From High School to College

Welcome back to OEA grow! Today Beth chats with Ashlee Hodgkinson and Tina Tewes from Clackamas Community College. Tina is the High School Connections Academic Advisor and Ashlee is the Advanced College Credit Coordinator at Clackamas. In this episode, they share about their work supporting student transition from high school to either college or the workplace.

Their conversation describes the variety of ways students can achieve college level credits, technical education, or degrees while enrolled in high school. Ashlee explains a number of benefits this has for high school students. She shares the variety of college credit pathways that are available to high school students, most of which are dependent on their high school offerings and access to community colleges.

Tina shares the opportunity high school students have in enrolling in community college classes. She speaks to the opportunity and challenge this presents to a student and how her role supports their success in a demanding college-level class. This episode is a great example of how Oregon educators partner together to connect high school students to college and real-world learning and opportunities. Listen in to grow! 

 

Resources: 

Clackamas Community College High School Connections

College Credits While in High School 

Running Start Program  

Additional Professional Learning Opportunities  

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