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The Insider October 2011Anson County Early College one offive early college “Innovators”Anson County Early College students and staff.Anson County Early College has been honored by the North Carolina New Schools Project as one of five early college “Innovators”because of its successful strategies in preparing students for college. They boast higher than average 9th grade promotion rates,end-of-course test scores, Algebra 2 course taking and 4-year cohort graduation rates.ACEC offers students five years of lessons that prepare them for the challenges of college. Upon graduation students have alreadyearned many college credit hours and some students have even completed their associate’s degree. Early college high schools blendhigh school and college courses, enabling students to earn their high school diploma and complete the first two years of college in acompressed time span.All early college schools adhere to the same five basic Core Principles, but use a wide range of strategies for attaining the essentialcharacteristics needed for success.The five Core Principles are: 1. Early college schools are committed to serving students underrepresented in higher education. 2.Early college schools are created and sustained by a local education agency, a higher education institution, and the community, allof whom are jointly accountable for student success. 3. Early college schools and their higher education partners and communityjointly develop an integrated academic program so all students earn one to two years of transferable college credit leading to collegecompletion. 4. Early college schools engage all students in a comprehensive support system that develops academic and socialskills as well as the behaviors and conditions necessary for college completion. 5. Early college schools and their higher educationand community partners work with intermediaries to create conditions and advocate for supportive policies that advance the earlycollege movement.Anson County Early College, is located at the L.L. Polk Campus of South Piedmont Community College in Polkton. Deborah Davis isthe school’s principal. To learn more about ACEC, contact the school at 704-272-5396.What does the Anson County Early College enrollment mean to SPCC?• ACEC has 166 students in grades 9-13.• There are 130 ACEC students enrolled in SPCC fall classes. The 36 freshmen are not taking college courses during the fall semester.• ACEC students occupy 259 SPCC seats with 173 in traditional classes and 86 in online classes.• ACEC students will generate 32.03 (full-time equivalent students) FTE valued at approximately $100,000.
The Insider October 2011Cindy Owen, student and director ofNew Testament Child CareSharon Little is an instructor at South Piedmont CommunityCollege in the early childhood education program. She isalso a mentor and advisor to her students, giving one on oneinstruction and constant encouragement in order to ensureher students’ success. Cindy Owen is one of Sharon Little’ssuccesses. She is a student in the Early Childhood Associateprogram at SPCC and will graduate in May. She is also theDirector of New Testament Child Care Development Centerin Monroe, where her husband is the pastor.Owen’s dedication to the Smart Start Education Starsprogram has earned her a spot on the Smart Start web site.Visit www.ncsmartstart.org/smartstart-stories/cindys-storyto read her story. The Stars program pays for tuition andbooks for those who would like to earn an associate degreein early childhood education. While advancing professionaldevelopment in students, earning college credits alsostrengthens the program quality and star rating of theparticipants’ licensed child care facility. Owen decided totake advantage of the Stars program and enrolled at SPCCwithin the first month of her employment at New TestamentChild Care Development Center.Cindy Owen, Director of New Testament Child DevelopmentCenter, and one of her students.When Owen began her tenure as Director at New Testament, only one of the day care teachers there had credentials inearly childhood education. She encouraged her employees to enroll in the Stars program and currently every teacheremployed there has already earned their degree in early childhood education or they are working towards a degree.Owen said, “Our teachers feel more like educators than babysitters now that they have their degrees or are workingtowards earning their degrees. SPCC and Smart Start have enabled our instructors to become better teachers to thechildren who attend our child care development center. South Piedmont Community College has made it so easy forour teachers to attend school. They even come to our center to register our teachers for classes. It is just a wonderfulprogram!”When asked why she chose SPCC to continue her education, Owen responded that SPCC was the perfect choice for herbecause it offered convenient locations and flexible class schedules, even offering some classes at night.“Sharon Little at SPCC was a huge encouragement to me. She pushed me to continue my education and be an advocatefor the early childhood education program, particularly in Union County. I can not say enough good things about SouthPiedmont Community College and the Union County Smart Start Education Stars Program. I love it! I love the program! Ilove everything about it!”Read more about Smart Start and The North Carolina Partnership for Children programs at www.ncsmartstart.org.
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