1. Central Educational Center Charter School Dissemination Initiative Russ Moore, CEO Newnan, Georgia www.gacec.com

2. CEC (What is It?) Mission: To ensure a viable 21st century workforce

3. 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 SEAMLESS! National Model High School

4. Seamless Education Academics CTE High School College Education Business

5. What Does CEC Do? Academics and Career/Technical –Dual-enrollment with Technical College –Articulation with Higher Education –GED/Adult Literacy –Evening High School –Evening Technical College Continuing Education Customized Corporate Training Community Events

6. 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

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

8. Required Education Levels 1968 20% 65% 15% Training Beyond High School High School Diploma or Less College Degree(s)

9. Required Education Levels 2002 20% 10% 70% Training Beyond High School High School Diploma or Less College Degree(s)

10. Required Education Levels 2010 20% 80% Training Beyond High School College Degree(s)

11. Instructional Design

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. 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

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

21. Dual-Enrollment –559 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

22. 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

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

24. Student Satisfaction (Scale of 1-5) CEC 4.19 (25% ) Other HS 3.36 Conclusion: Curriculum is RELEVANT Source: National Study of School Evaluation, 2004 “Traditional” Measures

25. Steering committee Partnership Blend academics and CTE Produce accomplished citizens Develop work ethic Meet community/employer needs Technical certificates Articulation and dual enrollment Performance-based instruction Raise expectations Collect and monitor data Hire CEO High-quality facility Charter school status Essential Elements

26. Raise test scores Graduate more students Place more graduates Lower unemployment Improve workforce Attract higher education Attract more/better industry Reduce drop-out rate Results

27. CEC Faculty Like Coweta County Did!

28. Questions? Russ Moore Central Educational Center (678) 423-2009 russ.moore@cowetaschools.net www.gacec.com