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7 <br /> 1• Goal 5: Facilitate a program that ensures all students have equitable opportunities by mitigating <br /> 2 barriers to rigorous instruction and post-secondary opportunities. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Organizational Effectiveness <br /> 5• Goal 2: Review, evaluate and adjust programs, processes and resources to promote student <br /> 6 success. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 High school students across the state have the opportunity to take community college courses <br /> 9 tuition free via the Career and College Promise (CCP). Unfortunately, only a few students at <br /> 10 each of our four high schools take advantage of these educational opportunities. A few <br /> 11 examples of CCP courses our students are currently taking with Durham Tech include: online <br /> 12 Fire Protection, online Security Concepts, online Anatomy and Physiology I & 11, and a few <br /> 13 college transfer courses. Although Alamance Community College (ACC) is not our service area <br /> 14 provider, ACC also provides Career and College Promise opportunities for our students (when <br /> 15 those courses are not offered/available at Durham Tech). Alamance provides a <br /> 16 photography/videography teacher for those ACC classes on the campus at East. Approximately <br /> 17 60 - 75 students attend these classes each semester. There are two main factors why more of <br /> 18 our juniors and seniors are not participating in these tuition free courses: <br /> 19• Transportation , which is a barrier for many of our students <br /> 20• Awareness of these educational opportunities <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Efforts are being made to address these factors and strengthen our partnership with Durham <br /> 23 Technical Community College (DTCC). Over the last month, the district has met with a team <br /> 24 from DTCC to plan a number of additional opportunities, as outlined below. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Instead of our students traveling to either the Lawson Street or Orange County campus of <br /> 27 Durham Tech, we are in the process of establishing an MOU to bring Durham Technical <br /> 28 Community College courses and staff to our campuses. <br /> 29• Draft MOU with DTCC regarding CCP <br /> 30 <br /> 31 To enhance existing pathways at our schools and provide the opportunity for students to obtain <br /> 32 college credit while in high school, Durham Technical Community College (DTCC) is working <br /> 33 with us to provide the following: <br /> 34 <br /> 35 CHHS - <br /> 36• Continue online offerings in Fire Protection <br /> 37• Continue online offerings in Network Engineering <br /> 38• Provide onsite instruction for C# Programming and Advanced C# Programming <br /> 39 <br /> 40 ECHHS - <br /> 41• Continue online offerings in Medical Terminology I & 11 <br /> 42• Provide onsite instruction for either Medical Terminology or Anatomy & Physiology I & II <br /> 43 <br /> 44 CHS and PAHS - <br /> 45 Because pathways options are limited in these two schools, student survey results were <br /> 46 gathered to ensure that any courses we consider adding meet the needs and interests of the <br /> 47 students. <br /> 48• Develop a plan for students to attend Nurse Assisting classes on Franklin Street <br /> 49• Provide onsite instruction for a Medical class leading to a certificate - course TBD <br /> 50 <br />