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13:28:33 Testing one, two, three.
13:35:22 Tony congeal.
13:35:27 Hi, Darien, Tony.
13:35:36 She might have done. What I always do is.
13:35:38 Log in. So I don't forget to launch it.
13:35:40 Right.
13:35:43 She got on shortly after I opened up the room.
13:35:45 Okay.
13:35:46 Oh a while ago. So.
13:35:47 Okay.
13:35:49 Multitasking.
13:35:55 Well, I have a deck just in case there's any trouble.
13:35:58 No, the latest one.
13:36:00 I think so.
13:36:04 You can always check the last slide and you'll know.
13:36:06 This slide looks good.
13:36:10 The other one was slide 13.
13:36:11 Yeah.
13:36:16 So.
13:36:18 No, that one is not.
13:36:21 But that's the image still. So I don't know that it can be.
13:36:23 I thought she had six.
13:36:25 Well, I might be.
13:36:32 She, she, I might've downloaded a different version,
13:36:35 but I have my notes on this one. So yeah, she did fix it.
13:36:37 Okay. Cool.
13:36:54 Yeah, version control so much fun.
13:36:56 Oh, gosh.
13:37:43 And you're good with, well,
13:37:44 we'll have to ask Timmy when she gets here about lunch in the poll.
13:37:47 If they're good with that, or they need you to do that.
13:37:49 Right.
13:37:50 No, I don't know.
13:37:51 If the panelists can do it.
13:37:52 Okay.
13:37:53 So you moved, you know what I need to make? Yeah.
13:37:55 Just do it. I'm going to make your cohost.
13:38:00 Feel better when they're two of us.
13:38:05 Yeah.
13:38:07 Just in case, right.
13:38:08 Yup.
13:38:17 Well, that looks like there was a little bump in.
13:38:22 And registrant's a little bit from yesterday, but.
13:38:35 I went through the registration report.
13:38:37 Edited everything. The membership.
13:38:38 Oh, good.
13:38:41 Yeah, accurate names.
13:38:47 And I always highlight them in yellow so that when I get the actual
13:38:49 attendee report, which is what I need.
13:38:51 Then I can copy it quickly.
13:38:52 But let me tell ya. It's.
13:38:55 It's like more than half.
13:38:57 The entries.
13:38:58 Have to be changed.
13:39:00 Really it's just crazy.
13:39:01 Yeah.
13:39:02 It's the details.
13:39:07 And, you know, I had an interesting thing happened to.
13:39:11 And I've pulled the sales force report.
13:39:14 It actually missed a few accounts.
13:39:19 And I went back in and they were there and I can't see anything that
13:39:22 was different about them.
13:39:24 So I'm going to have to keep an eye on that, I guess.
13:39:26 Oh, that's. Yeah.
13:39:27 I think there's a lot of things we're going to learn.
13:39:28 Yeah.
13:39:38 I'm trying to find a way to be able to read without looking like I'm
13:39:40 reading.
13:39:42 Does it look like? Can you tell I'm reading? When I look here?
13:39:43 Nope.
13:39:45 Okay.
13:39:52 I put out here and her mom's not home yet.
13:39:56 She's supposed to be.
13:39:57 So I've given her the warning about being quiet and all.
13:39:59 I knew it as soon as I needed to.
13:40:12 Here you are.
13:40:14 Backgrounds people have.
13:40:18 Thank you. Good to meet you, Tony.
13:40:20 Nice to meet you as well.
13:40:23 Very well, thanks for doing this for.
13:40:26 I'm excited to share this great work Texas has been doing.
13:40:29 Oh, wonderful. Thank you.
13:40:31 Thank you for having me.
13:40:36 Is that just, is that really your, one of your rooms at your school?
13:40:40 Behind yours.
13:40:42 It's in our.
13:40:43 It's in our lobby area.
13:40:44 In our building. I'm in.
13:40:45 Our district made several of our.
13:40:49 Different locations, backdrops for us.
13:40:51 This is one of the one.
13:40:53 It looks like a.
13:40:57 An ed camp. I went to once like the location.
13:41:01 Mobility and moving tables and chairs.
13:41:08 So when, how much long, longer are you all in school? There?
13:41:11 The last day of June 18th.
13:41:12 If I'm not mistaken.
13:41:16 Got a little bit of time. Yeah, we have, we have quite a bit of time.
13:41:19 Yeah.
13:41:24 Hectic. I'm going to ask if you,
13:41:25 but might add your location next to your name.
13:41:29 Just so that way they can keep it straight. One more.
13:41:31 We're a.
13:41:39 And then did you have a chance to,
13:41:40 did Timmy talk with you about the sort of the flow.
13:41:42 There's.
13:41:48 Did he see, I fell in the email,
13:41:50 how things are pretty much going to go.
13:41:52 And I did speak with her and she mentioned that she wanted me to be
13:41:54 very casual.
13:41:55 With my conversation.
13:41:56 But I'm having about what we are doing as a district. So.
13:41:59 I think I should be okay.
13:42:01 But with you and Eric on it, and that's the slide.
13:42:04 We're going to kick that off.
13:42:06 Yes, I.
13:42:10 I did I, I did pull up the flight, the updated slide deck.
13:42:12 I thought she was hearing, but I wasn't sure.
13:42:17 Yeah, I think it's after the Dallas college results,
13:42:20 then just to talk about.
13:42:21 Continues to.
13:42:22 Expansively impact our district.
13:42:30 We'd done with snow in Dallas, Fort worth now.
13:42:32 Thank the Lord. Yes.
13:42:33 We are.
13:42:34 Although our.
13:42:36 Is being a bit.
13:42:38 Bipolar right now. It's a little cool. It's been cool. Beef laugh.
13:42:41 Few days.
13:42:43 It got to like 38.
13:42:45 I want to say degrees with a yesterday morning.
13:42:50 In Philly, at least this morning,
13:42:51 we were at 46 and fell around this time.
13:42:56 We may dip here or there,
13:42:57 but it's not that much because we'll be jumping up to the 80.
13:43:00 Here for next week. So that's going to work well for us.
13:43:03 I'm ready.
13:43:04 For that one.
13:43:05 Once upon a time, I used to.
13:43:10 Come to Fort Gordon. Quite a lot. I worked for Harcourt brace. Do.
13:43:13 We've been there long enough.
13:43:14 Remember when we were downtown.
13:43:15 Towers down there.
13:43:18 So I used to get there more often.
13:43:21 I haven't been there in a long, long time, but I always loved it.
13:43:24 It's definitely changed a lot downtown.
13:43:26 You know, with the housing and.
13:43:28 The Montgomery area.
13:43:32 They built up a lot down there and they've all felt den from housing.
13:43:35 Around there.
13:43:37 Put you on mute.
13:43:38 My boss is calling.
13:43:40 No worries.
13:46:53 Hello.
13:46:57 CME. You've been busy already this morning. Haven't you? Oh my gosh.
13:47:00 Yes.
13:47:01 And I'm thinking I need to shut that curtain.
13:47:03 Cause like sometimes a glare.
13:47:04 Hold on. I'll be.
13:47:05 Okay.
13:47:06 Yeah.
13:47:08 Dark in this one size here.
13:47:12 Never know how to get the light. Right.
13:47:25 It's not that much better.
13:47:35 So I have so many different mechanisms for light in here.
13:47:39 Like I've got sheers, I've got fabric actually pinned up in there.
13:47:42 It's crazy.
13:47:49 It's still not that much better. Is it?
13:47:51 It's not too glary.
13:47:52 Nope. Nope. Okay.
13:47:56 Yeah, I have the same. I don't have, I don't have one of those, like,
13:47:58 you know,
13:48:00 Lights for people who make videos.
13:48:01 Well, my husband got me.
13:48:05 One,
13:48:06 it was a camera that mounted that you could put wherever and it had a
13:48:09 little rain.
13:48:10 And I'm like, yeah, but.
13:48:11 I didn't want it.
13:48:12 I think that's too good of a quality. I like, I need some blur.
13:48:15 Nicole.
13:48:17 You were on a call with Nicole this morning.
13:48:20 She looked like a movie star. I was like, what? What's,
13:48:22 what camera is that?
13:48:23 She looked really good. And it's like,
13:48:29 She had full makeup, but she's got a good camera. Yeah,
13:48:32 that's what she said. She said too.
13:48:33 It's a setting on her camera that does some air brunch work.
13:48:35 I think she's just being humble, but.
13:48:37 She's young.
13:48:42 I did set the video on here to soften as much as it would.
13:48:47 And so I'm on zoom almost all the time. And then I went to a.
13:48:50 Like one of the go-to webinars.
13:48:52 Right.
13:48:53 Jessica. I think that's what, when it was.
13:48:55 And it had no filter and I'm like, oh my God.
13:49:01 Now you got me looked at, I'm just looking here.
13:49:03 Filter back.
13:49:04 That's crazy.
13:49:07 Okay, well, so I've got the presentation up.
13:49:09 Great.
13:49:12 Let me go ahead and share this first screen. So it's all upgraded.
13:49:17 Great. And while folks arrive, they can't hear us until we start it.
13:49:20 We'll find their links.
13:49:23 Let's me get all of my things in the right place on my.
13:49:26 Add to your name.
13:49:27 Where you're from.
13:49:29 Oh, that's right. That's right.
13:49:32 There's a lot of people, it gets confusing.
13:49:37 Did it not say, oh, it sure didn't because I had changed it before.
13:49:40 Let me see.
13:49:41 All right.
13:49:53 Yeah.
13:50:13 And then do you want us to have.
13:50:15 Camera's on during the presentation.
13:50:18 I think that's nice now.
13:50:21 I think if, if the, if.
13:50:24 Tony and Eric and Anna May.
13:50:34 What to wait till they're on.
13:50:35 I just don't think it feels more conversational when they're on all
13:50:37 jobs. I'm going to turn mine off once you guys start,
13:50:40 just cause I'm not presenting.
13:50:41 But I don't know. Tony, what do you think?
13:50:47 About staying on camera the whole time. I'm okay. Either way,
13:50:50 but I mean, I've, I've attended webinars where it wasn't anything,
13:50:54 but my picture.
13:50:55 The whole entire time. So I'm okay with.
13:50:57 Well, and that's nice to see people nodding and.
13:51:00 And if they have something to add,
13:51:01 Yeah, but it's funny cause I've done the same thing.
13:51:02 Funny where I recorded it and then posted it. And then I was like,
13:51:05 well, wait a minute.
13:51:07 My face was on there the entire time. And sometimes it's distracting.
13:51:11 Yeah, definitely.
13:51:12 I've heard from other presenters that sometimes that's distracting.
13:51:20 It might be good just to have us all on it.
13:51:22 When we very first start talking and then turn it off.
13:51:25 And that way the recordings more clear, I guess.
13:51:27 It takes less room on the box on a toggle toggle on and off into
13:51:30 people have questions and we can make our video come back.
13:51:33 So definitely when you're speaking beyond the camera.
13:51:35 Yeah, let's do that.
13:51:37 Yeah, right.
13:51:41 Well mute or not.
13:51:42 If I can remember to mute and unmute myself the greatest challenge of
13:51:45 the past year for everyone. Right.
13:51:47 That's for sure.
13:51:48 Well, yes, I'm anxious to see who all.
13:51:49 Shows up.
13:51:52 Yeah, I think there are almost 200 registrants, which is a lot.
13:52:00 Normally have about 30% show for the live event and others
13:52:04 accessing the recording. So we'll see.
13:52:06 Man.
13:52:07 You would think that would show they're registered?
13:52:08 Yeah.
13:52:09 Good. Good attendance. I think people are really.
13:52:11 Curious about how this has worked.
13:52:18 Hardest part is.
13:52:21 The colleges that have not joined.
13:52:28 Finding the right person to talk to at the college to get going and
13:52:32 then like, Hey.
13:52:33 Tarrant county.
13:52:36 It's like we have had the right person.
13:52:37 We have been talking to them for so long. Are they getting closer?
13:52:39 It sounds like they are.
13:52:40 The college.
13:52:42 The college.
13:52:43 I keep asking on my end, just so you know.
13:52:45 Good.
13:52:47 I do keep asking that puts pressure. Right? I.
13:52:52 I have a contact.
13:52:53 She's not the person is actually making the decision.
13:52:58 But she did tell me that there were conversations going on because we
13:53:01 ha we do have a good number of our students that go to TC fee.
13:53:03 Upon.
13:53:04 I'm graduating in. So they start their first.
13:53:10 But, I mean, it is good that we had direct partnership with what UNT,
13:53:13 UTA and Tarleton.
13:53:15 That you know,
13:53:16 they work closely with our district on a lot of different projects and
13:53:19 felt because we have them.
13:53:20 That helps out a lot that does help because Tarleton just joined and
13:53:22 then Weatherford.
13:53:24 Talk to them there they look like they're fixing us on.
13:53:26 MOU as well. So.
13:53:27 So we'll see.
13:53:28 To me.
13:53:34 Are you let us know if you think we need to do any reminder to the
13:53:37 folks who aren't here yet.
13:53:38 They've got the hour.
13:53:40 It's probably got the hour reminder from Jim.
13:53:42 Did.
13:53:43 Kristen probably won't join.
13:53:45 Right before, just cause she's always back to back meetings.
13:53:52 So Eric and Anna, Eric emailed me this morning, so,
13:53:56 and Anna.
13:53:58 I emailed this morning about kind of the order of slides.
13:54:01 So I think they're good.
13:54:03 Okay. Cool.
13:54:13 I'll never forget. So I shouldn't do this this way.
13:54:15 So once years and years ago at a webinar,
13:54:17 we were doing this and people are like, no, no, no, she'll be here.
13:54:19 She'll be here. And it was when people just started using calendars.
13:54:21 So she had used her.
13:54:22 She had forgotten to put it on her calendar and just totally spaced
13:54:25 it.
13:54:26 I totally forgot it.
13:54:27 I guess I could email him.
13:54:28 It hurt. Right?
13:54:29 Yeah.
13:54:30 Just to let him know we're in here.
13:54:32 I got five. I mean,
13:54:33 And then our T.
13:54:35 Tim you're driving the slides, obviously, right? Yes.
13:54:38 So Jill Jill can run the poll for you.
13:54:41 Oh, let me get to the polling section. So we just set the question up.
13:54:46 When you have that question up until up at the poll up and then she'll
13:54:48 share the results and let her speak.
13:54:49 But you guys will do all the talking on that. Does that make sense?
13:54:52 Yes.
13:54:53 Okay.
13:54:54 All right. I just emailed him.
13:54:55 Thank you.
13:55:01 To me. Where are you physically located?
13:55:02 Are you closer to Dallas and Fort worth?
13:55:05 I'm closer to Dallas. I'm about an hour south of Dallas.
13:55:09 We used to live east of Dallas of the exact opposite of Fort worth.
13:55:12 I'm from Dallas.
13:55:16 And then we moved down here about a year and a half ago to the
13:55:18 country. So yeah.
13:55:19 Pretty it's greatness. We moved.
13:55:21 At the perfect time.
13:55:22 With.
13:55:23 Yes.
13:55:29 Like we moved in our house. We built a house.
13:55:31 We lived in a one room in our shop.
13:55:32 We built a shop first with like a one room.
13:55:34 Apartments and.
13:55:38 Moved in the house.
13:55:40 And like the week after we moved in is when the
13:55:43 shutdown happened.
13:55:44 So.
13:55:45 It was lucky that happened with my mom as well.
13:55:50 We got our house built from the ground up and she find.
13:55:53 Closed on February 28th.
13:56:01 We are in packed her up and, and, you know,
13:56:05 had movers, bring her stuff back to Fort worth.
13:56:08 Yeah.
13:56:09 That they did that like three.
13:56:10 Free rate like Martin.
13:56:11 13 Or something. So it was spring break was during the time that it.
13:56:15 Was that after spring break.
13:56:23 Well, what talk about the COVID 20.
13:56:26 So we built this. My kitchen is massive. Like it's massive. Hey,
13:56:29 Kristen.
13:56:31 Huge kitchen, dream kitchen.
13:56:33 And then we share property with my oldest and his wife and my first
13:56:36 grade son, and then my middle son and his wife.
13:56:38 There's like 30, some odd acres.
13:56:39 And so what I'm doing is cooking all the time. Baking.
13:56:43 Making bread and sinner rolls.
13:56:44 And so we just eat and I've just gained so much.
13:56:49 And then get,
13:56:50 and then I started working with Kristen and commit and I'm like,
13:56:52 I just sit into.
13:56:53 This chair.
13:56:54 Zoom meetings, zoom meetings, emails.
13:56:58 Wonderful though.
13:56:59 Close to the family.
13:57:01 It's amazing. Like I was worried.
13:57:05 Cause I didn't want to be too close for comfort.
13:57:07 I didn't want to be like everybody loves Raymond.
13:57:08 But it's been good.
13:57:10 Cause we don't really see our each other's houses.
13:57:19 Because of the way the trees fall and the land and everything,
13:57:21 but it's nice. We get together probably once a week,
13:57:23 maybe once every two weeks for dinner.
13:57:25 My oldest son is a fireman. And so when he's on shift,
13:57:30 The my daughter-in-law and grandson eat dinner with us.
13:57:32 So every third day we have them for dinner. So it's really nice.
13:57:36 Well,
13:57:37 it was important for me with my mom that she didn't say too far away
13:57:39 from me. So she's like eight minutes away.
13:57:41 That's awesome.
13:57:42 And I, and I tried to explain to her.
13:57:45 Why that would feel important because even though we're in Texas,
13:57:48 Texas has felt.
13:57:49 You know, Fort worth.
13:57:51 They'll try it out.
13:57:52 You know, in people getting their routines.
13:57:54 It's like, okay. I come the route to work and I come home.
13:57:56 And so whatever's along the way. That's where I stopped.
13:57:58 I don't necessarily venture out.
13:57:59 That much.
13:58:01 But she does stay eight minutes a little bit.
13:58:07 Eight minutes past my house, but it's,
13:58:08 it's still easier to get to her. Cause I had to go down one more exit.
13:58:14 And her, her exit versus stopping at mine. And so that,
13:58:18 that helped a lot because I was like, you do want to see me right.
13:58:20 Exactly.
13:58:27 And even like in the Dallas area or Fort worth,
13:58:30 it's so huge that you can just live not very far,
13:58:33 but then the traffic it takes, it's like forever.
13:58:36 Now, luckily we moved further away from my mother.
13:58:38 She's not so close.
13:58:40 But anyway.
13:58:41 Eric, Eric, Eric.
13:58:48 So anything anybody wants to talk about before we start the recording?
13:58:51 So people can start coming in as everybody's feel comfortable with the
13:58:53 flow.
13:58:57 I think so we've gone through war who alls talking at each slide.
13:58:59 Kristen's having the majority of the first one that I'm taking over,
13:59:02 passing it over to Anna.
13:59:03 Then Anna is passing over to Tony.
13:59:05 Tony's passing it to Eric and then it goes back to Chris. And so,
13:59:07 yeah, I think we're pretty good.
13:59:09 Great.
13:59:10 And Kristen,
13:59:11 if you could add where you're from to your name and then we'll just
13:59:14 chat with each other.
13:59:20 Chat with panelist button. If we have anything to say,
13:59:22 so folks are seeing our slides, but they're not hearing us yet.
13:59:25 So I everybody's good. I guess we'll hit start. Okay.
13:59:30 Jillian are you starting it?
13:59:31 Okay.
13:59:35 Welcome everyone.
13:59:40 This is Terry from Ann rock,
13:59:41 and we have a great group coming in the door today.
13:59:45 As you arrive.
13:59:46 We always love to get folks chatting in the chat area so he can.
13:59:50 Well, it's right where you're from just to,
13:59:52 to welcome each other as you arrive.
13:59:58 We will be recording today's webinars.
14:00:00 So if you have colleagues who would like to catch it,
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14:00:24 Giving folks just a second to arrive here. Couple seconds.
14:00:28 Let me see that slow down. We'll get going.
14:00:42 So used to ask people about the weather,
14:00:44 but all of our presenters today are from Texas as one weather outlook.
14:00:47 Right?
14:00:48 It's pretty cold for Texas today.
14:00:50 Like the last three days, it's been really cold.
14:00:52 Well, I say cold.
14:00:53 It's sixties.
14:00:55 Yeah, it's been 12 degrees at my house again.
14:00:58 That's horrible.
14:00:59 That's not good.
14:01:02 That was the weather report.
14:01:04 They can sure do that in the chat.
14:01:12 Thank you, Cynthia.
14:01:15 We're getting us going down there.
14:01:26 Yeah, throughout the session,
14:01:27 we will ask that he's chopped for sort of our informal conversation
14:01:30 and we'll watch that for questions as well,
14:01:32 but we will also be watching the Q and a.
14:01:34 Throughout.
14:01:36 For your questions. We'll, we'll come around to questions at the end.
14:01:39 So please share those as they occur to you.
14:01:41 And some of our panelists we'll try and answer the ones.
14:01:43 As they appear, but we'll also save some for the end.
14:01:46 It looks like the, the door slowing down.
14:01:49 So I think we can get going to me.
14:01:51 Okay.
14:02:03 So with the first one I D I just wanted to, then the next one,
14:02:07 I just wanted to tell everyone a little bit about who an ROC is.
14:02:10 I think a lot of folks from joined us for other events.
14:02:13 Maybe new to us. So I just wanted to let people know that M rock is a,
14:02:17 an organization that collaborates with educators to create tools.
14:02:20 That can help support online and hybrid learning environments.
14:02:24 And they've been really important in the past year,
14:02:26 as you can imagine.
14:02:27 And they're being used to serve a variety of student success
14:02:30 initiatives.
14:02:38 And today we're gonna,
14:02:39 we're really excited to be sharing that particular initiative that
14:02:42 grew up in Texas and continues to grow.
14:02:44 And that was really targeting college readiness issues with the
14:02:47 disruptions we've seen over the past year.
14:02:49 The next slide is just to mention that the importance of online
14:02:53 tools and resources for foundational review in math and English is
14:02:55 something we've heard again and again.
14:02:57 From the educators that we work with.
14:02:59 And particularly as students are thinking about transitioning for
14:03:01 whatever is next in their lives.
14:03:12 So it's been particularly important that there was a platform is a
14:03:16 platform that can be customized for targeted goals and projects that
14:03:20 have been really important to people this year.
14:03:22 Like just in time review and low stakes,
14:03:24 alternative to college placements.
14:03:25 And of course bridge programs.
14:03:27 So that's what we're going to hear about today is how Texas college
14:03:30 bridge adapted this platform for a little bit.
14:03:32 The diagnostic and, and student just in time, are you.
14:03:36 As they get ready for college in Texas.
14:03:37 So that was just the background I wanted to share before I kick it
14:03:40 back over to Timmy and Kristin,
14:03:41 we're really proud to be a partner in the Texas college bridge
14:03:44 project.
14:03:46 And the collaboration that you guys have full together with secondary
14:03:49 and post-secondary is really exemplary making a difference in so many
14:03:52 lives. So thank you for that.
14:03:53 With that, I'm going to turn it over to Christmas and Timmy too.
14:03:55 Tell us who's here today and a little bit more about the project.
14:04:00 Well, thank you.
14:04:01 And thank you everybody for attending our session today on our
14:04:04 collaborative efforts for the Texas college bridge.
14:04:11 This program focuses on preparing Texas high school students for
14:04:14 college success and as a TA initiative for online house bill five
14:04:18 college preparatory, English and math courses.
14:04:20 For those of you who are not from Texas,
14:04:22 which I noticed from the chat,
14:04:23 a lot of you are from all around the nation. Welcome. Hello.
14:04:33 If you're not from Texas house,
14:04:34 we'll talk college preparatory courses or high school credit,
14:04:37 English and math courses. In which higher education institutions,
14:04:40 faculty determine the course content that aligns with Texas college
14:04:43 readiness standards.
14:04:44 When students complete the courses.
14:04:49 That partnering with higher education institutions,
14:04:51 they receive a TSI exemption,
14:04:53 which allows the students to roll in intro level college courses
14:04:56 without having to take remediation.
14:04:57 So just kind of give you some background on what this is.
14:05:00 What I want to do right now is just kind of poll all of you and find
14:05:04 out a little bit about you.
14:05:05 So if you will please enter your response in the poll.
14:05:07 Here you go.
14:05:12 What we want to know is,
14:05:13 are you very happy with your current college readiness program and
14:05:16 you're having great results or you have mixed results with your
14:05:18 current college readiness program?
14:05:20 Which is two or three,
14:05:21 you don't have a fully developed college readiness program.
14:05:23 Just wanting to kind of know.
14:05:24 Where our audience members are in this.
14:05:26 Very important work.
14:05:32 All right.
14:05:46 While you're completing that.
14:05:47 I wanted to start out with what are we trying to solve?
14:05:50 And I'm going to use the Dallas county area as kind of an example,
14:05:53 but I really truly feel like a lot of the equity.
14:05:58 Gaps that we're trying to solve. And,
14:06:00 and the educational attainment gaps we're trying to solve,
14:06:02 it's consistent across our nation.
14:06:04 And so I have a feeling that all that you're in different places
14:06:06 around the nation, or even in Texas.
14:06:08 This year.
14:06:09 You're probably going to relate to what you see,
14:06:11 and that is the increased.
14:06:12 Educational experiments,
14:06:13 support students in gaining access to increase annual income for each
14:06:16 graduating class.
14:06:17 What I mean by this, when you look at this graphic,
14:06:19 The orange box shows Dallas county.
14:06:21 And if you look all the way to the left side,
14:06:25 What we did is we took census information for our alumni group ages
14:06:29 25 to 30, and looked at what was their average wage earning.
14:06:34 What were they earning in annual income?
14:06:36 And the average Fidel's county for our age group are alumni 25 to 30
14:06:40 years of age was $34,000 a year.
14:06:41 So, which is below what we consider a living wage.
14:06:43 Then you, when you look at the middle.
14:06:45 Bar graph.
14:06:46 You're looking at average salary for alumni.
14:06:54 It has either an associates or an above some type of post-secondary
14:06:57 credential. And when you look at their average income,
14:07:00 it's 48,900. So the big question is.
14:07:03 What would approximately $15,000 more an annual income do for our
14:07:07 students? For our alumni, for the students that we serve.
14:07:14 More importantly,
14:07:15 what impact does it have on our community as a whole?
14:07:18 And so if you look all the way to the right,
14:07:19 what this shows is that if Dallas county,
14:07:21 if we took every student that ever hit eighth grade,
14:07:23 Work with them,
14:07:25 have them all work towards a $50,000 or higher income.
14:07:28 And have them earn those post-secondary credentials and we all
14:07:31 collectively work together.
14:07:32 That's almost a half billion dollars in increased income.
14:07:40 Wage earnings in Dallas county that has a huge economic impact that
14:07:44 benefits everybody. And all of you are in that same boat.
14:07:47 If we all did this better.
14:07:49 And help students all the way through a PSA or credential to that
14:07:51 living wage job.
14:07:52 It benefits everyone.
14:07:54 Kristen real quick, the poll came in.
14:07:55 So let's go and look at the numbers from the poll.
14:08:08 All right.
14:08:09 So what we're seeing is 16% of you are happy with what you have.
14:08:12 You have great results,
14:08:14 but the vast majority you're saying you have mixed results,
14:08:16 or you don't have a program to do this very important work.
14:08:19 And so I have a feeling that's why we see some of these equity gaps in
14:08:22 educational attainment gaps across our nation.
14:08:24 If you look at this next slide.
14:08:26 This just takes it even.
14:08:27 Proves this point,
14:08:28 even further that race-based equity gaps exist in Dallas county.
14:08:32 You know,
14:08:33 they exist across our nation in terms of education and workforce
14:08:36 outcomes. And so this just follows looking at, at race.
14:08:40 That journey of our students in Dallas county.
14:08:42 And I encourage you map out the journey of your students so that you
14:08:45 can see how important this work is.
14:08:47 So, this is what we're trying to solve.
14:08:57 And so when you look at Texas college bridge,
14:08:59 we started as a COVID 19 response because we were trying to address
14:09:03 the, the learning loss that happened in spring 2020,
14:09:07 and over the summer with our graduates who are lost.
14:09:09 And with so many pivots that were happening.
14:09:10 But the higher ed and in K-12. So that's where we started.
14:09:14 But our mission now is to provide a robust.
14:09:19 College preparatory program in English and math that set students up
14:09:21 for increased success,
14:09:22 following them and getting that proof point as they transitioned
14:09:25 successfully to college and complete that first semester.
14:09:33 We have this work, couldn't be done as, as they say,
14:09:35 it takes a village. Well, this is our village.
14:09:37 We have Greenlight who is come in and partner with us to help provide
14:09:40 that credential or that proof point.
14:09:41 That,
14:09:42 that certificate of completion for the students that empowers the
14:09:45 students to then send that credential to the higher ed partners.
14:09:48 Commit, which I'm part of and Timmy's part of,
14:09:49 and we are supporting the implementation across the state.
14:09:52 I college board in Texas OnCourse that's where we have college and
14:09:55 career support.
14:09:56 Units that they students, as well as the face teachers and advisors.
14:10:00 The N rock project, which is our,
14:10:02 our curriculum and Dallas county promise,
14:10:04 which is part of the connect partnership.
14:10:05 So these are the partners along with tea.
14:10:16 And so what are we, what is Texas college bridge? Well, it,
14:10:19 one is improving equity, college readiness,
14:10:21 and post-secondary success. As I mentioned earlier,
14:10:23 this is based on house bill five college preparatory courses.
14:10:26 We have college preparatory, English and math,
14:10:28 which are high school credits.
14:10:32 However, in the past, there was inconsistency,
14:10:34 there were mixed results.
14:10:35 So just like the results from the poll that you just took yourself.
14:10:38 We had, we, we, we pulled all of our 20.
14:10:41 Regional service centers across Texas,
14:10:43 and those same exact same results that you showed are exactly what we
14:10:46 were receiving across our state.
14:10:48 Our college preparatory courses are not equating to the results that
14:10:51 we want, which is that students are, are.
14:10:59 Online individualized college prep courses for juniors and seniors.
14:11:10 It includes college and career lessons that also support transitioning
14:11:13 to post-Soviet programs,
14:11:14 because it's great if you help students with their skills and math and
14:11:16 reading and writing, but if they don't know how to transistors.
14:11:19 Successfully to college.
14:11:20 Then you, you you've lost half the battle.
14:11:21 You need to do both and look holistically at what the student needs
14:11:24 are.
14:11:31 The resources are designed to support all learners.
14:11:33 But the biggest piece is that our Texas higher ed faculty,
14:11:36 they're the ones leading what we're we're using on these courses.
14:11:40 And they're the ones that partnered with an ROC.
14:11:41 Staff to make sure that aligned with Texas standards.
14:11:44 And so they're that voice and that authority for the content.
14:11:46 It also provides increased flexibility.
14:11:49 To districts to implement, which was super important to COVID,
14:11:52 but also very important as we continue.
14:11:53 And it's a fully designed curriculum ready for teacher abuse.
14:11:56 With a low lift.
14:12:05 The biggest thing for me.
14:12:06 And then I'm most excited about is that we're also tracking the
14:12:08 students.
14:12:09 Not only are we looking at their enrollment in the courses completion,
14:12:13 but then where are they enrolling?
14:12:15 And then how are they doing in those entry-level college courses?
14:12:17 After they complete the Texas college bridge.
14:12:19 So those are all.
14:12:20 Pieces of what we're trying to achieve with Texas college bridge.
14:12:23 I want to mention, I said earlier as a full, complete curriculum.
14:12:29 It is a turnkey program.
14:12:30 And so we have resources and we really thought about each stakeholder.
14:12:33 So if you're a higher ed partner, we have a tab on our website.
14:12:36 For you with all the information to help you understand what it is,
14:12:39 help faculty be able to review the content and to participate.
14:12:42 And then we have a district tab, a teacher tab, a student tab,
14:12:45 and then a general information tab.
14:12:47 So every stakeholder has been addressed with resources to help them
14:12:50 through implementation.
14:12:54 What our program consists of is that we have the college preparatory
14:12:56 math.
14:13:25 Force, which has two stages to it.
14:13:27 The students start in stage one to stage two.
14:13:29 They have to master 90% of the content. And then with the English,
14:13:33 same thing, stage one, stage two.
14:13:34 And there's an essay that they must complete satisfactorily using a
14:13:37 grading rubric. So we have the math course, the English course.
14:13:41 And then on top of that college of career supports,
14:13:43 which are open to all students and with that,
14:13:45 it's really what are those milestones that students need to be aware
14:13:47 of and think about as they're transitioning and.
14:13:50 Preparing to go to college.
14:13:51 And Chris,
14:13:52 and we had a question that came in about what do you mean by low lift?
14:13:55 And I just replied back that there's like no grading,
14:13:57 except for the essay, no lesson planning.
14:13:59 Did you want to speak a little bit more on that?
14:14:01 Yeah. So, so it goes back to the design of these courses.
14:14:05 So the courses,
14:14:06 once a student has been identified who would benefit from these
14:14:09 courses, they will be.
14:14:10 Enrolled in the course, they'll take a diagnostic.
14:14:12 Test at the beginning that diagnostic test will map their personal
14:14:15 journey.
14:14:17 So that diagnostic test will decide,
14:14:18 determine what they already know really well and celebrate that
14:14:21 because they they've shown it on that diagnostic.
14:14:24 And then it maps out all of those skills that they need to work on.
14:14:27 And then it,
14:14:28 there are dashboards that show the student progression throughout.
14:14:30 There are all sorts of resources embedded within the curriculum and
14:14:33 the content like videos, quizzes,
14:14:36 additional supports for students who maybe need more.
14:14:42 And so it's all been built out for the students. So that way,
14:14:46 all we're asking teachers to do is monitor their progress.
14:14:49 And then if they see students that are struggling to create a little
14:14:52 personalized intervention for them,
14:14:53 which could be small group could be whole group,
14:14:55 or it could be one-on-one.
14:14:56 The biggest thing that we've seen as far as teachers.
14:14:59 We need them to be cheerleaders. We need them to be encouragers,
14:15:02 encouraging students to get done, encouraging students. Hey,
14:15:04 I see that you're at this point in the, in your course.
14:15:06 Let's keep going.
14:15:07 Especially with COVID right now because the engagement of students has
14:15:10 been really challenging for all of our districts. And in higher ed,
14:15:13 we've all seen that.
14:15:14 And so that's the, the biggest piece that we see as far as teachers.
14:15:18 Helping students.
14:15:28 Getting to the platform.
14:15:29 This is really quick high level of review of the two stages of English
14:15:33 and the content that is covered or all those skills.
14:15:35 And so you see that students must progress and show mastery of knives
14:15:38 to the content in stage one, before they can go to stage two.
14:15:40 They must master 90%.
14:15:42 And then how that essay math is the same way with Matt. We start with.
14:15:45 Found them.
14:15:46 Facial mask skills.
14:15:47 Once they get through that stage two,
14:15:49 then hits that algebra based content and they must master that to
14:15:52 continue.
14:15:55 At the conclusion of the course,
14:15:56 students will actually earn a certificate of completion that goes into
14:16:00 their student Walker, that green light that's stored in the.
14:16:05 Greenlight Walker.
14:16:06 And then students will be able to electronically send that certificate
14:16:09 of completion to higher education institutions of their choice around
14:16:12 Texas.
14:16:13 Kristen, I'm gonna stop.
14:16:15 Just briefly for a few questions.
14:16:21 One question is I'm a Texas community college.
14:16:25 We use ed ready for a bootcamp for students who need to improve their
14:16:28 TSI.
14:16:29 To score is this bridge program, the same thing,
14:16:32 but specifically for high school students,
14:16:34 So the way I'm going to answer that is that.
14:16:46 Yes, the, the equity content can be used as a boot camp with that.
14:16:49 There's not an expectation,
14:16:51 like there's not criteria that you must meet 90% at stage two and have
14:16:54 this essay. So the way this has been signed for Texas college bridge.
14:16:58 And for it to count as those high school credit courses,
14:17:00 they must meet the exit criteria.
14:17:02 There must be a teacher that is assigned,
14:17:04 that is supporting the students.
14:17:05 The students must complete those college.
14:17:07 That the college and career supports.
14:17:17 So it's designed a little differently and that it's it's students mess
14:17:21 progress through the entire content.
14:17:23 In order for them to earn the credit with a bootcamp,
14:17:25 there is no credit. They can engage in it. However they want.
14:17:28 There doesn't need to be necessarily a teacher.
14:17:30 So it's just functioning in a different way.
14:17:32 And the other question, could a tutor facilitate this?
14:17:34 So the way I'm going to answer that is that all of those are district
14:17:37 level decisions. However,
14:17:38 These are for credit.
14:17:40 This is a math credit course. This is an English credit course,
14:17:42 though. The expectation is that there are content.
14:17:49 Experts that are supporting the students and the teachers or the
14:17:52 facilitators of these courses should be able to help and support
14:17:55 students as they see the need for intervention.
14:17:58 Okay. And then another question I just answered,
14:18:00 they want to know if there's a list of districts.
14:18:02 That are participating in this? Yes.
14:18:03 Which takes us to this line.
14:18:05 And I'm going to take over now. Thanks Kristen.
14:18:07 I think we've answered questions up to this point.
14:18:14 So as of April 15th, when I ran the report on this past week,
14:18:17 we had 284 districts that had signed up for the Texas college.
14:18:21 Bridge course.
14:18:41 And then in Texas, we have a lot of different regions.
14:18:43 And so we like to look at where those districts are.
14:18:47 So this is a breakdown of the region where they fall and how many
14:18:49 districts have signed on in those region. Now,
14:18:51 some of our regions aren't very big or others are huge.
14:18:54 So the numbers may be a little skewed where it may have like region
14:18:58 one is smaller, where they have eight districts.
14:18:59 That could be a really high percentage, but this is a breakdown.
14:19:02 By region. And then there is a Google doc.
14:19:04 Where the districts are listed,
14:19:06 that is maintained where we update that and people can look at that.
14:19:10 Now what makes this work is the colleges that we have signed
14:19:14 on to the Texas college bridge.
14:19:15 So, like Kristen said this summer, when the program first started,
14:19:17 they had higher ed faculty go through review it.
14:19:22 Decide on the curriculum and basically say, yes,
14:19:24 this is what we feel like is covered.
14:19:27 And the TSI a, which if you're from out of Texas,
14:19:30 you don't really know what that is.
14:19:32 That basically means you're ready for college.
14:19:33 You passed your college entrance exam.
14:19:34 And so these colleges.
14:19:36 Then went and had their faculty review it and said, absolutely.
14:19:39 We agree that if a student finishes the program,
14:19:49 They will get the exemption to enroll straight into their college
14:19:53 classes without having to then retake a sat act or whatever
14:19:57 the test is.
14:19:58 We're up to 51% of the community colleges in Texas that have signed,
14:20:01 which is really that's,
14:20:02 we're pretty proud of that and is growing every week.
14:20:04 Some four year universities have joined as well.
14:20:06 So this is a list that we do keep updated on our website,
14:20:09 as well as the colleges sign.
14:20:12 Then we add their name to an addendum, to the, the MOU.
14:20:15 And so you could look at the list at any time.
14:20:17 So students that do finish no matter where they are in Texas can use
14:20:20 that certificate at any of these colleges to enroll and get that
14:20:23 exemption to go straight into their college.
14:20:24 Courses.
14:20:35 We also do have some colleges that said, Hey,
14:20:37 we love the Texas college bridge.
14:20:39 We want to use it for our college prep program,
14:20:41 but we just really want to take it from local students and not from
14:20:43 all over Texas.
14:20:44 And so these are some of the colleges that have worked with their
14:20:47 local partners and amended their agreement to where they take it just
14:20:50 locally.
14:20:51 So how do they review on our Texas college bridge website?
14:20:54 And Kristen had said this earlier,
14:20:55 we tried to make everything kind of a one-stop shop and all be
14:20:57 together.
14:20:58 On the higher end tab,
14:21:00 there is a leak where faculty can go into a demo account and review
14:21:03 the curriculum, both for the English and the math.
14:21:06 It's not just for higher ed.
14:21:09 The school districts will have their instructors go through and work
14:21:12 through this before they actually teach the class lives.
14:21:14 So they see what the students see,
14:21:15 but it's on the higher ed tab right in the middle of the page.
14:21:17 And there's instructions of how to do that demo.
14:21:19 Now when they do work through the demo, it doesn't save work.
14:21:22 So with you.
14:21:23 Work through it.
14:21:24 Exit out and go back to it. Then you have to start over.
14:21:26 So just a little bit to let you know that.
14:21:34 So once we got going this summer,
14:21:36 we had a group this summer that the students finished earned their
14:21:39 certificate and then enrolled in college.
14:21:41 I got a lot of their emails and kind of emailed out to the students to
14:21:43 find out how they were doing.
14:21:45 And this cute little young lady of Ventolin.
14:21:47 I think that's how you said her name.
14:21:51 She went through it. She said it was wonderful.
14:21:53 She had never done anything online before,
14:21:55 but she felt like it was a program that really prepared her for
14:21:58 college. And then I found out that she was at north lake college here.
14:22:01 In the Dallas area,
14:22:02 which is a really pretty campus in a central north,
14:22:05 like in they're pretty. And she said, well, I've,
14:22:06 haven't even been able to go to school. It's all online.
14:22:09 So it kind of broke my heart,
14:22:10 but so she said the Texas college bridge prepared her because it was
14:22:13 online. And then this other young man, Carlos.
14:22:16 Through some emails said that he really didn't think he was all that
14:22:18 smart.
14:22:19 And he worked through the program and felt like it really did prepare
14:22:22 him. And then he said,
14:22:23 He thought college was easy.
14:22:25 So whatever the Texas college bridge did for him,
14:22:28 I needed it in high school because I didn't think college was so easy.
14:22:31 When I got there.
14:22:32 So it was really kind of nice to hear from the students that they felt
14:22:34 like it really did prepare them.
14:22:43 And then the higher ed faculty that worked with some students this
14:22:46 summer really were complimentary of the program.
14:22:50 They felt like it prepared them,
14:22:51 that it did cover what they needed to.
14:22:53 No.
14:22:55 I'm moving in to college.
14:22:56 And this is when I'm going to turn it over to an amaze from Dallas
14:23:00 college.
14:23:01 She'll tell you firsthand their impression of Texas college bridge.
14:23:06 Good afternoon.
14:23:07 I am looking forward to sharing some information from our faculty
14:23:11 who participated in the program.
14:23:13 As you can see.
14:23:21 Ivan Dole and Sharon Jackson
14:23:24 Prevena are all full-time faculty.
14:23:28 They were curriculum.
14:23:29 Discipline leads for math and English.
14:23:32 They really became engaged.
14:23:35 First of all they provided with you to the curriculum input too.
14:23:38 Rock.
14:23:42 And aligned it with what they have taught in the
14:23:45 developmental math and English courses.
14:23:47 That prepares students for college level English and math courses.
14:23:52 They provided some test.
14:23:56 Through a course that was offered.
14:24:00 Last summer. And if you go to the next slide,
14:24:17 Another faculty member from math full time.
14:24:20 She highlighted a little bit about the program and the
14:24:24 software.
14:24:25 She taught two of the sections we offered during 2020.
14:24:29 Summer, we had 14 faculty involved.
14:24:31 From English and math. And these are representative of those faculty.
14:24:34 Next slide.
14:24:35 Another English participant.
14:24:38 Faculty who was a curriculum chair?
14:24:40 For the English area.
14:24:50 Another English faculty. So again, you can read their comments,
14:24:54 but I wanted to share that the faculty engagement was very specific.
14:25:00 It was long-term in terms of their involvement.
14:25:04 They worked on this all last summer.
14:25:07 And spent a number of hours actually
14:25:11 conducting the course.
14:25:12 As a test.
14:25:19 So during the summer, we had
14:25:21 a number of students.
14:25:22 We had over 200 students who participated in some way.
14:25:26 We had 700 who initially indicated.
14:25:28 That they were going to participate.
14:25:31 But out of that group,
14:25:32 we actually had 105 students who completed stage one.
14:25:36 Or stage two of the English course.
14:25:38 Another 177 complete stage one.
14:25:41 Stage two.
14:25:42 Of the math course.
14:25:44 And we were able to engage them.
14:25:47 Voluntarily.
14:25:49 They were not required to do this.
14:26:01 These were students who were recruited through the Dallas county
14:26:05 promise program had indicated that they were going to attend the fall,
14:26:09 but that they were not.
14:26:10 Prepared.
14:26:11 Based on either the Texas success initiative assessment that
14:26:16 they had taken previously.
14:26:18 Or based upon the lack of
14:26:22 being able to take.
14:26:23 The PSI.
14:26:31 Because of the pandemic. And as was mentioned,
14:26:34 we were totally online with all of our courses and services
14:26:38 by summer of last year.
14:26:39 So this was a great alternative for them.
14:26:42 In terms of their enrollment in the fall.
14:26:46 We did track their grades for passing both English and math
14:26:50 courses.
14:26:51 And we compared those students who completed stage one.
14:26:55 Of the English.
14:26:57 With those students who had no college prep.
14:27:00 Chorus or.
14:27:02 Had not taken.
14:27:06 The course through the Texas college bridge summer pilot.
14:27:11 As you can see the students who completed the Texas college.
14:27:15 Bridge outperformed.
14:27:17 Inefficiently.
14:27:21 Those students who were the traditional college students and meaning.
14:27:24 All other students.
14:27:25 For English.
14:27:40 There was over a 24%
14:27:44 success rate differential for math.
14:27:47 It was fairly significant, both for.
14:27:51 College algebra, which is 13, 14, 13,
14:27:55 24, as well as statistics,
14:27:58 which is 1330, two 1342.
14:28:00 So the.
14:28:02 The results were really impressive.
14:28:03 And our faculty who reviewed these results.
14:28:07 Were indicating that they really ended.
14:28:09 Felt that participation in the Texas college bridge.
14:28:12 Because of the assessment.
14:28:15 The grading of the essay in the case of English.
14:28:18 The math.
14:28:28 Diagnostic and components.
14:28:29 They were confident that the,
14:28:31 the difference was definitely to do due to.
14:28:38 That participation and of course the commitment of the students.
14:28:41 So this is a summary of our learnings from that summer
14:28:44 program.
14:28:59 And what that helped us do is to convey to
14:29:03 our high schools,
14:29:04 that this was something that we would agree could
14:29:08 replace any other college prep program that they had implemented.
14:29:12 Those were very inconsistent across our region.
14:29:15 And in some cases they didn't.
14:29:18 Have an opportunity at all to participate because their high
14:29:22 school did not.
14:29:23 Offer it. So next slide.
14:29:26 I believe this is I'm turning this over to
14:29:30 Tony.
14:29:31 I think, you know what?
14:29:32 I need to jump in on this slide and then we'll go to Tony.
14:29:34 Thank you, Anna.
14:29:36 Do we all mine Paul's real quick.
14:29:37 Are there any questions we need to address right now?
14:29:39 There aren't any new ones. So.
14:29:41 Inviting people to share.
14:29:47 Okay. Great. Yeah. So at any time that you have a question,
14:29:50 please type it in the chat or in the question so we can answer it for
14:29:52 you.
14:29:53 Well, when we get to the end,
14:29:54 Leah back had a question that we need to answer.
14:29:58 We'll we'll put a pin there and come back to that.
14:30:00 Okay. Great.
14:30:04 So when the Texas college bridge,
14:30:06 when they first decided this past summer that they were going to have
14:30:08 this bridge program.
14:30:14 Which was a COVID response.
14:30:15 There was really only supposed to be the three phases.
14:30:18 So phase what phase one was the summer and those completers.
14:30:21 Are the ones that Anna was just talking about,
14:30:23 that some of those did enroll in Dallas college and they tracked them.
14:30:31 That was the phase one and we had 900 and seventies certificates
14:30:34 earned. Then we moved on into phase two,
14:30:36 which is this school year where we are right now.
14:30:38 And so how many districts have we had applied and.
14:30:41 Right now we're in.
14:30:42 And now we're a little over this for my ran the numbers,
14:30:44 but we're at 23,000 student licenses that are being used.
14:30:55 Then the last phase was actually supposed to be the summer,
14:30:57 but now tea has extended it to June of 2022.
14:31:01 So that phase just kind of continues to grow.
14:31:03 And we're even hoping that it may go past that,
14:31:05 but that's kind of the phases of the Texas college bridge.
14:31:08 And so as we grow, we have districts.
14:31:11 That are helping us giving us feedback and telling us what they're
14:31:14 doing. Right.
14:31:15 So I'm going to turn it over to Dr.
14:31:17 Grant from Fort worth to kind of let her tell you about what they're
14:31:20 doing in Fort worth.
14:31:21 Thank you so much.
14:31:22 Kimmy.
14:31:23 Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share what we are doing
14:31:26 here in Fort worth, Texas.
14:31:27 To support our students with the Texas college bridge program.
14:31:30 One of the things that I can say is that we learned about the Texas
14:31:32 college bridge program in the fall.
14:31:38 And we decided to roll it out district wide in the spring.
14:31:41 So we have over 22 high schools with over 2,500 seniors.
14:31:45 So we, we are taking it one step at a time.
14:31:49 Rolling it out with our seniors first,
14:31:50 because what inspired us to look at this program is one the
14:31:54 50 and more credit that comes from it. And I'll fill that the TSI.
14:31:57 I'm exemption status that comes from it with partnering institutions.
14:32:00 And so that was definitely a positive impact because it was allowing
14:32:03 us as a district.
14:32:11 To level the playing field of equity and access with our students
14:32:14 since that has been a big barrier during COVID.
14:32:17 And so that was one of the things that was very promising about this
14:32:19 program was one that it was tailored to the student need.
14:32:22 It was online. It was virtual.
14:32:23 It could be as engaging as you needed it to be of a district.
14:32:27 So we did decide to go with the online version.
14:32:37 In a standalone in like a zero hour class period.
14:32:40 So out of those 2,500 seniors,
14:32:42 we had over 4,300 course enrollment.
14:32:44 So we're looking at our students enrolling in multiple,
14:32:47 in both English and the math portion.
14:32:48 Info, definitely that just incur, you know,
14:32:51 increases our students' opportunities for post-secondary success.
14:32:53 And what we've seen is that we've had student engagement in stage
14:32:56 completions increase exponentially.
14:32:58 On a regular basis. And I think that is.
14:33:03 Again, assisting not only our district,
14:33:05 but our students and being post-secondary ready and increasing our
14:33:08 CPMR credits and TFI inventions with those partnered institutions.
14:33:28 What, what was the big bonus for us later on?
14:33:31 Because these weren't partners in the beginning,
14:33:33 but the higher ed institutions that are partnering with Texas college
14:33:35 bridge, like UTA, UNT and Charlton state university,
14:33:38 they're already big partners in our district.
14:33:41 And a lot of our students attend these universities after graduating.
14:33:44 So that was a plus, definitely. And so, again, we're.
14:33:47 We're making that positive impact where we're expanding post-secondary
14:33:51 success to our students,
14:33:52 and we're assisting them preparing for success in college career and
14:33:55 community leadership, which is actually our district motto.
14:33:58 So.
14:33:59 Right about now,
14:34:00 we are actually just approving to add our junior sort of program for
14:34:02 the summer.
14:34:07 Knowing that it is, it has been extended through next year.
14:34:10 And so we want to make sure that we're, we're starting early.
14:34:12 So that's one of our lessons learned is that because we did roll it
14:34:14 out in the spring,
14:34:16 we've had students that were somewhat slow to engage in the program,
14:34:19 but again,
14:34:20 we are constantly talking about Texas college bridge and our post
14:34:23 secondary team meetings.
14:34:24 We're talking about them as a region, as a campus.
14:34:26 And so they're able to implement types of college bridge and really
14:34:29 look at that.
14:34:30 That student data to support their students on their campuses.
14:34:33 So just knowing that we had, that were approving our juniors.
14:34:36 To go into the summer on all campuses.
14:34:38 And we're having future plans to add more options for Texas college
14:34:41 bridge next year.
14:34:42 And then the last thing is just the college and career support piece
14:34:44 is an added bonus with the program for us.
14:34:46 Just because we do a lot of college career and military readiness.
14:34:49 In our district, we have a department that is responsible for that,
14:34:52 where we have go centers and college and career readiness coaches that
14:34:54 partner with our higher ed institutions.
14:35:02 To provide support to our students and make sure that they are ready
14:35:05 for whatever their post-secondary plans may be upon graduation.
14:35:08 So Texas college bridge has definitely been,
14:35:10 has impacted our district in such a positive way.
14:35:12 That we hope that it continues to be around for a time to come a long
14:35:15 time to come.
14:35:17 So I think that's all that I have to share.
14:35:19 Are there any questions about any of the information that I did share
14:35:21 with you?
14:35:22 Are any wonderings?
14:35:23 Yeah, I don't see.
14:35:28 I don't see any questions directly towards you. So I think we're good.
14:35:32 Okay.
14:35:33 Wonderful.
14:35:34 I'm going to pass it over to Dr. Eric Pierce.
14:35:36 Who's the director of post-secondary written.
14:35:40 Eric you're on mute.
14:35:45 Got to love.
14:35:47 Thank you, everyone for coming on board this morning.
14:35:52 Thank you, Dr. Grant for sharing your information from Fort worth ISD,
14:35:55 which.
14:35:56 It goes and resembles a lot of.
14:35:58 What a NSI as D has done as.
14:36:01 Is doing with the college bridge program.
14:36:03 I'm going to dive into it.
14:36:06 [Unknown] perspective, but in 17, 18,
14:36:08 The accountability framework for Texas.
14:36:10 Begin to change.
14:36:11 And basically the change.
14:36:16 Brought on a new dimension of CCM or college career and military
14:36:20 readiness.
14:36:21 And the mantra.
14:36:22 I took it as.
14:36:23 You have to inspect what you can see.
14:36:25 And that was for us.
14:36:27 The kids who weren't not.
14:36:30 And AP who were not in dual credit.
14:36:33 And who were not getting CTE certifications.
14:36:36 And statistically or.
14:36:39 Empirically that's about half.
14:36:40 Of the students here.
14:36:42 They weren't in that.
14:36:44 Those areas. So we had to find a way.
14:36:52 To get them college ready or military ready or certified for CTE
14:36:56 and the college bridge program, which.
14:36:58 In our lap, this past pro.
14:37:00 Role has been monumental with, for that challenge.
14:37:03 I will say that it takes the right staff for the program.
14:37:05 To be efficient and effective.
14:37:06 We have our, a retired English teacher.
14:37:09 Current English teacher.
14:37:12 And are you former algebra one teacher doing it for us?
14:37:15 They all buy into the program.
14:37:17 They definitely see the worth.
14:37:23 And they never better than starting a new program.
14:37:27 After the school year had started. And I'll also say that.
14:37:29 Both with.
14:37:30 Pyxis college bridge.
14:37:32 Bridge and green light, the support.
14:37:35 Took side. It was very smooth.
14:37:39 I was a little apprehensive myself of jumping into something.
14:37:41 Add to the school year started.
14:37:46 But it was easy. It was fast. And most importantly,
14:37:50 the kids were on that program.
14:37:51 Within a given timeframe. So kudos to those two programs.
14:37:54 Or from a teacher perspective.
14:37:56 Feedback from those three teachers are.
14:38:00 That the teachers are still having to, having to teach some.
14:38:03 And by that.
14:38:04 Doing the workshops.
14:38:05 Throughout the class.
14:38:07 Whenever a kid is struggling with a concept.
14:38:09 It's important to have.
14:38:11 That open communication and relationship still.
14:38:13 It's a kids.
14:38:18 That when they, you know,
14:38:19 they watched the video on the online program.
14:38:22 If they don't get it or they need the extra bump that the teacher is
14:38:25 still there to support them.
14:38:26 Through workshops and pullouts they're in class.
14:38:28 One one area.
14:38:33 That we explored a lot and talk a lot about was our students.
14:38:37 In special populations that have IEP.
14:38:42 Some of those students are doing better working one-on-one with a
14:38:45 teacher.
14:38:46 And traditional settings.
14:38:48 Others are doing just fine on the online program. So it is.
14:38:55 Still an individualized education regardless of how you look at it.
14:38:57 So we found what works best for our kids.
14:38:59 And we're going that route with that.
14:39:02 Our mindset here is that experience.
14:39:04 To these college.
14:39:07 The mentions is college.
14:39:10 Settings of working through these.
14:39:11 Accuplacer.
14:39:12 TSI.
14:39:16 Two programs is that the kids are getting exposure to it.
14:39:20 Bill's tenacity and grit. And we have conversations with the teachers.
14:39:24 To encourage them to.
14:39:28 Take moments with our students to talk about what this certificate
14:39:31 could lead to.
14:39:33 And ultimately in the springtime we're having college application
14:39:35 blitzes.
14:39:37 With our, our coordinator here at the campus.
14:39:39 We also.
14:39:43 We tie in the college bridge program to our Naviance college planning.
14:39:47 Online system. So we're tying all these pieces together. Hopefully.
14:39:51 To allow the kids to see an avenue.
14:39:53 That once they get out there.
14:39:54 He is no.
14:39:58 There's not an end of the road and the Texas college.
14:40:00 Bridge is not just a.
14:40:01 Name of the company.
14:40:02 It really is a segue.
14:40:03 For them to keep going.
14:40:06 And eliminate the barriers that exist.
14:40:11 I want to take a moment to stop pretty.
14:40:13 Questions.
14:40:17 Teachers holding workshops.
14:40:20 In addition to the one-on-one sessions with students.
14:40:23 So a workshop structure might be.
14:40:30 So the, the kids all do a diagnostic at the,
14:40:32 at the beginning of the program to see where they are.
14:40:35 Cause it is individualized. So.
14:40:36 If a student is stuck on a fractional application.
14:40:40 The teacher would pull them.
14:40:44 Pull them off the laptop for a moment,
14:40:46 or even watch the videos or work through the problems with them.
14:40:49 To a degree to explore and show them.
14:40:53 A micro lesson, if you will, on, on that a fraction.
14:40:57 Concepts. So that's what I was referring to in that.
14:40:59 There could be more than one kid at a time, obviously.
14:41:07 But that's the idea is just bring it down to a more traditional level
14:41:10 when needed for certain kids who need the help.
14:41:13 Thank you.
14:41:14 Any other questions before we move on.
14:41:19 Thank you, Dr. Pierce.
14:41:25 Thank you, Ms. Creekmore,
14:41:26 we're gonna move on and turn it back over to Dr. Edney.
14:41:30 All right.
14:41:33 And so you can see that we, we we're on a journey,
14:41:37 we're on a journey to improve and, and.
14:41:41 Really focused on collaboration and continuous improvement so that we,
14:41:44 we provide a program that.
14:41:46 Has that proof.
14:41:47 At the end.
14:41:50 Bottom line. We're very student focused.
14:41:52 And so as part of this continuous improvement journey,
14:41:54 we are organizing a work group.
14:41:56 That is going to focus on continuous improvement.
14:41:58 And where do we go from here and in the future?
14:42:10 The antenna partners or texts education, I just took,
14:42:12 which initiated this program [unknown] which is a huge,
14:42:16 very important voice district partners, higher ed partners,
14:42:18 and then the techs college bridge staff.
14:42:22 So we're working on that right now.
14:42:24 And then we are working on a grant expansion right now.
14:42:27 There's a lot of federal dollars that are flowing into our,
14:42:30 all of our states. And so we want to.
14:42:32 Since we're having such great success with this program,
14:42:34 we want to capitalize on getting some of that,
14:42:36 that funding and making sure that we can have long-term
14:42:39 sustainability.
14:42:42 The MOU is at the higher ed partner side was through 2025.
14:42:45 So right now our grant expansion will mirror that MOU and we're hoping
14:42:48 that it will be approved.
14:42:49 And then we also are really digging in on how do we continue to track
14:42:53 student performance?
14:42:56 In college,
14:42:57 making sure that this program is delivering on college readiness,
14:43:01 which is what, what we want and expect.
14:43:08 And then also increasing that integration of college and career
14:43:10 supports,
14:43:12 making sure that students are going through those milestones,
14:43:15 transitioning smoothly and effectively to the college of their choice.
14:43:18 And so that's our, our future forward. And,
14:43:20 and I do want to say I was remiss when we talked about our partners
14:43:23 earlier.
14:43:24 That was part of the village.
14:43:29 But I do want to give a shout out because I do know some of our
14:43:31 partners that really were very instrumental in getting this off the
14:43:34 ground or are in this session. And that is,
14:43:36 we started with five higher ed institution.
14:43:38 Institutions in the Dallas area who really kicked started this.
14:43:41 And I want to give a shout out to Texas woman's university,
14:43:43 Texas a and M commerce.
14:43:44 UNT Denton.
14:43:45 UNT Dallas and then Dallas college, their faculty,
14:43:49 their English and math faculty.
14:43:54 Were hugely instrumental in doing the review, the initial review,
14:43:57 making sure that we were meeting Texas standards and getting this off
14:44:00 the ground. So.
14:44:01 Just want to give that out there.
14:44:06 At this time, we're ready for some questions. And I want to go back.
14:44:09 I promised you that we would answer your question and you asked back
14:44:12 in the chat.
14:44:14 So the community college bootcamp students should get to 90% to
14:44:17 reasonably expect to be college. Ready on TSA.
14:44:21 But if we have a student who is very loud and just wants to improve a
14:44:24 bit to score high enough to get into our co-requisite course.
14:44:27 Is there a way to find the percent they need to get to maybe 6% or 7%.
14:44:34 Then I want to kind of say that we're working on what those
14:44:38 learnings are from this year. I do want to take a moment and say that.
14:44:41 During the summer.
14:44:44 Our criteria, for course,
14:44:46 completion was actually 90% at stage one.
14:44:49 And so most of the students.
14:44:54 There were some that went obviously through stage two, but you know,
14:44:57 typically students will only rise to what they're expected to.
14:45:00 So stage one,
14:45:02 90%. And we still had great success even with stage one.
14:45:05 So I do want to say that.
14:45:06 We, we have a higher lift for students.
14:45:08 They must complete stage two because we want ensure that they are
14:45:11 ready.
14:45:12 But I think that we will have some learnings.
14:45:14 From this, this.
14:45:15 Year that we're in right now.
14:45:17 And can better answer the question that you asked.
14:45:20 I would say though, having done all sorts of bootcamps for TSI.
14:45:23 Before TSA.
14:45:40 To hit and also for sat and act any exposure,
14:45:44 no matter the length or the amount will help students.
14:45:47 Anytime they can work on the skills where they're deficient,
14:45:49 it's going to make them stronger.
14:45:50 And so I would say that even if they don't finish.
14:45:53 It's it's great for them to engage with the ed. Ready.
14:45:56 Forms.
14:45:57 Kristen. There are several questions.
14:45:59 Hand raise.
14:46:00 Right now. So I'll just go through and try to hit some of these.
14:46:02 One that's in the chat right now.
14:46:03 Our district is interested in providing the college prep,
14:46:06 math and ELA courses.
14:46:08 How do we ensure that students do not blow through the Texas college
14:46:11 bridge so quickly that there's nothing else for them to do?
14:46:14 What can we do to supplement the content?
14:46:29 They say there's two answers to this because number one,
14:46:32 you want your kids to get through this quickly so that they don't have
14:46:36 to do everything if they've already mastered it.
14:46:38 So there's the bonus of the program is that you want them to be
14:46:41 finished? Yes.
14:46:42 Well, and I'm going to tell you that the, as,
14:46:44 as having been a district leader,
14:46:45 Who led in this area?
14:46:52 You really have to kind of think about who are the students that
14:46:54 you're serving. And I truly believe that there's two, two students.
14:46:56 You're going to have the bubble student who will need a smaller,
14:46:59 quicker intervention.
14:47:00 And then you have the students who need more of a lift and that's
14:47:02 going to be longer term more supports.
14:47:06 So I would encourage everybody to really think about what are the two
14:47:09 students. And then how do you want to set those up? For example,
14:47:12 could this for your kids who are more bubble,
14:47:14 could it be for elective credit? And it is.
14:47:17 Sorry.
14:47:18 And it it's online. No GPA.
14:47:21 You know, it's, it's, it's basically completion or not.
14:47:24 Because with them, they, they.
14:47:25 They need a shorter.
14:47:26 Intervention.
14:47:28 And then.
14:47:29 Be much more intentional about what you're doing was due to need a
14:47:31 hot.
14:47:32 A longer lift or more of a lift. So I think.
14:47:40 Yeah.
14:47:41 That's the beauty of this is that TA has allowed our districts to
14:47:44 really think about what are the students, who are the students,
14:47:46 what are their needs and how do we create this to meet their needs?
14:47:48 And so if you, I always encourage districts, look at your data.
14:47:54 Look at the students and their journey.
14:47:56 What does their data tell you about their needs?
14:47:58 And then if you could craft it as an online short term or a longer
14:48:02 term,
14:48:03 Where would you place those students?
14:48:04 And then what are the teachers that you would bring in to support
14:48:06 those two types of ways of offering it?
14:48:13 Some districts don't have the flexibility to offer it in more than one
14:48:16 way. And if you're in that situation,
14:48:18 then I would say that that's where you have the college of career
14:48:21 supports that you bring in.
14:48:22 You maybe try to make it as, I mean,
14:48:24 It's not meant to be.
14:48:25 Synchronous, but maybe you, you,
14:48:27 you have students work through a certain period.
14:48:29 Pause, give them.
14:48:30 Other activities that are college related.
14:48:42 Investigating their career, making sure there's alignment,
14:48:44 making sure, you know, for example, that they're meeting with that,
14:48:46 that college partner advisor have like those
14:48:50 bowel milestones that you're asking the students to engage in and to.
14:48:53 To reflect on there's all sorts of things that you can do.
14:48:56 It just really depends on, on you where you are.
14:48:58 And the partnership that you have, your, your local higher ed.
14:49:00 Institution. Yeah. Cause I think it's totally different.
14:49:03 The way Fort worth is doing it versus a way, and this is doing it.
14:49:07 Because like within us,
14:49:08 I think you want yours are in a classroom where they need more pacing
14:49:11 to kind of make sure that they're not done and sit in there for the
14:49:13 rest of the semester.
14:49:14 Where Fort worth is.
14:49:16 Zero hour where they want to get through.
14:49:17 As fast as possible, get the certificate and move on.
14:49:20 So it depends on the district.
14:49:21 Yeah.
14:49:22 Christian layer.
14:49:23 You asked about elaborate on the college of career supports what they
14:49:25 are and how they look.
14:49:26 If you go to our website.
14:49:28 I'll tell you what, let me, yeah,
14:49:30 let me I'll demo that and real quick.
14:49:34 I'm pulling that up. There was another question that says,
14:49:36 how do these credits transfer to other states?
14:49:39 They don't.
14:49:42 So, and, and I'm going to also back,
14:49:44 but take a step back and answer that question with.
14:49:46 So these are high school credits. They are there.
14:49:48 In Texas high school credit.
14:49:53 And the students will get that TSI exemption when there is.
14:50:02 Well,
14:50:03 they'll get the TSI exemption only at higher education institutions
14:50:06 that have partnered either through a local MOU or through the Texas
14:50:09 college bridge MOU.
14:50:10 So if you have a higher education institution out of state,
14:50:14 or even in state that has not partnered or not signed the MOU.
14:50:17 At that point.
14:50:18 They decide.
14:50:19 Each each institution of higher education decides.
14:50:21 How they're going to treat that they could use it in Texas,
14:50:23 for example, as a.
14:50:24 Part of the things that they look at for multiple measures.
14:50:39 But it would be up to the discretion of that higher education
14:50:41 institution wherever they are now. And if I'm correct,
14:50:44 once they do enroll in one of the partnering colleges finished,
14:50:47 their first semester passed the classes,
14:50:49 then they are marked as college met.
14:50:51 Right. And then those classes, depending on what they take,
14:50:53 could transfer out of state college,
14:50:55 it just depends on the colleges I go to. As far as that.
14:50:57 Okay.
14:50:58 So at the website on the student tab,
14:51:01 there is the go-to college forward link here.
14:51:03 That's available to anyone at this point. Any student.
14:51:06 And then when you go to the website and scroll down,
14:51:09 it gives information here.
14:51:14 And then it's broken down by unit.
14:51:16 So unit one value of a post-secondary degree.
14:51:18 So you could click here and work through this.
14:51:21 Demonstrating college readiness.
14:51:23 Here's another unit where they can click and get started on this unit.
14:51:26 Career exploration, which I actually put my 20 five-year-old son.
14:51:29 In.
14:51:31 Cause it was on the website and I thought it was beneficial to him.
14:51:35 But here's some information you could do a reality check guide.
14:51:43 Look through classes or careers, and then choosing your school.
14:51:47 How do you pick your school? Looking and doing research?
14:51:49 They really put a lot of work in the pudding,
14:51:51 this kind of as a one-stop shop for students to get everything they
14:51:54 need.
14:51:55 One of the hardest things that we've seen is filling out that
14:51:59 financial aid.
14:52:00 Paperwork, not really paperwork anymore. It's online, but.
14:52:04 That and then the college application. So these are the units that.
14:52:07 Are available to the students.
14:52:09 They're on our website.
14:52:12 On the.
14:52:16 Let me go back on the teacher tab.
14:52:21 There's also help for advising students on using the resources.
14:52:26 So you could go download the advising guide and then this is
14:52:29 information.
14:52:30 For your advisors and teachers.
14:52:37 So many questions that are blown up in chat,
14:52:39 and then also through the questions.
14:52:42 Area.
14:52:43 Oh eight.
14:52:49 Somebody asked about any ideas for closing the gap with those going
14:52:52 the stat route.
14:52:54 I'm assuming statistics.
14:52:55 Jenny is that what you're.
14:52:56 That would be right.
14:52:57 So.
14:53:03 I'm going to ask for a rush or, or.
14:53:06 Nicole too.
14:53:08 Or even analyte off some thoughts on that.
14:53:13 The best statistics.
14:53:17 In terms of.
14:53:28 In terms of the statistics.
14:53:30 I know that our math faculty felt that stage one
14:53:34 prepared students for statistics.
14:53:37 Stage two was more focused on higher level algebra.
14:53:40 Based upon their feedback.
14:53:42 And so one of the courses the students was
14:53:46 prepared for.
14:53:57 Was a statistics course because we have two pathways
14:54:01 based upon the ultimate goal of,
14:54:04 for their degree program, whether it requires algebra or statistics.
14:54:08 So.
14:54:09 That's what I can share,
14:54:10 but we would have to ask our math faculty more.
14:54:13 For specific strategies.
14:54:15 Yeah. Yeah.
14:54:16 I see a question in here,
14:54:18 do students in our can students in New York utilize these benefits.
14:54:20 So not the Texas college bridge.
14:54:23 But.
14:54:24 I've think that.
14:54:31 You could get within rock and work with them on creating curriculum
14:54:35 for New York and then get with your colleges and kind of do the same
14:54:37 thing we did here in Texas. Get, get your group groups together.
14:54:42 And work on it and there is unknown through ed ready that you can also
14:54:45 just have students go work through college prep,
14:54:47 but there's no certificate or anything else,
14:54:48 but those resources are out there for you as well.
14:54:50 So.
14:54:52 Bissell asked,
14:54:53 what would you say seems to be the biggest challenge to getting
14:54:55 district and or college buy-in to join the program?
14:54:58 Well, I would tell you that the biggest challenge for as was when you
14:55:00 implement something.
14:55:01 After.
14:55:09 Curriculum decisions have been made in districts and you do it in the
14:55:12 middle of summer or right at the beginning of a school year.
14:55:14 It's really hard to implement because it's very hard to pivot,
14:55:17 especially when.
14:55:22 Students' schedules have been, have been created.
14:55:24 So making sure you have the time to be able to bring districts on,
14:55:27 in a thoughtful way,
14:55:28 but also allowing districts time to be able to work
14:55:32 internally.
14:55:33 On what, what that implementation would look like in their district,
14:55:35 because there's a lot of district decisions that have to be made.
14:55:37 A lot of decisions that they need to own before.
14:55:40 Implementing.
14:55:41 So I'd say that's one of the biggest challenges is just time.
14:55:44 And then also sometimes policy,
14:55:45 district policy sometimes gets in the way of allowing the flexibility.
14:55:48 In terms of college buy-in.
14:55:51 The biggest, the biggest challenge there is.
14:56:12 Is is you, you saw the mixed results on the poll.
14:56:15 And I told you that every all 20 regional service centers across the
14:56:19 state of Texas also had mixed results. So right now,
14:56:21 higher ed has not been convinced with the house bill five college,
14:56:24 preparatory, English and math courses, because they've had,
14:56:25 they've seen mixed results and it's impacting them in a negative way.
14:56:28 And so.
14:56:29 Right now with us.
14:56:31 Pilot working with higher ed institutions right now,
14:56:33 it's really going to take their own.
14:56:44 Colleagues their own higher ed colleagues to convince them that this
14:56:48 is worth them participating in. And my hope is that they will.
14:56:51 I hope that,
14:56:52 that they listen to the animators of the world and we have all sorts
14:56:55 of other higher ed institutions across the state that are saying,
14:56:58 oh my gosh, this is the best thing. And I want more. In fact,
14:57:00 I want to bring this in and offer this in my institution.
14:57:03 Even outside of Texas college bridge.
14:57:05 And so we just need more of that.
14:57:06 A question then I don't think this has been answered.
14:57:08 We did talk about it,
14:57:09 but is this a scheduled class in the school day and do most districts
14:57:13 schedule math for a year long class? Same for English.
14:57:15 And it's different for every school.
14:57:17 Of some are doing one semester math that's one semester English,
14:57:20 others are doing all year.
14:57:21 Some are not even really putting them in a class.
14:57:23 It just totally depends.
14:57:24 Chris was even talking about the level of your students.
14:57:26 Yeah, I want to caution.
14:57:30 So, so higher ed,
14:57:31 you think of time differently than K-12 K-12 is very much about
14:57:35 the fall semesters have for credit the spring semesters have a credit.
14:57:38 And I'm going to tell you this blows that out of the water in terms of
14:57:41 you can't think.
14:57:42 In terms of these kind of really.
14:57:45 Limited time.
14:57:46 Units.
14:57:47 This is based on mastery.
14:57:49 And based on personalized study plans for students to meet their
14:57:53 needs, based on what higher ed institutions faculty has said,
14:57:56 these are the skills that they need to master.
14:57:57 So I, I need to make sure you're when, when Timmy says, you know,
14:58:00 one semester for math, one semester for English.
14:58:03 Some students are going to need a full year to get through all of the
14:58:06 skills that were outlined for them.
14:58:07 Some of them may even need longer than a year.
14:58:08 Honestly.
14:58:18 Some students can get done a lot sooner. So you, you,
14:58:20 you have to think of terms of it is about meeting the criteria that
14:58:23 was established and that students are showing mastery of each of those
14:58:27 skills that has been outlined for them.
14:58:28 That are higher ed, as she said, they needed to show mastery yet.
14:58:32 In order to get credit.
14:58:33 I hope that makes sense.
14:58:34 It's always more questions than there is time. Right?
14:58:36 Yeah.
14:58:37 I think we could maybe take one more to me of ones.
14:58:39 Jumped out at you.
14:58:43 Well,
14:58:44 I'll just say that there was a question about the college and career
14:58:46 supports right now that is on our website available to anyone that
14:58:49 clicks on it.
14:58:50 How long it will be there available for free.
14:58:52 I'm not sure, but if you go to the Texas college bridge,
14:58:55 And,
14:58:56 and go to that student tab it's available for any student right now to
14:58:59 work through those.
14:59:00 I do think keeps questioning about whether or not.
14:59:02 So students have access to do this on their own,
14:59:04 or is it always done in conjunction with the school?
14:59:06 I thought that was an important question.
14:59:07 It it for, for them to get the credits.
14:59:21 Because part of this,
14:59:22 remember Tony talked about that the districts get credit for their,
14:59:25 their accountability system.
14:59:26 So this is connected to districts and schools.
14:59:29 They have to provide the rosters.
14:59:30 They have to provide the student name.
14:59:32 And so for this.
14:59:33 Program a week.
14:59:34 The way we set it up. Yes.
14:59:35 There has to be that connection through the district and that.
14:59:37 In the high schools.
14:59:38 However higher ed.
14:59:40 You can create your own program,
14:59:41 contacting an ROC and explore other avenues.
14:59:44 And the cost right now is covered by tea.
14:59:49 If you were going to do this for your state,
14:59:51 then you would this need to get within rock and work out pricing and
14:59:54 on, on your own end.
14:59:55 I think we are about out of time. Aren't we.
14:59:57 So much, we have so many good questions.
15:00:00 Email is right there on the screen.
15:00:02 If you do have a questions for us after we're finished.
15:00:05 We're more than happy to answer your emails.
15:00:06 Right. Thank you too.
15:00:08 And on the last slide there's there is a link to oh.
15:00:14 Going to some of our school leaders as well. So how,
15:00:17 how you can reach folks.
15:00:18 And also where you can find out more about ed ready at right.
15:00:20 But thank you all. Thank you. School folks.
15:00:26 Say your doctor grads, doctor peers, Kristen and Timmy.
15:00:29 Me and animate.
15:00:34 Thank you all so much for sharing your expertise with us and for being
15:00:37 such willing explorers in this crazy time. Right?
15:00:41 To find new ways.
15:00:42 Thank you also very much.
15:00:43 Thank you for having us.