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A New Wave in Education - Early College in NC

What is the Early College High School?

• The Early College is a five year (grades 9 through 12) high school. Students are accepted to the Early College Program as rising 9th graders and are expected to take a combination of high school and college courses.

It is not:

• a remedial program
• a college outreach program
• an alternative to graduating with a high school diploma

In fact, students are expected to continue their college education at a 4 year college or university upon graduating from the Early College.

What are the benefits of attending?

• Students attend the Early College are able to learn in an environment in which the values of academic rigor, relevance to the world, and relationships among other learners are emphasised.
• Students learn in classrooms in which group work, writing to learn, readingina and analyzing literature works, and class discussions are often expected and valued.
• At the end of the 5th year of study, students can graduate with both a high school diploma and either an Associate's degree or 2 years of transferable college credit.
• Students also have the opportunity to complete 2 years of college coursework for free. Textbooks are provided to the student as well.

Student Expectations

• Make education a high priority, including positive participation in class, and school activities.
• Maintain an A/B average in all classes.
• Be punctual and maintain good attendance.
• Behave in a manner that shows respect for both the high school and college facilities and equipment.
• Demonstrate the ability to make mature, independent, and productive choices, and accept responsibility for those choices.

Other facts about the Early College

• It is a part of the NC Learn & Earn Initiative which was awarded the 2008 Innovations in America Government Award.
• It is also a part of the NC New Schools Project, a non-profit organization looking to advance education throughout the state. www.newschoolsproject.org
• Most Early Colleges are located on college campuses.
• It is funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Visionary Leadership

I believe that the visionary leadership standard is the best standard for administrators to model. As an administrator, you would want to lead your school into the 21st century and keep everyone abreast of the ever changing world of technology. While on the path of leadership, an administrator has to have a vision and that vision needs to be shared with all stakeholders in order for the vision to be obtainable. When people know what one is doing and why one is doing the things that they are doing, people are more apt to jump on the bandwagon to help that particular vision surface. Usually people are inspired by others motivation and focus from a vision that can be shared to promote a “purposeful change”. Since new ideas and inventions are ever rising, an administrator would need to be prepared to change their vision from time to time. The vision should be implemented for the success of the students. Students should be the top priority of developing and engaging in a plan that promotes technical literacy and practices through a shared vision. To me, learning culture, professional practice, systemic improvement, and digital citizenship isn’t really functioning or will remain in the beginning phases without that visionary leadership. That visionary leadership contains the processes to get the other 4 standards up and running! When I first started writing this, I had first chosen digital citizenship as the most important standard but as I was writing, I noticed that I was referring to the vision more and more. So, I made a list and came up with more reasons why visionary leadership was more of an important standard than the digital citizenship. With visionary leadership, an administrator can influence the stakeholders to garner the resources to help lead the students to common practices, improved performances, and success.