Hawai'i P-20: Partnerships for Education
Early College High School Program Grant
Student Identification & Selection Protocol: Exercise
STEP 1: Complete the table based on your school’s (estimated) data.
STEP 2: As a team, determine which criteria carries the most weight for your school. Rank the criteria by importance specific to your school to determine
which will be used to define your target population for the Early College High School Program grant.
Rank
Academic
Criteria
Example
Grades
2.0 GPA or higher in previous
year
Grades
Letter grade of C or better in
core subjects (Math &
English) in previous year
Other (optional):
Score range from EXPLORE,
PLAN Tests
Your School’s Criteria
Data Source
Roughly, how many
students fit into this
category?
Your School’s Criteria
Data Source
Roughly, how many
students fit into this
category?
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Rank
Behavioral/Interest
Criteria
Example
Attendance
90% or higher
Discipline
No major infractions
Interest
Observations, letter/essay,
career interest survey
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Hawai'i P-20: Partnerships for Education
Early College High School Program Grant
Student Identification & Selection Protocol: Exercise
Rank
Underrepresented
Criteria
Example
Low Income
Free & Reduced Lunch Status
First Generation
First in family to attend college
Underrepresented race
and/or ethnicity
Native Hawaiian
Your School’s Criteria
STEP 3: List your team’s top two (2) criteria that define your target population for the ECHS Program grant.
Rank
Criteria
1
2
2
Data Source
Roughly, how many
students fit into this
category?
Hawai'i P-20: Partnerships for Education
Early College High School Program Grant
Student Identification & Selection Protocol: Exercise
STEP 4: Based on the top two (2) criteria, create S.M.A.R.T goals with a 3-year horizon for targeting/recruiting students into the ECHS program. Then, list
the barriers to reaching these goals, and the strategies to address the barriers. All goals, barriers, and strategies should align.
Specific, Measureable, Ambitious, Realistic, Timely
S.M.A.R.T. Goals
(w/3-year horizon, & target population defined)
(Example: Increase the enrollment of students who are firstgeneration college goers into the ECHS Program by increments
of 5% each year.)
Barriers (at least 2 to 3)
Strategies (to address each barrier)
(Example: Lack of college knowledge and parental support at
home.)
(Example: Parent Night Information Sessions)
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(If necessary, use reverse side for additional space)