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Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools <br />Orange County Schools <br />Collaboration Status Report <br />September 20, 2005 <br />1. Professional Development <br />When possible, staff members from one district are invited to participate in the <br />other's professional development opportunities. During the past year, the two districts <br />have shared in the following programs: <br />• Breaking Ranks II: Strategies for Leading High School Reform workshop at OCS <br />• Teacher /Staff Assistance Team Training <br />• Suicide Prevention Training in both districts <br />• Student Services Workshop at CHCCS <br />• 504 Training at OCS <br />• Gang Awareness Training at CHCCS <br />• Bullying Prevention Training with Horatio Sanchez for Student Services staff at <br />OCS <br />• Healthy Children and the Learning Process with Pat Cooper for Student Services <br />staff at OCS <br />• High Five Partnership <br />The High Five Partnership, which includes the Chapel Hill - Carrboro, Orange, <br />Durham, Johnston, and Wake districts, offers the greatest potential for collaborative <br />professional development. This group offered one program open to high school teachers <br />last spring, and this fall held a five - district Convocation for high school teachers, <br />2. Dual Enrollment Programs <br />• Middle College High School at Durham Technical Community College <br />The Chapel Hill - Carrboro City, Durham Public, and Orange County school <br />systems, working with Durham Technical Community College, opened the Middle <br />College High School at Durham Technical Community College in the fall of 2005. <br />Middle College expands opportunities for academically capable juniors and seniors to <br />earn a high school diploma and receive credit toward a post - secondary certificate, <br />diploma, or associate's degree. The program is beginning its first year with 7 juniors <br />from CHCCS, 8 from OCS, and 23 from DPS, and will be open to juniors and seniors <br />next year, Students in this program will take all their core and elective courses on the <br />campus of DTCC. <br />• Medical Sciences Program <br />The districts are working with Durham Technical Community College to expand <br />the Medical Sciences Program. <br />