Roscoe Collegiate P-20 System Model
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Roscoe Collegiate System Summary
Early College
Roscoe Collegiate ISD is now heading into year 7 as an Early College. The Early College program has experienced consistent growth over the past six years. The Fall 2015 Semester is expected to begin with record enrollment rates on college courses. Completion rates for the Associate Degree have also grown steadily from one student six years ago, to 52% of the Class of 2011, 58% of the Class of 2012, 73% of the Class of 2013, 89% of the Class of 2014 and 90% of the Class of 2015. The current expectation is to sustain 90% or greater of each class to complete the blended model Associate Degree through Roscoe Collegiate and Western Texas College.
Early College Support
As a result of the initial Early College endeavor, Roscoe Collegiate is also heavily invested in a college readiness program, AVID, for all students in grades 7 through 12. Additionally, the district has adopted a Common Instructional Framework that is comprised of the 21st Century skills, of which employers are demanding proficiency among their employees. As a means of assessing the level of student engagement in the Common Instructional Framework, the district has also adopted the Harvard Instructional Rounds Model, consisting of both internal and external assessment of student engagement on a weekly basis. Finally, the district has extensive focus on understanding and educating poverty in an attempt to close the literacy gap among low-socioeconomic learners by grade 3, thereby empowering these students to become truly college ready by grade 9 and beyond.
STEM Academy
Roscoe Collegiate is also now in year 4 as a STEM Academy. The purpose of STEM, an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and math, is to develop students who demonstrate high levels of aptitude in the STEM fields, thus empowering them to pursue the abundance of careers in STEM fields having been identified as having acute shortages of qualified applicants. As a result of the STEM designation, we have also now completed the third year of an ongoing investigative process, with assistance from a STEM Advisory Committee consisting of over 100 members from local, regional, and state universities, AgriLife Extension, T-STEM, Educate Texas, Region 14 Education Service Center, as well as the local, regional, and state business and political communities. The new $3.5 million Agricultural Research Center housing Collegiate Edu-Vet, as well as the newly remodeled Engineering Research Center housing Collegiate Edu-Drone are now open for the 2015-2016 school year to complement the E-ON Center for Innovation and Higher Education and the Collegiate Wellness Center in the district’s attempt to provide the real world relevance deemed necessary for successfully demanding the required rigor for true college and career readiness.
Student Research and Apprenticeship
As a member of the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium, Roscoe Collegiate continues in the development of a multiple measure accountability system. Two aspects of that system for Roscoe include student developed research presentations and evidence based electronic portfolios. The Agriculture and Engineering Research Programs have become the basis for student led research, data collection and analysis, and research poster development and presentation, as we have developed a lesson cycle for a research based institution. All students in grades 3-11 conduct 4H based research projects, culminating with a year long, career path relevant, capstone research project in grade 12. The purpose of the capstone research project is to create additional scholarship opportunities for students seeking financial assistance with the completion of undergraduate and graduate college degrees. Beginning in the fall of 2015, this model now also includes student apprenticeship experiences consisting of both intern and extern opportunities for students in grades 10-12, leading to business and industry recognized endorsements, symbolic of true workforce readiness.
School-wide 4H Program
The Roscoe Collegiate School-wide 4H Program is the vehicle used to stimulate student interest and engagement in STEM related practices and research. Students in grades 3 through 12 work across the curriculum to develop 4H science research projects and posters. These research posters are presented at local, regional, and state 4H competitions in an attempt to elevate student STEM research skills, thereby enabling students to successfully manage the rigorous demands of a Research Based Early College and STEM Academy at the high school level.
System Model with Multiple Partners
During the developmental phase of The Roscoe Collegiate Model, the district has evolved away from the 20th Century concept of an Independent School District into more of a System Model approach. Currently, members of the Roscoe Collegiate System include the original two-year higher education partners, Western Texas College (WTC) in Snyder and Texas State Technical College (TSTC) in Sweetwater, as well as the original parent organization for Early College and T-STEM, Educate Texas. Additionally, the district now has a direct four-year university partnerships with Angelo State University, indirect partnerships through WTC with Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University, as well as system partnerships with Texas A&M AgriLife Research/Extension, 4H, and the Texas Tech T-STEM Center. Current business partnerships include Collegiate Chiropractic and Wellness Center, INOVA Veterinary Practice Management, 3DRobotics/DroneEDU, Ludlum Measurements, and Nike, with other relationships in the developmental phase. This Systemic Model approach enables Roscoe Collegiate to better provide students with the resources necessary to engage in a much more globally competitive educational and work force environment, than students heretofore have experienced, upon graduation from high school. It is the goal of Educate Texas at the state level and Jobs for the Future at the national level for The Roscoe Collegiate System Model to become a model that can be replicated by other schools in Texas and the United States interested in 21st Century School Transformation.
Roscoe Collegiate System Summary
Early College
Roscoe Collegiate ISD is now heading into year 7 as an Early College. The Early College program has experienced consistent growth over the past six years. The Fall 2015 Semester is expected to begin with record enrollment rates on college courses. Completion rates for the Associate Degree have also grown steadily from one student six years ago, to 52% of the Class of 2011, 58% of the Class of 2012, 73% of the Class of 2013, 89% of the Class of 2014 and 90% of the Class of 2015. The current expectation is to sustain 90% or greater of each class to complete the blended model Associate Degree through Roscoe Collegiate and Western Texas College.
Early College Support
As a result of the initial Early College endeavor, Roscoe Collegiate is also heavily invested in a college readiness program, AVID, for all students in grades 7 through 12. Additionally, the district has adopted a Common Instructional Framework that is comprised of the 21st Century skills, of which employers are demanding proficiency among their employees. As a means of assessing the level of student engagement in the Common Instructional Framework, the district has also adopted the Harvard Instructional Rounds Model, consisting of both internal and external assessment of student engagement on a weekly basis. Finally, the district has extensive focus on understanding and educating poverty in an attempt to close the literacy gap among low-socioeconomic learners by grade 3, thereby empowering these students to become truly college ready by grade 9 and beyond.
STEM Academy
Roscoe Collegiate is also now in year 4 as a STEM Academy. The purpose of STEM, an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and math, is to develop students who demonstrate high levels of aptitude in the STEM fields, thus empowering them to pursue the abundance of careers in STEM fields having been identified as having acute shortages of qualified applicants. As a result of the STEM designation, we have also now completed the third year of an ongoing investigative process, with assistance from a STEM Advisory Committee consisting of over 100 members from local, regional, and state universities, AgriLife Extension, T-STEM, Educate Texas, Region 14 Education Service Center, as well as the local, regional, and state business and political communities. The new $3.5 million Agricultural Research Center housing Collegiate Edu-Vet, as well as the newly remodeled Engineering Research Center housing Collegiate Edu-Drone are now open for the 2015-2016 school year to complement the E-ON Center for Innovation and Higher Education and the Collegiate Wellness Center in the district’s attempt to provide the real world relevance deemed necessary for successfully demanding the required rigor for true college and career readiness.
Student Research and Apprenticeship
As a member of the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium, Roscoe Collegiate continues in the development of a multiple measure accountability system. Two aspects of that system for Roscoe include student developed research presentations and evidence based electronic portfolios. The Agriculture and Engineering Research Programs have become the basis for student led research, data collection and analysis, and research poster development and presentation, as we have developed a lesson cycle for a research based institution. All students in grades 3-11 conduct 4H based research projects, culminating with a year long, career path relevant, capstone research project in grade 12. The purpose of the capstone research project is to create additional scholarship opportunities for students seeking financial assistance with the completion of undergraduate and graduate college degrees. Beginning in the fall of 2015, this model now also includes student apprenticeship experiences consisting of both intern and extern opportunities for students in grades 10-12, leading to business and industry recognized endorsements, symbolic of true workforce readiness.
School-wide 4H Program
The Roscoe Collegiate School-wide 4H Program is the vehicle used to stimulate student interest and engagement in STEM related practices and research. Students in grades 3 through 12 work across the curriculum to develop 4H science research projects and posters. These research posters are presented at local, regional, and state 4H competitions in an attempt to elevate student STEM research skills, thereby enabling students to successfully manage the rigorous demands of a Research Based Early College and STEM Academy at the high school level.
System Model with Multiple Partners
During the developmental phase of The Roscoe Collegiate Model, the district has evolved away from the 20th Century concept of an Independent School District into more of a System Model approach. Currently, members of the Roscoe Collegiate System include the original two-year higher education partners, Western Texas College (WTC) in Snyder and Texas State Technical College (TSTC) in Sweetwater, as well as the original parent organization for Early College and T-STEM, Educate Texas. Additionally, the district now has a direct four-year university partnerships with Angelo State University, indirect partnerships through WTC with Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University, as well as system partnerships with Texas A&M AgriLife Research/Extension, 4H, and the Texas Tech T-STEM Center. Current business partnerships include Collegiate Chiropractic and Wellness Center, INOVA Veterinary Practice Management, 3DRobotics/DroneEDU, Ludlum Measurements, and Nike, with other relationships in the developmental phase. This Systemic Model approach enables Roscoe Collegiate to better provide students with the resources necessary to engage in a much more globally competitive educational and work force environment, than students heretofore have experienced, upon graduation from high school. It is the goal of Educate Texas at the state level and Jobs for the Future at the national level for The Roscoe Collegiate System Model to become a model that can be replicated by other schools in Texas and the United States interested in 21st Century School Transformation.
Organizer and beneficiary
Kim Alexander
Organizer
Roscoe, TX
Rita Fried
Beneficiary
