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Creating Authentic College Experiences When
a High School Teacher is the College Professor
Rapid Self-Assessment
National Early College Conference | October 2013
Purpose
This worksheet will help familiarize you with some of the core practices identified in NACEP’s national quality standards for concurrent enrollment partnerships (CEPs). NACEP has observed that the consistent implementation of these practices (though this list is not comprehensive) distinguishes high quality CEPs that create academically authentic college courses. We have alsoidentified four areas that schools can focus on to address non-cognitive aspects of creating a collegiate environment where students are exposed to the unwritten rules and expectations of being a college student.
Collegiate Academic Habits
Students are expected to follow a syllabus and manage their own workflow.
What successful strategies are already in place at our Early College? / Where does our Early College have the furthest to go in creating such an environment?Cultural Know-How
Students are exposed to academic discourse and expectations of commitment.
What successful strategies are already in place at our Early College? / Where does our Early College have the furthest to go in creating such an environment?Multiple Roles
Students manage conflicting demands on their time and attention.
What successful strategies are already in place at our Early College? / Where does our Early College have the furthest to go in creating such an environment?Navigational Skills
Students become self-directed in seeking out help as needed.
What successful strategies are already in place at our Early College? / Where does our Early College have the furthest to go in creating such an environment?Faculty Collaboration
High school instructors have meaningful and ongoing relationships with college faculty that deepens their discipline-specific knowledge of college expectations, course content and pedagogy, assessment methods, and developments in the discipline.
What successful strategies are already in place at our Early College? / Where does our Early College have the furthest to go in creating such an environment?Consistent Expectations
Concurrent enrollment students are held to the same expectations and standards of achievement as on campus students, in the areas of course placement/prerequisites, course content, assessment methods and grading scales, and registration/transcripting procedures.
What successful strategies are already in place at our Early College? / Where does our Early College have the furthest to go in creating such an environment?Displaying Greater Accountability
Programs conduct end of course evaluations, program evaluations, and research longitudinal student success.
What successful strategies are already in place at our Early College? / Where does our Early College have the furthest to go in creating such an environment?