Early College Academy is Greeley's newest high school. This powerpoint presentation was given to parents and potential students as part of a promotional campaign.

1. EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY
• Paul Francisco, Greeley-Evans District 6

2. Overview
ECHS • National Snapshot
ECHS • Academic Plan
ECHS
• Staffing
ECHS • Discussion and QuestionsECHS

3. Early College Academy Core Beliefs
• Early College Schools have high expectations for all
students
• Every student is capable of college-level work
• Students need acceleration, not remediation.
• Students learn more when challenged and engaged by
instruction and rigorous academic work.
• ECHS looks to serve a diverse student body
economically, culturally and academically.

4. What Is Early College?
Early college is an educational transformation
model, that was developed and implemented
by Jobs for the Future with funding from the
Gates Foundation over the last 10 years.
Early colleges are high schools bring college
into high school to provide youth with a path
to and through postsecondary education.

5. Early College Features
Students earn a high school diploma and up to two
years of transferrable college credit—tuition free
A rigorous instructional framework aligned to
college-ready standards
A strong college-going culture throughout the
school
Student-centered learning and student support
Location on or near college campuses to build
students’ identity as college goers

6. FAST FACTS:
EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS, 2013-14
SCHOOLS: 280
including grades 9-12, 9-13, and 6-12
STATES: 32
STUDENTS: 80,000+
GRADUATES: 5,880*
NEW EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOLS UNDER
DEVELOPMENT: 56
NUMBER OF EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOLS
10 or more schools
5-9 schools
1-4 schools

7. District 6 ECHS Design
Academic Plan

8. Colorado Academic
Standards
Colorado
gtPathway
Curriculum
Aims Community
College AA Degree
Requirements
District 6
High
School
Graduation
Requirements
Early
College
Academy
Graduate
EARLY COLLEGE
ACADEMY:
MEETING THE STANDARDS
FOR SUCCESSFUL
GRADUATES

11. Intentional Design Elements
Combine stand alone high school with college campus-based
courses to allow for Individual Academic Plans & Interest
• High engagement
• Power of place.
Support Systems Built in from Day One
– Aims Community College Academic Support Program
– ICAP Completion Activities
– College Readiness, Skills and Success Workshops
– Test Preparation Accuplacer, Course Final preparation,
ACT
Extra-Curricular Activities including Clubs focused around
leadership.
– Athletics and other clubs offered off site.

12. District 6 ECHS Design
Facility Plan

13. 5590 W. 11th St.,
Greeley, CO 80634
Currently Aims Community College
Corporate Learning Center

15. Challenge 1: College Level Science Teaching
Laboratories
Proposed Solution:
• Aims Community College
will be constructing a new
science labs for ECHS
use.
• Next year temporary labs
for Biology and Physics.

16. Challenge 2: ECHS Learning Center
– Fully supported by Aims
Community College
– Individual and Group
Instruction
– Support for all Academic
Courses
– Materials to enhance
research and teaching
– Technology

17. Challenge 3: Physical Education Dedicated Space
Proposed Solution:
• The ECHS and Aims Community
College are collaborating to insure
access for student to appropriate
physical education activities. AIMS
has offered to allow ECHS to offer
courses at the newly renovated
Aims Gymnasium

18. Challenge 4: Transportation
• A combination of district
transportation resources
and city bus routes will be
used to address this need.
• We are working on this
plan as we learn where we
need to get kids from and
to.

19. ECHS Student Enrollment
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
200
(9th, 10th Grade Only)
325
(9th, 10th, 11th Only)
450-500
All Grades 9-12

20. ECA Staffing
District 6 Staffing
Principal 1
Office Staff 2
Teachers (Tentative based on Enrollment) 6
Counselor (Tentative based on Enrollment) 1
Custodial/ Food Services 2
Total 12

21. AIMS Staffing
• Aims Administrator
•1.5 FTE Media Center Support: Fully credentialed instructor and assistant
•1 FTE Tutor Coordinator with tutoring support (individual, group and peer tutoring)
•0.5 FTE Financial Literacy/Student Life Coordinator
•Full and part time faculty to provide annually provide 90 college-level sections in the
following academic areas:
Chemistry
English
Environmental Science
Fine Arts
Geography
Health and Wellness
History
Literature
Mathematics
Philosophy
Political Science
Speech Communication
World Languages

22. Aims Community College
Supports
 Approve long-term lease of Corporate Learning Center
 Support design and ongoing cost of postsecondary Learning Center
 Librarian
 Librarian Technician
 Electronic Data Bases
 1:1 Technology Plan with 5 Computers for Student Emergencies
 Support design and construction cost of science labs
 Support Academic Administrator, Advising Staff & Tutoring Coordinator Position
Assigned to ECHS
 Support Inclusion of use of gymnasium and/or resources to support physical
education programming
 Funding Model Similar to Career Academies which includes Tuition, Fees and
Textbook - $100 per credit
 Provide laptop/tablet device for each student

23. Questions
Discussion & Questions