Dual Enrollment Learning Exchange

San José members of the Bay Area K-16 Collaborative gather at Gonzales High School with Dual Enrollment practitioners.

San José State University (SJSU) led education partners from the San José region of the Bay Area K16 Collaborative in a full, dynamic day of learning about dual enrollment (DE) with neighboring members of the Central Coast K-16 Collaborative, Hartnell College and one of its feeder K-12 partners, Gonzales High School, on November 7, 2023.   Hartnell College has been intentional about its DE implementation, tracking student outcomes closely and teasing out practices that best advance student achievement.  SJSU and its partners observed high school dual enrollment classes at Gonzales High School, spent several hours engaged in structured conversation with the architects of the dual enrollment program at Hartnell College, and participated in San José dual enrollment planning teams to apply what they learned.  The San José partners learned about Hartnell’s dual enrollment approach while strengthening connections among its own K-16 cross-segmental planning team. 

Over 25 people from the San José region participated including SJSU, San José City College (SJCC), Evergreen Valley College (EVC), East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD), San José Unified School District (SJUSD), Milpitas Unified School District, and notetakers from Social Policy Research Associates participated in the exchange.