Twin-enrollment — this system that enables Santa Barbara Unified highschool college students to attend metropolis faculty courses for course credit — will probably be increasing with the assistance of half 1,000,000 {dollars}, the Santa Barbara Unified Faculty District introduced on Tuesday. The extra grant funding of $550,000 will probably be used from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2027.
Over these 4 years, it should pay for stipends for instructors and counselors to collaborate and articulate programs and improve household engagement and outreach, a dual-enrollment knowledge administration platform, {and professional} growth for dual-enrollment academics and counselors.
“Infusing extra monetary dedication into this partnership is, and all the time will probably be, a significant objective of ours,” stated Dr. Erika Endrijonas, the brand new superintendent/president at SBCC. “We settle for the challenges introduced forth by our progressive neighborhood, albeit extra rigorous educational alternatives or aiding college students with wants or pursuits that require extra flexibility.”
Santa Barbara Metropolis School and Santa Barbara Unified have been collaborating since 1998, offering greater than 40 dual-enrollment programs over the previous 25 years on each campuses, throughout 13 educational and Profession Technical Schooling departments. It permits college students to get faculty credit score in topics like artwork and historical past and work towards their highschool diploma in a higher-education setting.
Center School (which permits highschool college students to finish their diploma at SBCC) will obtain $250,000 of the funding, and $100,000 every for the School and Profession Entry Pathways packages (twin enrollment) in any respect three excessive colleges: Santa Barbara, San Marcos, and Dos Pueblos.
“We’ve seen firsthand the affect it [dual enrollment] has on our neighborhood,” stated Dr. Hilda Maldonado, SBUSD’s superintendent. “SBCC is an unbelievable associate and continues to assist us problem the established order, ensuring that we proceed to broaden academic alternatives that match the lives of our college students. This grant will go an extended technique to ensuring the right assets can be found when our college students want them most.”
The information comes alongside the college district’s approval of extra academic companies contracts for the 2023-2024 college 12 months. The district’s Board of Schooling accredited the entire $282,513 contracts on Tuesday night time, which can primarily fund assist and interventions for employees and college students in grades TK-12, together with $90,000 in skilled growth supplies for elementary academics in studying and spelling.
