PresentersKaren Dahlstrom, Blackhawk College - Moderator

Rachel Gustafson – Assoc. Director of AdmissionsAugustana College

Sterling Kingery – CounselorRock Island High School

Martha Stolze – Director of Admission North Central College

Jean Childers – College & Career Center AssistantNaperville Central High School

The School Next Door

Naperville

NCC & NCHS close proximityAttractive campus townThriving shops & restaurantsScenic Riverwalk & Parks

Naperville Central High School

& North Central College A mutually effective

partnership

Benefits to Students

•College ready students•Recruitment•Smooth transition to college•Community outreach

Instructional

•Bachelors in education for local teachers•Masters in education program for teachers•Theatrical programs resource for English classes•“Calculus – the Musical” for Math classes

Teacher Preparation

•North Central provides novice teachers•NCHS provides opportunity for student teaching•30 of NCHS teachers North Central College grads•Supervisory teachers receive reduced tuition

Gifted Student Program

Lederman Scholars Program Earn up to two years of college while maintaining enrollment in high school

Athletics

Youth sports camps

High School athletics•Cross-town football •Soccer championship

Creative Arts

Fine Arts PerformancesWorld Class Artist Concerts

District 203 Art ShowYouth Music & Theatre CampsLecture Series

Summer Enrichment Programs

Camps & WorkshopsMusical ProductionsAcademic CampsAthletic Camps

Advisory Committees

Possible Pitfalls• Assume the local students

don’t need as much support• Assume that commuter

students don’t want to be involved

• Assume they know their way around campus

College & Career Fairs

IACAC College Fair Kids Matter Job Fair Kids Matter Volunteer Fair

ICE College Fair Survey

“What special services or programs does your college offer to local high schools?”

Survey Responses

Group Visit Info Day in Spanish

Career Event at High School

Financial Aid Workshop

Survey Responses

Theology Class for Private HS

Chicago Public Schools AVID

Students can take class for free

Survey Responses

Students transfer back home

Summer Programs

Admits Yard Signs & Backpacks

Survey Responses

Career Development Programsand Tours of Chicago

AVID Class Presentations

Sports Facilities

Survey Responses

Take classes free during HS year

Campus Tours for HS busloads

Dual Enrollment AP Courses

Survey Responses

Presentations “Social Media”

College & Career Support & Scholarships

Masters Programs for Teachers

Survey Responses

HS Visiting Students JR-SR year

Physics & Math Competitions& summer enrichment programs

Multicultural Arts Show/AVID

Engineering/Pharmacy Camps

The School Next Door, a Quad Cities partnership

Augustana College and Rock Island HS Rachel Gustafson, Associate Director of Admissions,

Augustana College

Sterling Kingery, Guidance Counselor for Rock Island High School

Augustana College Augustana is located in the Quad

Cities, a metropolitan area of 400,000 spanning the Mississippi River

Partner with high schools in Illinois and Iowa Quad Cities

About 10% of our student population is from the “schools next door” (Illinois and Iowa Quad Cities)

Whose job is it to partner locally? Two counselors have the schools

next door as part of their regions, along with an admissions counselor who works specifically on multicultural and community outreach

Recruited Kane and DuPage counties for 16 years

Recruited “schools next door” for 4 years

Rock Island HS

Located in Rock Island, IL School of 1679 students  32% go to 4 year colleges 34% attend 2 year colleges 4 full time counseling staff

Pros and Cons of recruiting in your neighborhood Pros:

Allows a higher level of engagement with students and other influencers

Opportunities for outreach and recruitment are endless Requires creativity in meeting students where they are

and overcoming objections High name recognition Large base of alumni and others connected to campus High percentage of students who have grown up

aspiring to attend Increased willingness of campus partners to

participate in recruitment locally Limited travel

Cons: High percentage of students overlook the

institution Students who have spent limited time on

campus (i.e. football games) think they know the institution

Base their view of the college on rumors, myths, misperceptions or assumptions

Recruitment and outreach could take place 7 days/week, 24 hours/day

Families sometimes expect a greater amount of recognition and service being from “the school next door”

Outreach vs. recruitment

Start early and often Participate in community events

Presence at local festivals and fairs Using student ambassadors wisely in the community

Working with marketing & communications to publicize events that already happen on campus (i.e. science open house, planetarium shows, dinosaur day, etc.)

Our staff has been known to do school visits to elementary and junior high classes to get them excited about college

Outreach

Classroom presentations How to write college application essay –

English classes How to choose a career Foreign study in college - Foreign

language classes The college application process Interviewing skills Careers in art

Academic Partnerships

Augustana Summer Academy HS freshmen-juniors In its 3rd year Courses offered on Gross Anatomy

(cadaver dissection), CSI Forensics, Neuroscience, Pipe Organ, Sports Medicine, Harry Potter

Live on campus in res halls Grant money for local students offered

Academic Partnership

Faculty involvement Accounting faculty speak to all local high

schools’ accounting classes about careers in accounting

HS Anatomy classes invited to a tour of cadaver lab and able to see work in progress

AP English classes invited to the library to do guided research with librarians

Guidance partnership

FA nights for parents and students Bilingual FA night College planning 101 – invite local

guidance counselors to work with visiting alumni students and their families

Taking current local Augie students to high school visits at their home school

Guidance counselor/admissions relationship

Arts Partnership

Offer free tickets to QC high school students for every concert, play, dance show, improv show, etc.

Second Baptist Music Academy – Augustana faculty work with low-income high school students to offer free music lessons and free or discounted use of instruments

Bucktown Center for the Arts – annual photography show which highlights Augustana students’ work includes a high school photo contest which draws dozens of high schoolers to the show.

Athletics partnership

Invite local teams to games and meets, making them a “big deal”. Announcing visiting teams and players at the game and meeting with the coach.

Sports camps Shared use of facilities – local

Catholic HS shares our football facilities every Friday

Recognizing local students Newspaper project

Student ambassadors comb through local papers

Find articles on local high school students making news

Drop them a note congratulating them

Using local resources from the high school side: Group visits to local 4 years and

community college Financial aid night – use ISAC FAFSA workdays at Black Hawk Support local college fairs ELL recruitment (Rocky has over 160

ELL students that speak 19 different languages)

Legacy event partnership with Augustana

Discussion groups

1. What ideas has your school tried in terms of neighborhood partnerships that are unique or seem to have worked well?

2. Have you tried partnering in ways that were not successful and why?

3. Where do you see potential to try something new that hasn’t been tried in your neighborhood?  4. What do you hope to gain from partnership with the school next door?

5. Whose responsibility is it at your school to reach out to the schools next door? Is there just one individual this falls, is it a committee or is it everyone?  6. For the schools you feel you have a good relationship with, what contributed to that?  7. For colleges, do you publicize events differently, or host different events, for local students?  8. For high schools, do you see the local colleges as a resource? How could they be a better resource?