Goal #3 - Students graduate college-and-career ready and prepared for a lifetime of learning.

Eliseo Elizondo, Freescale - Co-Captain
Ed Sharpe, UT Austin - Co-Captain

Robert Amezcua, IBM
Ray Almgren, National Instruments
Bret Champion, Leander ISD
Nola Wellman, Eanes ISD
Steve Kinslow, Austin Community College
Rodney Gibbs, AMAZE Entertainment
Suzanne Hershey, Ready By 21
Martha Harris, AT&T
Janet Harman, KDK-Harman Foundation
Alan Runge, Concordia University
Bill Imhoff, Intertech Flooring/Workforce Solutions
Mike Rollins, Austin Chamber of Commerce
Joy Penticuff, Concordia University

Community Partners working in this area include:

Austin Partners in Education - provides volunteer coaches to AISD schools for students who are just below the college ready HERC standard to gain college ready skills.
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) - is an in-school program to ensure that students in the middle of their class succeed in a rigorous curriculum and outside activities to increase post-secondary enrollment.
Breakthrough Collaborative - partners middle-school students with college and high school students who serve as teachers, role models and mentors, providing real-life examples that it’s ‘cool to be smart’.
College Connection - a program of Austin Community College that has become a state model encouraging students to continue their education by having all seniors in partner districts fill out college applications and financial aid forms and apply and gain admittance to ACC.
College Forward - provides “near peer” college preparatory services to motivated, economically-disadvantaged students, in order to facilitate their transition to college and make the process exciting and rewarding.
Communities in Schools – places trained social workers in schools to support students who are struggling, primarily with social and non-academic issues that block their education success.
Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce - focuses its business-driven education and talent efforts on getting more students ready for college and transitioning into post-secondary education.
Ready by 21 – ia a coalition of youth services providers in Travis County aligning services and metrics to support youth who face challenges to achieve self-sufficiency by 21.
Student Futures Project – a joint project of the Ray Marshall Center and Skillpoint Alliance in 9 Central Texas districts that tracks graduates beyond high school.
Texas High School Project - is dedicated to all Texas students graduating high school ready for college and career success. Working in partnership with the TEA, THSP supports high school redesign, model charter schools, T-STEM and early college start programs in Texas high schools.

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