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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hey, everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Did you know College Spark Washington has TWO new grant programs to help low-income students become college-ready?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Read more about the
<b><a href="http://bit.ly/2mmhRWN">Outcomes Acceleration Fund</a></b> and the <b>
Small Districts Fund</b> in the College Spark Washington update below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Questions? Please contact Rachel Clements at College Spark—she’s AWESOME and amazing!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">There’s also a really lovely shout-out in the form of a 3 minute video to honor the
<b><a href="http://bit.ly/2kUpEuE">great work being done at Clark College to streamline math pathways</a></b> … check it out!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I love hearing the faculty speak to their learning and how it has changed their practices … and seeing the students working collaboratively (and excitedly!) in the
classroom! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">It’s seriously SO GOOD—it will “Spark” your day! (see what I did there?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Congrats to Clark!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Happy Tuesday!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> College Spark Washington <info@collegespark.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 23, 2019 7:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Whetham <jwhetham@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> College Spark Update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#385D35">College Spark launches two grant programs to help low-income students become college-ready </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#272534"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#272534">The
<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jpZ8IwzEnH1fJ_40AmWLqCgRGdC42q29zxALkYRe72eijUacr1NwOF4ofAV8xllJ0k7Vuu7GNOXKXtDtsofywz7nr--ukzADvf6AFHoDjk95CYWtqhu_LxQc6VOspWLGhj_7fv3919kIWce9pqpS7OSMQFgQK7Kqeno2QaQpcb8aRMVUdG8BcSZnicrZNA9qIY5OPWPrUwtt9tXsGG7KWVN1eYxiY9Ihh8Jx1q0n_kZQuziMJlpW9LGYN-w72yBVcBKCY3pajkUAAgzr4ccC09wsps4Wznq1xQi9HndJW5wlpbBrCOHv3HU7MhgFy2HFVUVtxDm4dRG5fZf7gr_yaygvX9dBVeFrCCI-nNbHAW2mYW6NOPrC8Qv04rLpEWi0&c=9x-hdN-merRs1kUCWmC7P8C9PFwIqCi7l1p9rhGIIpC5xaGmorGW3A==&ch=EGMHDeLWtk1ZCvmQ5ibZ3r9k8_oGqFaGfNyu60DQJJkL8YS_aulwaA==" target="_blank">
<b><span style="color:#FF983F;text-decoration:none">Outcomes Acceleration Fund</span></b></a> offers grants of up to $150,000 over one to three years for projects that focus on building the effectiveness of grantees working with low-income students in high
school and college. Funded projects must be designed to improve student outcomes and generate knowledge about how to better serve students that will be useful to other organizations. All projects that receive funding must measure their impact with one or
more of the following outcome indicators: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Reduce the percentage of low-income high school students who trigger Early Warning Indicators - attendance under 90%, course failure, and/or suspension/expulsion.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#272534;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Increase the percentage of high school students who complete Algebra II with a grade of C or higher.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#272534;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Increase the rate of high school graduates who directly enroll in postsecondary education. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#272534;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Increase the rate of students at two-year colleges who are placed into English and math courses by measures that are alternatives to standardized tests. Examples include placement based on high school GPA,
Bridge to College completion, and directed self-placement tools.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#272534;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Increase the percentage of students who earn their first college-level credits in English or math within one year of college enrollment.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#272534">To learn more about the Outcomes Acceleration Fund, view this
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<b><span style="color:#FF983F;text-decoration:none">webinar</span></b></a> about our giving guidelines, priorities, and application process. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#FF983F;text-decoration:none">Small Districts Fund</span></b></a> offers grants of up to $50,000 for projects that improve college readiness for high school students in school districts with K-12 enrollments under 2,000 students. Small
school districts and rural communities face unique challenges to improving the college readiness of their low-income high school students. Applicants are invited to propose plans and projects that are the best fit for their high schools, school districts,
and communities. Some of the strategies that have shown promise at improving college readiness include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Improved access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses or other methods of earning college credit in high school coupled with improved supports for low-income students in those courses<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#272534;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Professional development opportunities that are well-defined, sustained, and collaborative.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#272534">The majority of Washington's high school graduates are required to take remedial math in college. This increases the time it takes students to move
toward a college degree, requires students to use valuable financial aid on course work for which they can earn no college-level credits, and dramatically reduces the chance that a student will earn a degree: fewer than half of the students who take remedial
math go on to graduate from college.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to help students fulfill their math requirements quicker and more effectively. For more details, watch the video
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<b><span style="color:#FF983F;text-decoration:none">Accelerating Success - Clark College is re-inventing how it teaches math with Guided Pathways</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="featuretext">More than 740,000 jobs openings are coming to Washington state. Most will be filled by workers who have a post-high school credential, such as a degree, apprenticeship, or certificate. Students have questions about how they can best
set themselves up for success after high school. Planning and taking actions through middle and high school will support students on their path to fulfilling their career dreams. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#FF983F;text-decoration:none">Student Success Guide</span></b></a>, developed by Partnership for Learning, with common questions and list of action items for students to consider in each grade level. Here are three ways to put this tool
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<b><span style="color:#FF983F;text-decoration:none">fact sheet</span></b></a>, available in 16 languages, provides key information about the standards and assessments, why they are important, and how parents can support their students. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Real world skills - </span>
</strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Washington's learning standards and assessments focus on real-world skills that students are learning and practicing in the classroom every day such as critical thinking, problem solving, and writing. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#272534;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Closing gaps</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> - The assessments help identify achievement gaps and allow schools districts and the state to direct resources where
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Testing is just one measure</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> - State testing is one of several indicators, in combination with report cards, teacher feedback, and
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">The right stuff</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> - The state's learning standards and aligned assessments are designed to prepare students for college, work, and
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practices, educational equity, system thinking and partnership building, and cutting-edge research, resources, and strategies. This year's theme,
</span></span><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#272534">Looking Back, Facing Forward</span></i></strong><span class="featuretext"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#272534">, explores the importance
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#272534">Join hundreds of college access professionals, educators, counselors, and administrators from a dozen western states for the 13th annual
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Opportunities</span></b></a></span></em>. Sessions will include topics related to postsecondary pathways, cross-sector collaboration, financial literacy, family engagement, growth mindset and non-cognitive skills, and data collection and analysis strategies.
All those working to help underrepresented students prepare for and succeed in postsecondary education are welcome to attend. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#FF983F;text-decoration:none">Pave the Way</span></b></a> conference focuses on strategies to advance equity, increase college readiness, and broaden access to higher education in Washington state. The conference brings together educators,
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