation GED/Adult Literacy Evening High School Technical College Custom Corporate Training Community Events

Why CEC? U.S. Senate Committee: Health, Education, Labor and Pensions U.S. House Committee: Education and the Workforce Why CEC? Workforce Development

CEC History Triggered by business community Supported by education community Steering Committee -Business -Education (connect) -Government -Community at large  Invest in Needs Assessment  Data drives whether/what needed

Required Education Levels % 65% 15% Training Beyond High School High School Diploma or Less College Degree(s)

Required Education Levels % 10% 70% Training Beyond High School High School Diploma or Less College Degree(s)

Required Education Levels % 80% Training Beyond High School College Degree(s)

History Needs Assessment Findings –Necessary for economic development –Focus on “soft skills" (work ethic) –Train for key occupations (“healthcare”) –Different type of organization (charter) –Use seamless approaches –Make instruction RELEVANT –Ensure post-instruction success

Instructional Design

PERFORMANCE-BASED content (not subject-based only) Design Principles

Instructional CONTENT Post-secondary PERFORMANCE Job & Organization ECONOMIC SUCCESS Design Principles

Performance-based content HIGH EXPECTATIONS & ACCOUNTABILITY –All students can learn –MOST to a high level –We tend to obtain what we measure Design Principles

THIS? F D C B A OR THIS? F D C B A We should EXPECT…

Performance-based content High Expectations & Accountability PRECISION DESIGN Design Principles

Performance-based content High Expectations & Accountability Precision Design HIGH LEVEL SIMULATION = TRANSFER Design Principles

Educational success is a function of the investment we are willing to make in PLANNING, ANALYSIS, and DESIGN. Major lesson learned…

Proven Success –3,000 schools in 40 states serving 750,000 students Funding Flexibility Secretary Paige’s Remarks Why a Charter School?

Seamless Education Academics CTE High School College Education Business

Work Ethic Grade Attendance Character Teamwork Appearance Attitude Productivity Organizational skills Communication Cooperation Respect

Dual-Enrollment Programs Basic and Advanced Dental Assisting CAD – Mechanical and Architectural Certified Manufacturing Specialist Certified Customer Service Specialist Child Development Associate Computer Repair Technician Website Fundamentals Patient Care Assistant and Technician Gas Metal Arc Welding Shielded Metal Arc Welding Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Machine Operator and Machining Lathe Operator and Mill Operator Basic and Advanced Culinary Services

Business Model –CEO and Board of Directors –6 of 17 directors from business Curriculum design –11 advisory boards Work-Based Learning –185 business partners –470 work-based team members –“connected electives” (no early release) Business Interaction

One company –$75 million local impact –Facility expansion –300 new jobs –Caused $50,000 in private support for school Economic Development

Dual-Enrollment –559 high school students –Earned 657 college certificates BEFORE getting HS diploma –98% graduation rate –100% placement rate Post-secondary Job for which they are trained Workforce Development

Dual-Enrollment in 2004 –Best year yet  174 students  219 certificates earned  44 students earned two or more certificates Workforce Development

HS Graduation Test –“1 st time pass rate” improvement for “economically disadvantaged” Writing +4% Language +7% Math +15% Social Studies+18% Science +19% SAT scores –County average up 33 points “Traditional” Measures

Dropout Rate - 42% improvement –8.6% in 2000 –5.0% in 2003 Enrollment doubled –650 in 2000 –1450 in 2003 Majority of county seniors enrolled voluntarily “Traditional” Measures

Student Satisfaction (Scale of 1-5) CEC 4.19 Other HS 3.36 Conclusion: Curriculum is RELEVANT Source: National Study of School Evaluation, 2004 “Traditional” Measures

Appoint community steering committee Superintendent/BOE step back Survey businesses Apply for charter for partnership Hire CEO (not a certified educator) “Raid” schools for best teachers BOE donate building Involve business in curriculum design Concede governance to private board Could YOU?

Reduce drop-out rate Raise test scores Graduate more students Place more graduates Lower unemployment Improve workforce Attract higher education Attract more/better industry YOU Could!

CEC Faculty YOU Could!

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