The mission of Alliance College-Ready Public Schools,

a nonprofit charter management organization,

is to open and operate a network of small, high-performing high
schools and middle schools in low income communities in
California with historically under-performing schools,
that will annually demonstrate student academic achievement
growth and graduate students ready for success in college.
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Its Time for an Improved School Model
Alliance achieves a 94% four-year high school graduation rate, and 95% of graduates are accepted
into college. However, only 28% of our initial graduating class has completed their degree five years
after high school graduation.

To prepare students to persist in college, we need to develop a new school model that offers
students significantly more choice, independence, and ownership in their learning.

To do so, we will build upon Alliances foundation of success and lessons from current initiatives:
Quality at
Scale
Effective
Teaching
School Model
Innovation
Project-Based
Learning
22 High-Performing
Schools
BLAST Blended
Learning Model
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Personalized Alliance College Experience
(PACE)
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PACE Core Academic Components
Blended Core Content Classes


Outcome: Students build core
content knowledge as foundation for
college-level course work

Delivery Model: Teachers integrate
adaptive digital content in a flexible
classroom model during 90 minute
class periods

Student Role: Works independently
on personalized digital content;
Works in small group with teacher;
Determines how Advisory and Forum
time will support core classwork

Teacher Role: Develops unit plans,
determining how students will
demonstrate mastery; Sets up
Learning Space based on
instructional focus and needs of
students
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Sample Learning Spaces for Core Classes
Teacher
Student
Device
PACE Core Academic Components
Advisory
Forum
College Readiness Experience


Outcome: Students develop 21st
century skills and independence critical
to college success

Delivery Model: During Advisory and
Forum, students own their time, team,
technique, and task choice

Student Role: In Advisory, student sets
and tracks goals; In Forum, student
determines their activity of the day
based on their needs: may focus on
remediating skill gaps, advancing in
coursework, or completion of Capstone
projects

Teacher Role: In Advisory, supervises
cohort of students and meets with each
student 1-1 every 1-2 weeks to review
goals, and introduces Capstone
projects; During Forum, hosts office
hours to remediate or enrich students
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Teacher
Paraprofessional
Student
Device
Office Hours
PACE Core Academic Components
In-Person
College Course
Online College Courses Lab
College Coursework


Key Outcome: Students experience
college courses while earning
transferable credits from LA Harbor
College towards an AA degree

Delivery Model: Options for online
college courses and in-person classes
taught by LA Harbor professors

Student Role: Owns course selection;
Schedules office hour appointments
with LAHC and PACE teachers as
needed; Manages study group with
cohort of students in same courses

LA Harbor Professor Role: Provides
college level courses, digital tutoring,
and office hours

Alliance Staff Role: Teachers host
office hours; College counselors help
with course choice and alignment
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Professor
Paraprofessional
Student
Device
The PACE Student Experience
9
th
and 10
th
Grades
ELA Math Psychology
Student Course
Choice (e.g. History)
Science History
Student Course
Choice (e.g. Science)
English 101
Spanish Physical Education Political Science
Student Course
Choice (e.g. Math)
Forum Forum
Forum Forum
11
th
and 12
th
Grades
Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory
A Day B Day A Day B Day
Blended Core High School Classes
College Readiness Experience
College Coursework (online or in-person)
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Technology Tools to Support Instruction
Software
Hardware
Academic Component Considerations Potential Tools
Blended High School
Core Content Classes
Digital, adaptive high school
curriculum
College Readiness
Experience
Tools to support creation and
project-based learning
College Coursework
Online college courses for
independent learning
Devices Use
Apple Macbook Airs
Apple iPads



Every student will use a personal iPad and
share a Macbook
Teachers will use iPads and Macbook Airs
for instructional planning
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Measuring Our Success

All students show 1.5+
years growth on SBAC

All students reach
proficiency on 21
st

century skills as
measured by ISTE
Educational Technology
Standards
Short Term (Annually) Medium Term (4 years) Long Term (8 years)

95% of students graduate
from high school in four
years

95% of students accepted
and enrolled in a four-
year college

75% of students graduate
from college within six
years



90% of students graduate
from high school in four
years

80% of students accepted
and enrolled in a or four-
year college

50% of students
complete one year of
college credit


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Scalability and Sustainability
Alliance Network
Fall 2013
Alliance Network
Fall 2018
PACE school will open with 150 students in Grade 9
in Fall 2014 and add one grade level each year

At full capacity, the school will serve 600 students

The school will become sustainable on public funds
by Year 4

Over time, the new Alliance model will become a go-
to model for our new high schools
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BLAST
Traditional
BLAST
Traditional
PACE