Michigan Department of Education

Early/Middle CollegeHIGH SCHOOL

2018Application

Early/Middle College (E/MC) High School means a public high school designed to allow a pupil to earn a high school diploma while also earning an associate’s degree, an industryrecognized technical certificate, the E/MC (MEMCA) technical certificate*, or 60 transferable credits. An E/MC is a five-year high school program and is designated by a code in the Educational Entity Master in the Michigan Student Data System.

OFFICIAL NAME OF NEW/PROPOSED E/MC HIGH SCHOOL:

Projected Start Date:

PART A
Early/
Middle
College
High
School / Legal Name of Operating Agency / District & Building Entity Codes
Superintendent or Authorized Official / Fiscal Agent (if different from district)
Address of Early/Middle High School Site / Regular E/MC Application
E/MC-CTE Application
City / State
MI / Zip Code
County / Grade Structure
9-1311-13Other*
(*Please specify grades:)
Telephone Number / Email Address
Early/Middle College High School Contact Person and Title
(Circle One:Principal, Director, Dean, Head,and/or Coordinator)
Telephone Number / Email Address
Primary Postsecondary Partner Contact Name and Title
(List additional postsecondary partners on p. 5)
Entity Name / Entity Code
Telephone Number / Email Address

*The E/MC (MEMCA) technical certificate may be granted by E/MCs which have had their career and college readiness curricula approved by the Michigan Early/Middle College Association. To be awarded the certificate, students must complete the Michigan Merit Curriculum, must earn a minimum of 15 college credit hours, and complete either 100 hours of community service or 40 hours of career exploration, internship, job shadowing, or clinical experience, or a combination of the two that equals 70+ hours.

Required Items Attached: / Yes / No
  1. Copy of a signed Memorandum of Understanding with local constituent district(s) and higher education collaborating partner(s), which includes the postsecondary partner agreement to report in the STARR and financial responsibilities for all partners.

  1. Description of the overall Early/Middle College 5-year E/MC program (include a sample detailed Program of Studyand sample five-year plan for student.)

  1. Evidence of local board approval of a five-year graduation plan, including required course(s) for high school graduation (e.g. include a copy of the board minutes).

  1. Graphic display of your new E/MC organizational chartincludingtitles of secondary and postsecondary personnel and percentage of time they will each dedicate to the E/MC. The organizational chart must also display the governance structure (board oversight) for the E/MC.The name and e-mail address of the district’s Pupil Accounting clerk must also be included.

  1. Is this an E/MC program coordinated by an ISD or RESA for one or more districts?
(If the answer is “yes” then a list of all participating districts must be attached. Please keep in mind that an intermediate district can establish an E/MC program for stand-alone schools only. A Shared Educational Entity (SEE) could be established, as long as the intermediate district has the correct partnership agreements in place with a local district. It is important to note that an intermediate district cannot directly claim FTE for general education students.)
  1. Characteristics of the Early/Middle College:
School Within a School
Public School Academy
Separate Building
Shared Education Entity for Reporting only – a copy of a signed Memorandum of Understanding with local constituent (member) districts is required.

PART B

  1. School Profile: Please complete the following sentences with the collective wisdom from your E/MC design team:

is the name of the LEA (local educational agencyor school district) who will grant the high school diploma to the early/middle college student. Our current high school enrollment is students. Our economically disadvantaged (Free and Reduced Lunch), racial and special population demographics are as follows: . Our current graduation rate was (as of June 20). Given our current school profile, we expect that our new E/MC will make college courses accessible to (insert # and %) students,% more students than we currently serve through traditional dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, AP programs, or other means. We plan to market the E/MC opportunity using three primary strategies including: 1)2) 3) .

Following approval of our new E/MC, we plan to have (insert # and % for the first year of E/MC operation) students,%, of our high school population graduate with a minimum of college credits, or a MEMCA (Michigan Early/Middle College Association) certificate through our new E/MC program. We expect that the average college credits earned by students at the (insert name of your new E/MC) will be . We anticipate that our students will achieve an average GPA of in all college coursework (insert current average GPA if known).

Our state assessment (M-STEP) results reveal that % of our students perform proficiently in math; % perform proficiently in reading; % perform proficiently in science; and % perform proficiently in social studies. Our E/MC model aims to enhance career and college readiness at an earlier age so that students begin to understand the whole-child preparation needed to be successful.

Our graduation rate (district or ISD average) was % during the 2016-2017 school year as stated in the first paragraph. We anticipate that students enrolled in our new E/MC program will have a graduation rate of %. To accomplish this goal, we will eliminate , add , hire , offer , and change . In other words, more emphasis will be placed on . (Insert name and title) will lead this effort, but all E/MC staff will be accountable for this common goal.

Therefore, we expect our new E/MC program to impact our overall graduation rate by % by the time we graduate our first E/MC cohort in June 20.

By 2025, we expect the graduation rate at (LEA or school district) to grow by %, giving us an overall quality graduation rate of %. Our county degree attainment rate is currently %(insert % from theLumina Foundation report). We envision that our new E/MC will produce of Associate Degrees by the end of our third year of operation. There are (insert number of E/MC high schools and programs) existing E/MCs in our county. Our collective efforts will help Michigan achieve the goal of 60% by 2025.

Currently, % of our high school student population qualifies for Free and/or Reduced Lunch (FRL) programming. % of our schools’ FRL population are currently engaged in dual enrollment programming. Our goal is to increase the number of FRL student participation in E/MC programming by students. Additionally, we will intentionally seek first generation college students by using the following strategies: .

The current foundation allowance for our district is $ per student. Our postsecondary partner will invoice us $ per credit hour, or approximately $ per course. Based on E/MC enrollment projections of students in year one; students in year two; and in year three, our business office projects that the district will spend approximately $ in college tuition costs, books,and fees in year one; $ in year two; and $ in year three. FTE revenue generated from this E/MC venture is expected to yield gross funding of $, following the first cohort graduation in 20/20; $ following the second cohort graduation; and $ following the third cohort graduation. The district agrees to invest $ of this revenue per year beginning in 20 to support on-going research of the E/MC model/movement in our district and the state.

2.Power of Site: Our E/MC students will earn their postsecondary credit as follows (e.g., on a college campus, at a CTE center, at the high school, in the evening, on weekends, by college professors, etc.). Use as much space as necessary to adequately describe the following aspects of your E/MC model:

Where:

When:

With Whom:

How:

Students in our Early/Middle College High School must currently travel miles to get to the site of our college partner. Students will have access to transportation to the college campus through the following means:.

3.Professional Development: The district will commit resourcesand time to give faculty, staff, and students, associated with the new E/MC, the chance to participate in the following INTELLECTUAL GROWTH CONFERENCESand workshops to assist with the E/MC reform movement:

Conference/Workshop / # of High School Staff attending / # of College Staff
attending
MEMCA Winter Conference
MEMCA Summer Conference
MEMCA Teacher Workshop
MEMCA Counselor Workshop
MEMCA Student Conference
MDE/MEMCA Regional Cluster I Workshop for first year E/MCs only
Cluster II coaching workshop for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year E/MCs to prepare for team presentation of Career & College Readiness Curriculum in front of the MEMCA Leadership Team
Other rich, robust, relevant, rigorous, and refreshing PD that reflects evidence-based research (e.g. the Middle College Natl. Consortium’s Annual Summer Conference)

Evidence-based research and resources will be used to help us design and continuously improve our E/MC Career and College Readiness instructional model. Our top three research sources currently include (List author, institution, and research work/materials/books):

I.

II.

III.

4.School Board Policy: Our local board of education has adopted (or plans to adopt) the E/MC five-year design model during the (insert date) board meeting. The attached board minutes provide evidence that graduation requirements shall include a fifth year of college courses including at least one high school course required for graduation that must be a math or mathrelated course. The course may be offered for both high school and college credit.

The local school board(s) hereby requests a waiver to Section 1284b(MCL 380.1284b) of the State School Aid Code allowing the district to serve students and begin full operation before Labor Day to accommodate students in the Early/Middle College. It is understood that if this Early/Middle College application is approved, the waiver shall apply for a period of three (3) years and that the district must reapply for waiver status after that time.

5.E/MC Student Criteria/Eligibility: The district plans to examine the following factors during the process of considering admission to the E/MC (check all that apply):

Grade level (9, 10, or 11th or 9th only, 10th only) / GPA minimum of / PSAT Score
Local Academic Assessment Tool / Accuplacer or Compass Score / # of Expulsions/Suspensions/Referrals
EDP Goals / Recommendation Letter from / Frequency of Parent Meeting(s)
Advanced Placement (AP) or
Concurrent Enrollment
Performance / International Baccalaureate (IB) Course Performance / Student must have own transportation to the College
Student Essay / Attendance / M-STEP Scores
Extracurricular Participation / Employer Endorsement / Child of District Employee
Current Success in Dual Enrollment / Other: / Other:

Our E/MC will focus recruitment efforts on students with the following characteristics (check all that apply):

Students with Social/Emotional Challenges / Students in Foster Care / Homeless Students
Students with a single parent/no parent / Students who are economically disadvantaged or qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch status / Underrepresented Students
Special Population Students / First Generation College Student (includes a student whose parent took college credits but did not complete a degree) / Other (please describe):

6.How does your E/MC plan to address potential barriers, obstacles, or inequities that may prevent students from participating in this opportunity?

7.Social/Emotional and Academic Career and College Readiness WrapAround Services: Our new E/MC will go beyond traditional dual enrollment to meet the unique needs of E/MC students by (LIST BELOW 10 NEW WRAPAROUND SERVICES UNIQUELY DESIGNED FOR E/MC STUDENTS – E.G., CURRICULA COMPONENTS, UNITS, OR SUBJECTS RELATING TO CAREER AND COLLEGE READINESS):

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

8.Please include anything else you would like to tell us about your proposed E/MC model (limit your narrative response to one page).

9.CTE Early/Middle College (if applicable): Our new E/MC program will contain a Career and Technical Education (CTE) component that includes one or more state-approved CTEEarly/Middle College instructional program(s). The following CTE Early/Middle College programs have already been approved, or will be submitted for approval: (insert name of CTE Program and Program Serial Number below)

a.

b.

c.

*New “School” Entity - Effects Checklist

Creating a new “school”entity [1]in theEducationalEntityMaster hasmanyeffects that districts must consider beforeapplying tohave the new schoolcreated. Ifthis new entitywillbeprimarily responsible for educatingeven onestudent in grades K-12[i.e., aPrimary Education Providing Entity (PEPE)], the entity willbe held accountable asa school. NOTE: Unique EducationProviders are entities such as early childhood programs orcareer and technical education centers, notentitiesthat arePEPEsfor K-12 students. Eachofthe bulletpoints listed below hasits own detailed requirements and instructions. This document isintended only to be an at-a-glance view of the impactof creatinga newK-12school. New Early/Middle College High Schools may not be classified as Unique Education Providers (UEPs). In other words, if the operating agency is currently anAlternative Education Center, it must alter its status as an UEP with CEPIor establish a new entity.

All schools:

☐ Mustsubmit/reviewdatainallrequiredCenterforEducationalPerformance andInformation(CEPI)datasystems [2]:

Michigan StudentDataSystem (MSDS)

  • Reporting is required in thefall, spring, and at the end of the schoolyear. Student enrollmentmustbe reported at theschoolwherethestudentreceives instruction.
  • Monitoring of allMSDS data submissions is required to ensure data accuracy.

School Infrastructure Database (SID)

  • Incidentsofschoolcrimearerequired to be reportedat theend of theschoolyear.

Registry of Educational Personnel (REP)

  • Allstaffat the schoolmust be reported in the falland attheend oftheschoolyear.

Financial Information Database (FID)

  • Expenditures must be reported at the school level.

Educational Entity Master (EEM)

  • Contact anddemographic informationmust bemaintained.

Graduation and Dropout Application (if applicable)

  • Review preliminary graduation ratereports and exit status audit findings.

Student Transcript and Academic Record Repository (STARR)

  • All student college coursework and credits must be reported at the postsecondary level.

☐ Willreceivea school-levelaccountabilitydesignation. Also,theparententity (e.g.,thedistrictofanewLEASchool)willreceivea district-levelaccountability designation,whichincludesallstudentsforwhomtheschoolisthePEPE [3].

☐ Mustcompleteallschool-levelreporting. Thisincludesa schoolimprovementplan, schoolprocessrubrics,oraself-assessment.

☐ Must administerallstateassessmentstostudentsforwhomtheschool is thePEPE [4].

☐ Mustcompleteeducatorevaluationsforteachers/administratorsworkingatthe entity.

[1]Entitytypesequalto: ISDSchool,LEASchool,orPSASchool.

[2]Pleasevisit: CEPI at formoreinformationoneachoftheseCEPIdatasystems.

[3]There is an exception to this general rule for entities that apply for and are approved as a Shared Educational Entity for Accountability. Formoreinformationaboutthesendingscoresback accountabilitypolicy,pleasevisit

[4]ThisincludesestablishingeachfallasaMichigan Merit Examinationtestcenter(ifschoolhasgrade11or grade12enrollment)andensuringstaffparticipateinrequiredMMEtrainingworkshop. Foradditional information,pleasevisit

Assurances and Certifications

  1. The Early/Middle College High School will provide a unique environment for students, integrate a ‘career and college readiness’ curricula, and provide guidance and counseling specifically designed to support Early/Middle College students.
  2. Early/Middle College High School students will be identified and flagged in the MSDSas Early/Middle College High School students participating in the Early/Middle College no later than the fall count day of 11th grade.
  3. Early/Middle College High School students will not be moved in and out of the five-year cohort once identified.
  4. Early/Middle College High School students will annually update their EDP to reflect E/MC academic plans and have a description of the E/MC program built into their EDP graduation requirements.
  5. Early/Middle College High School students will be considered ‘on-time’ graduates by earning a high school diploma and an associate’s degree, an E/MC (MEMCA) certificate* (see bottom of page 1), an industry/higher education recognized technical certificate, or 60 transferable credits.
  1. Early/Middle College High Schools are separate schools and will submit all required reporting listed on page 2 and 3 of this application. In the case of a school within a school, this means separate reporting requirements for the high school and the Early/Middle College.
  2. The Early/Middle College High Schoolwill complete a school improvement plan and submit school performance indicators.
  3. The Early/Middle College High School will receive an accountability designation.
  4. The Early/Middle College High Schoolwill ensure that at the time the E/MC begins operation, students will have access to USDA-approved breakfast and lunch facilities daily, including Free and Reduced lunch access for those students who qualify.
  5. For Early/Middle College High Schools that are Shared Education Entities, member districts will be verified each year.
  6. It is understood that State School Aid Section 6(4)m requires that students must not be otherwise eligible for high school graduation to participate in a fifth year of high school and that Section 3(f) of the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act and Section 3(g) of the Career and Technical Preparation Act require that students be enrolled in at least onehigh school course required for graduationwhich must be a high school or dual enrollment math or mathrelated course.
  7. The Early/Middle College High School agrees to participate in MEMCA and the Early/Middle College Data Project each year as feasible.
  8. The Early/Middle College High School agrees to present their Career and College Readiness Curriculum for approval by the MEMCA Leadership Council one year prior to its first E/MC cohort graduation.
  9. The Early/Middle College High School will comply with all Michigan Department of Education requirements and requirements under any applicable rules, laws, or public acts.
  10. If this Early/Middle CollegeHigh School application is approved, our E/MC K-13 design team certifies that it will regularly and accurately report student data (including dual enrollment statistics) through the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) as prescribed by CEPI officials.
  11. The Early/Middle College High School agrees to be monitored by MDE/MEMCA officials with unscheduled visitations throughout the course of its operation for the purpose of onsite technical assistance, discovery of promising practices, and quality improvement.
  12. The Early/Middle College High School agrees to share these assurances with the school’s lead administrator and with its Pupil Accounting personnel.

By signing this application, the applicant certifies that it will agree to perform all actions and support all intentions stated in the Assurances and Certifications, and will comply with all state and federal regulations and requirements pertaining to this program. The partners below agree to maintain frequent communication regarding the operation of the E/MC. The applicant certifies further that the information submitted on this application is true and correct.