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TO: Dr. Pamela Baldwin, Superintendent
FROM: Jessica O'Donovan, Assistant Superintendent, Instructional Services
Quincy Williams, Exec Director, Elementary Schools & Special Programs
Kathi Breweur, Director, Career and Technical Education
RE: Durham Technical Community College Partnership Update
Date: January 30, 2019
Alignment to Strategic Plan Goals:
Student Success
• Goal 5: Facilitate a program that ensures all students have equitable opportunities by
mitigating barriers to rigorous instruction and post-secondary opportunities.
Organizational Effectiveness
• Goal 2: Review, evaluate and adjust programs,processes and resources to promote student
success.
High school students across the state have the opportunity to take community college courses tuition
free via the Career and College Promise (CCP). Unfortunately, only a few students at each of our
four high schools take advantage of these educational opportunities. A few examples of CCP
courses our students are currently taking with Durham Tech include: online Fire Protection, online
Security Concepts, online Anatomy and Physiology I & II, and a few college transfer courses.
Although Alamance Community College (ACC) is not our service area provider, ACC also provides
Career and College Promise opportunities for our students (when those courses are not
offered/available at Durham Tech). Alamance provides a photography/videography teacher for
those ACC classes on the campus at East. Approximately 60 - 75 students attend these classes each
semester. There are two main factors why more of our juniors and seniors are not participating in
these tuition free courses:
• Transportation,which is a barrier for many of our students
• Awareness of these educational opportunities
Efforts are being made to address these factors and strengthen our partnership with Durham
Technical Community College (DTCC). Over the last month, the district has met with a team from
DTCC to plan a number of additional opportunities, as outlined below.
Instead of our students traveling to either the Lawson Street or Orange County campus of
Durham Tech, we are in the process of establishing an MOU to bring Durham Technical Community
College courses and staff to our campuses.
• Draft MOU with DTCC regarding CCP
To enhance existing pathways at our schools and provide the opportunity for students to obtain
college credit while in high school, Durham Technical Community College (DTCC) is working with
us to provide the following:
CHHS -
• Continue online offerings in Fire Protection
• Continue online offerings in Network Engineering
• Provide onsite instruction for C#Programming and Advanced C#Programming
ECHHS -
• Continue online offerings in Medical Terminology I & II
• Provide onsite instruction for either Medical Terminology or Anatomy& Physiology I & II
CHS and PAHS -
Because pathways options are limited in these two schools, student survey results were gathered to
ensure that any courses we consider adding meet the needs and interests of the students.
• Develop a plan for students to attend Nurse Assisting classes on Franklin Street
• Provide onsite instruction for a Medical class leading to a certificate - course TBD
The high school course book is being revised to include CCP classes and provide students and
parents more information regarding CCP opportunities. Other steps to increase awareness include:
• Durham Tech will assign a staff member to work solely with our CHCCS students to assist
with registration and transition to college courses.
• This Durham Tech staff member will be at Gear up for high school and parent nights to
provide information about CCP to all stakeholders
• Additional onsite classes will be added each year
o Example: Cybersecurity onsite instruction will be added at CHHS in 2020-2021
Next Steps:
• Finalize MOU
• Finalize course options at each high school
• Update course offerings book
• Secure a working space area at each school for the DTCC liaison
• Develop a transportation plan for students attending Nurse Assisting program on Franklin St.
• Provide DTCC with course tallies to begin the hiring/scheduling process
• Develop Master Schedule to include CCP classes