College Readiness Standards Regional Round-Up at ACC- Watch the Video Stream Here
On October 30th, Austin Community College District, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Education Agency and Region XIII Education Service Center co-hosted a College and Career Readiness Regional Round-Up at ACC’s Eastview Campus. As part of the P-16 Initiative, this was the second in a series of workshops designed to bring secondary and post secondary educators together. Over one hundred and twenty-five administrators, college faculty, curriculum and instructional staff attended this event from the Central Texas Region.
The morning program was designed to allow Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Education Agency and E3 Alliance P-16 Council to provide updates regarding:
- House Bill 3, with specific attention to the new accountability measures related to college readiness
- Implementation of the College and Career Readiness Standards with focus on end-of-course exams
- Specific initiatives and resources designed to aid P-16 partnerships
- Vertical alignment efforts that affect long-term, systemic supports for college readiness
- Regional College Readiness Data
The afternoon session was designed to allow curriculum staff, K-12 faculty and higher education faculty an opportunity to work together to understand and discuss:
- The real gaps
- Bridging the gaps
- What gaps are we missing?
The round-up was recorded and available to view at the links below:
http://irtflash.austincc.edu/flvplayer/index.html?noninstructional/inss&id=P16CACRRR01
http://irtflash.austincc.edu/flvplayer/index.html?noninstructional/inss&id=P16CACRRR02
http://irtflash.austincc.edu/cflvplayer/index.html?noninstructional/inss&id=P16CACRRR03
For your convenience, we have also provided copies of the Round-Up presenters’ updated Power Point presentations with the additional informational pieces/resources included in the packets.
2009 Regional Roundups HB3 09-15-2009
CCRS-TEKS Alignment Project nv
Pathways Project-Edinburg 10-23-2009
Reference Course Profiles 09-14-2009
P-16 Regional Conf-Regional College Readiness Data 10-30-2009-vB
200909_RC_Brochure
Critical Algebra II TEKS and CCRS_Final DRAFT 05-20-2009
Critical English III TEKS_CCRS_PE Final DRAFT 05-21-2009
DRAFT Alg2-Narrative-Final 05-27-2009
DRAFT English III CCRS Narrative Final 05-27-2009
FC Brochure-Final-dark
Reference Course Profile
TX PE_HE Rgns Overlay Map
College Readiness Standards Implementation Kicks Off at ACC: Listen to the Video Stream Here
On August 1st. Austin Community College (ACC) hosted the College Readiness Standards Implementation Forum at its Eastview Campus to address college and career readiness as mandated by the College Readiness Standards. This forum was the first in a series of workshops designed to bring local secondary and post-secondary educators together to “Close the Gaps.”
Almost three hundred administrators, college faculty, and public school teachers joined College Readiness Special Advisors from around the state to receive the latest updates on College Readiness Standards implementation. Texas Higher Education Commissioner Dr. Raymund A. Paredes, members of his staff at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Education Agency staff, and secondary and post-secondary educators from the Vertical Teams responsible for creating the College Readiness Standards addressed the development of the standards and the need for curriculum alignment in the State of Texas. Dr. Paredes joined the Vertical Team members in a panel presentation that culminated with an informative question-and-answer session.
The forum was recorded and available to view at the links below:
http://irtflash.austincc.edu/flvplayer/index.html?noninstructional/HR&id=TCR1
http://irtflash.austincc.edu/flvplayer/index.html?noninstructional/HR&id=TCR2
http://irtflash.austincc.edu/flvplayer/index.html?noninstructional/HR&id=TCR3
College Readiness Standards--Call for Comments fromTHECB
In May 2006, the Third Special Called Session of the 79th Texas Legislature passed House Bill
1, which requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and the Texas
Education Agency (TEA) to develop College Readiness Standards that address what students
must know and be able to do to succeed in entry-level courses offered at Texas institutions
of higher education.
Texans have until Monday, December 10, 2007 to comment online about the DRAFT College
Readiness Standards. The Standards can be viewed at: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/collegereadiness/Draft_CRS.pdf
Online comments about the DRAFT College Readiness Standards may be made at: http://epiconline.org/texas/CRSpubliccomment.php
Upon completion of the public comment period and review, a final version of the College
Readiness Standards will be submitted to the THECB and TEA in January 2008.
For further information about the College Readiness Standards, please contact your Dean; Vice President; Gary Madsen, ACC Director of P-16 Initiatives; or Mary Hensley, ACC Vice President for College Support Systems and ISD Relations.
P-16 Special Advisor Meeting
October 10, 2007
ACC Eastview Campus, Bldg. 8000, Room 8500
NEWS
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has awarded ACC $279,545 to fund the
redesign of Biology 1406 and Biology 1407. To date, we have had three course redesign
projects funded; one in Phase I (English 1301 and Developmental Writing Skills II), one in Phase
II (Spanish 1511 and 1512) and one in Phase III ( Biology 1406 and Biology 1407).
