Abstract
This paper presents information on an early college high school initiative (ECHI) program at Greenville Technical Charter High School (GTCHS) in Greenville, South Carolina and reflects on connections to teacher and school leader preparation programs. Over a three-year period, site visits, survey reviews, state report cards and grant assessment reports were used to analyze GTCHS' early college curriculum, student achievement in high school and college coursework. The data and findings revealed that GTCHS can be viewed as having a high amount of success in many areas, including academic achievement, moving students into collegiate-level work and preparing students for success in the global workforce. The ECHI strategies implemented by GTCHS could be considered to be best practices for improving and maintaining student achievement, high school completion and post-secondary education acceptance rates. Based on the success of schools like GTCHS and the national movement towards charter schools and early college initiatives, schools of education should identify the best practices in these innovative schools and incorporate the successful methodologies and techniques into their preparation programs for future teachers and school leaders.
Recommended Citation
Coleman, Howard V.; Dickerson, Jeremy; and Crawford, Fred
(2011)
"Early College High School Initiatives: Reflections from a South Carolina Program,"
Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina: Vol. 4:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/tejsc/vol4/iss1/2