1. Campus Connect-Madison College Dr. Eric J. Hartz
Dual Enrollment Post-secondary Program for students with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism
Campus Connect-Madison College
Dr. Eric J. Hartz

2. Audience Demographic Parents Teachers Administrators Students
Post Secondary
State or Local agencies

3. Structure & Strategies-Types of Colleges
2-year public 2-year private 4-year public (University of St. Louis-SUCCEED) 4-year private non profit (Cutting Edge-Wisconsin) Dual Enrollment (Campus Connect-Wisconsin)

4. Campus Connect Madison College
Developing the Program
Key people and partners
Selection process for students
Design of the program
Standards
Goals
Roles of the college and school district
Outcomes and expectations
Started as a pilot program in the 2012/2013 school year

5. Structure & Strategies Think College Standards, Quality Indicators, and Benchmarks
Background on TC
Standards response to a need for guidelines based on best practices, following HEOA’s def of CTP.
Validated by experts: K-12 educators, parents, IHE—faculty, dis. Services, admin, and policy experts
Uses: Create, expand, or enhance high-quality inclusive options.
Explain how to use…

6. Structure & Strategies Campus Connect Student Requirements
Only Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) students
Must have an Individual Education Plan (IEP)
Must have State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) services
Demonstrate desire to go to college
ACT/COMPASS test required
Minimum 6 credit requirement

7. Structure & Strategies-Funding
Local School District under IDEA
DVR- Individual Plan for Employment (IPE)

8. Structure & Strategies-Student Types
Students have a wide range of disabilities
No specific criteria to qualify, but must have an IEP
Examples include
Autism (Primary focus)- 9 students
Intellectual Disability- 3 students
Physical Disability- 2 students
Specific Learning Disability- 2 students
OHI (such as ADHD) -2 students

9. Campus Connect Students

10. Structure & Strategies Some of the Madison College Programs
Culinary
Auto Tech
Animation
Child Care
Respiratory Therapy
Marketing
2 year Liberal Arts Transfer
Nursing (CNA)
Fire and Police Sciences

11. Data Outcomes

12. Data-Year One
Year 1: 2013/2014 Number of Students 11 Total number of classes enrolled for year 47 Total number of classes completed (89%) Class withdraw 5 Grade A (11%) Grade A/B (21%) Grade B (7%) Grade B/C (4%) Grade C or Satisfactory 6---(14%) Grade D (18%) Grade F (20%) Incompletes 0 Students in paid employment (part time) no data Classes completed with a Grade of C or better 25 (59%)

13. Data-Year Two
Year 2: 2014/2015 Number of Students 17 Total number of classes enrolled for year 61 Total number of classes completed (91%) Class withdraw 4 Grade A (18%) Grade A/B (9%) Grade B (16%) Grade B/C (14%) Grade C or Satisfactory 12---(21%) Grade D (5%) Grade F (16%) Incompletes 1 Students in paid employment (part time) (65%) Classes completed with a Grade of C or better 46---(78%)

14. Data-Year Three Year 3: 2015/2016 Number of Students 18
Total number of classes enrolled for year 30
Total number of classes completed (80%)
Class withdraw 5
Grade A (8%)
Grade A/B (4%)
Grade B (20%)
Grade B/C (8%)
Grade C or Satisfactory (41%)
Grade D (12%)
Grade F (4%)
Incompletes 1
Students in paid employment (part time) (72%)
Classes completed with a Grade of C or better 83%

15. Campus Connect Enrollment Data
2013/ students
2014/ students
2015/ students
2016/ students

16. Best Practices-Peer Mentors
Natural Supports
Facilitates Academic and Social Inclusion
Inclusion Benefits Students with and without disabilities

17. Best Practices-Self-Determination
Student took CNA class 2 times
First time, failed academic portion
Second time, passed academic and failed clinical
Third time, MATC did not want student in the class.
Even after student got a job as an R.A.
“Student is too weird”
“They will never be a CNA”

18. Best Practices-Universal Design
Some instructors have committed to a Universal Design method of teaching.
For Example, instructors do not typically allow students to hand in late assignments, but they can create extra credit to make up points for the entire class.

19. Think College Wisconsin!
“Think College Wisconsin believes and commits to the fact that learning is a life long process, and that all Wisconsin learners, regardless of their level of intellectual functioning, should be provided with the opportunity and the support to assist them to be engaged in the exciting process of lifelong learning. “
*Taken from the Think College WI State Plan developed in 2012 by the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
WI already has a good start!
A WI Think College State Plan was completed in 2012
Started with a grant from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) in cooperation with the Think College Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston
A large steering committee comprised of stakeholders developed goals and a state plan

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