SAMPLE ONLY!!
Early College High School Initiative – Delivery Plan Tool:
Targeting and Recruiting Students
1. What are your school’s aspirations and goals in identifying, targeting and recruiting
students into the ECHS program? Use SMART goals.
 Specific – who exactly?
 Measurable – put a percentage or number target or increase
 Ambitious – with the dollars given, think big
 Realistic – look at past trends and what is possible
 Timely – put a date, time for the goal to be attained
Remember to think about:
o Targeting underrepresented students (first-generation, low-income, ethnically
underrepresented in college-going, etc.)
o Increasing the numbers of students taking early college courses
o Increasing the early college courses offered
Goal
Evidence it is ambitious
Evidence it is feasible
To sign up 60 new 11th
graders for three early
college courses in Spring
2015 so that 150 new
students graduate with
6-9 college credits by
2016
Only 10 11th graders
participated in Running
Start courses in 2013-14
100 11th graders attended
the information session
briefing about early
college
2. What are potential barriers to entry into the program and what are the root causes?
 This is not scientific but use data to identify barriers or performance patterns where
you can
 Consider: what additional data or info do you need to further investigate root
causes?
 The proposed solutions to the barriers should be addressed in your strategies
section!
Barriers
Potential root causes
of barriers
Additional info we
would need to
investigate root
causes
What would it take to
address root causes?
1. Not all 11th
graders will be
deemed college
ready (via
assessment)
Many students do
not prepare for the
assessment
(COMPASS) before
taking it
Do a quick survey
about who studied
before taking the
COMPASS
We will hold two
COMPASS brushup
workshops in
November
3. What strategies will you introduce to reach your goal(s)?
 Answer the questions posed in the table below!
Strategy/intervention
Strategy/intervention
owner
Goal(s)
Rationale
Repetition and
<Who is responsible for the successful implementation of this strategy
or intervention?> Choose ONE person.
<Which of our identified goals (see part 1) will this intervention help us
to achieve?>
<How and why will this intervention help us to achieve these goals?>
<How often will this intervention be repeated and at what dosage in
dosage (if applicable)
Definition of success
Leading indicators
Milestones
Resources used
Strategy/intervention
Strategy/intervention
owner
Goal(s)
Rationale
Repetition and
dosage (if applicable)
Definition of success
Leading indicators
Milestones
Resources used
Strategy/intervention
Strategy/intervention
owner
Goal(s)
order to reach our goals?>
<In 3 years, if this intervention is wildly successful, what will be the
result? Express using any measure (targets, feedback loops, other
qualitative) that you feel is appropriate>
<What quantitative and qualitative measures will we monitor to let us
know that we are on track to succeed?>
<What are the 5 most critical dates & events to hit, between now and
year 3, that will let us know we are on track to succeed?>
<What human and financial resources will the intervention require and
where will they come from?>
Have 11th grade teachers identify 20 students each with strong
motivation, drive, work ethic and invite them to apply for the
ECHS initiative. (Targeted students who may not normally
consider college as an option.)
Vice Principal Lee
To sign up 60 new 11th graders for three early college courses
in Spring 2015 so that 150 new students graduate with
6-9 college credits by 2016
Teachers know who has the dispositional skills to push through
and work hard in college courses
Teachers will submit names of students once a semester
To have 200 new names of 11th graders each semester; to have
names of students who are not in the top 20% of the class
No teachers refuse to submit names
25% of teachers submit names in 2 weeks
75% of teachers submit names in 4 weeks
200 students test college ready
By Nov. 1st: VP Lee meets with the teachers
By Nov. 15: Deadline for teachers to submit names
By Nov. 22: Students called and encouraged to apply
By Dec. 1: Applications submitted
By Dec. 5: Students selected
11th teachers, Counselor John Smith meets students, families,
support staff must mail out notices
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Rationale
Repetition and
dosage (if applicable)
Definition of success
Leading indicators
Milestones
Resources used
Strategy/intervention
Strategy/intervention
owner
Goal(s)
Rationale
Repetition and
dosage (if applicable)
Definition of success
Leading indicators
Milestones
Resources used