By the Numbers:

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By the Numbers

• Data Collection Integrating Initiatives in the
  Valley
• Education Open Source Conference
• January 30, 2008

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Presentation Objectives

• Provide history of partnership development
• Share accomplishments to date
• Describe current collaborations and plans for the
  future
• Explain how the partnership supports both
  academic and career and technology education

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History of Partnership Development

• Region One Education Service Center employed a
  CTE specialist before Tech Prep started in the
  Valley
• Tech Prep started in 1991-92
• Region One serves 7 counties and 37 ISDs as well
  as other entities TPRGV serves 4 counties and 32
  ISDs, plus 1 charter school

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Partnership Development (cont.)

• Region One and TPRGV began partnering in the
  early years of Tech Prep in the
  Valleycollaboration now is broad and continuing
  to grow
• Collaboration helps both organizations to succeed
  in their missions, which are complementary and
  non-duplicative

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A Collaborative Approach

• Collaboration is a key component to success of
  students within our region
• Partners in the Rio Grande Valley align and
  integrate initiatives to improve student
  performance
• Region One ESC and Tech Prep RGV partner on many
  initiativescurriculum, staff development, and
  data collection

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Partnerships in Region One

• Partners with whom Region One ESC and Tech Prep
  RGV collaborate include
• School Districts
• Colleges and Universities
• Economic Development Corporations
• Chambers of Commerce
• Workforce Development Boards
• Business and Professional Organizations
• Parents, Families, Community Leaders

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Collaborative Endeavors

• Achieve Texas Implementation
• T-STEM Center Design and Action Teams
• Academic Leadership Alliance
• Educator Professional Development (conference,
  counselors network)
• South Texas Border P-16 Network
• Tech Prep Evaluation Study
• Identifying and Coding Tech Prep and Other
  Students High School and College

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AchieveTexas

• Tech Prep RGV works with local colleges for 6
  year plans with baccalaureate linkages (piloting
  with TSTC)San Benito CISD first district for all
  high school programs
• Region One presentations throughout Region,
  including 37 school districts and local colleges,
  for alignment with AchieveTexas programs of study
• Training and delivering of approximately 750
  counselor toolkits

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T-STEM Center Action Teams

• Design Teams for T-STEM (Texas Science,
  Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Center
• Curriculum Action Team
• Work Action Team
• Tech Prep participates on Design Team and on
  Curriculum Action Team

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Academic Leadership Alliance

• Collaboration between Tech Prep, Region One, and
  the McAllen Economic Development Corporation, and
  participating school districts
• Past participating school districts include
  Hidalgo ISD, McAllen ISD, Mission CISD, Sharyland
  ISD, and La Joya ISD 5 new districts being added
  this year
• Teachers and counselors work 2- to 3 four-day
  weeks in areas related to the subjects they teach
  
• Culinary Arts teacher works at a restaurant
• Science teacher works at an engineering firm
• Lesson writing (Careers in Actionplaced on TPRGV
  website)
• Given 1 week to write lesson plans, incorporating
  their experiences into 3 lessons
• Teachers and Counselors are required to implement
  lessons in their classrooms and with students.
  Implementation is monitored by District
  Coordinator.

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Educator Professional Development

• Collaboration on Tech Prep Regional Conference
  2007 Preparing Our Region for Global
  Competition Integrating Initiatives for
  Accelerated Successes
• Collaboration on Lower Rio Grande Valley
  Counselors Network

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Data Collection and Sharing

• Superintendent/Principal Annual Breakfast
• Deans and Registrars Annual Meeting
• Annual Tech Prep Regional Conference
• CATEMA implementation
• PEIMS coding (secondary) and CBM coding
  (post-secondary)
• Outcomes reflect that Tech Prep and CTE students
  do better than all others on important
  indicators such as graduation

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Secondary Student Successes

• 2005-2006 High School Student Graduation Rates
• LRGV Tech Prep Students 90.5
• LRGV Non Tech Prep Students 68.0
• 2006 College Transition Rates for 2006 High
  School Graduates Entering Texas Post-Secondary
  Institutions in Fall 2006
• LRGV Tech Prep Students 65.7
• LRGV Non Tech Prep Students 53.6

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College Tech Prep Participation Statistics,
2006-2007

• 32 schools and 5 colleges/universities
• 16,940 high school participants
• 7,096 Tech Prep Texas Scholar graduates
• Actual savings reported by local colleges in
  2006-2007 was 3,846,488 for articulated and
  dual-credit courses combined 5,710 students
  received 24,743 college credits

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Post-Secondary Student Successes

• Lower Rio Grande regional study performed by
  Belinda Torres to
• Answer four research questions
• Compare academic performance of Tech Prep
  students and non-Tech Prep students enrolled in
  two-year postsecondary institutions in South
  Texas
• Variables
• College placement exam scores
• College grade point average at time of graduation
• Length of time for graduation
• Graduation rates

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Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Study

• Data collected from South Texas College, Texas
  Southmost College, and Texas State Technical
  College Harlingen
• Results data collected failed to prove two of
  the research hypotheses
• College Entrance Exam Passing Rates No
  statistically significant difference between Tech
  Prep and non-Tech Prep postsecondary students at
  time of matriculation to two-year postsecondary
  institution.
• GPA at Time of College Graduation No
  statistically significant difference between Tech
  Prep and non-Tech Prep students at time of
  graduation from two-year postsecondary
  institution

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Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Study

• Two important research hypotheses were supported
  by the results of research
• Graduating from College Number of Tech Prep
  college graduates was more than double that of
  non-Tech Prep college graduates (Tech Prep 58
  of 223 graduated non-Tech Prep 24 of 223
  graduated)
• Time of Graduation Tech Prep students graduated
  almost two semesters sooner than non-Tech Prep
  students (Tech Prep 8.35 semesters) non-Tech
  Prep 10.14 semesters)

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Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Study (cont.)

• Implications of findings are significant for the
  College for Texans/Closing the Gaps campaign
• Region One ESC/Tech Prep RGV study that is
  currently underway with UT Dallas will enhance
  these findings

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Study Being Conducted in 2008

• Collaborative work of Tech Prep RGV and Region
  One ESC with Texas Schools Project at the
  University of Texas at Dallas
• School districts throughout Region One will pay
  fees to have high schools join National Student
  Clearinghouse for the study
• Studyunderway nowwill compare performance of
  Tech Prep and CTE students with that of other
  students to learn more about college transition
  and success

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In Conclusion

• Questions?
• For additional information
• Tech Prep of the Rio Grande Valley
• Patricia G. (Pat) Bubb, Executive Director
• Pat.bubb_at_techpreprgv.com
• Belinda Torres, Tech Prep Coordinator
• Belinda.torres_at_techpreprgv.com
• Region One Education Service Center
• Christina Salas, CTE Specialist
• csalas_at_esc1.net