With over 3000 high school students per year completing college credit courses, Santa Barbara City College has one of the largest community college-based dual enrollment programs in the country. Dean of Economic Development, Dr. Diane Hollems and Dual Enrollment coordinator for SBCC, Lauren Wintermeyer, will share how the college and the Santa Barbara area schools have joined together to offer a dual enrollment course for all high school freshman that is based on the Freshman Transition Standards. Hear about their Progression of Education (PEM) model using the online 10-year plan to address the common core standards in English in the 10th 11th and 12th grade. In addition, learn the ins and outs of their successful 13-year old Dual Enrollment process from an administrative standpoint. Why reinvent the wheel? You’ll come away with strategies and manuals to launch your community college and high schools partnerships so every student enters college with an online 10-year education and career plan AND 3 units of college credit.
Santa Barbara City College was recently recognized as one of the top ten community colleges in the United States by the Aspen Institute.