Page 44 - New York Statewide Smart Scholars Overview and Profiles

Pathways in Technology Early College High School (PTECH)
Brooklyn, NY

IHE Partner: CUNY New York City College of Technology

●●● AT - A – GLANCE

thirds of those students worked at IBM. Year Opened: 2011
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) is a
new, small, limited unscreened, co-located, Smart Scholars Cohort II, 2014-15 Enrollment: 432
turnaround, Career and Technical Education (CTE), STEM-9-14 Early
College model with an industry partner. Male/Female Ratio: 302:130

Best Practices Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity:
African American – 86%
Use time for extended learning and acceleration Hispanic – 8.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander – 3%
Narrow initial focus to broaden sphere of success White – 0.7%
No Data – 1.6%
Test early and often to build academic muscle and to meet high
leverage targets Percentage Free/Reduced Price Lunch
(FRPL): 80%
Persist through failure
Average Number of College Credits
Current Achievements Earned by Grade Level:
9th Grade – 0-4
Over 50% of the entire student body has met the college ready 10th Grade -3-13
benchmarks in ELA (53%), math (52%), or both (44%) by June 2014. 11th Grade –3-11
12th Grade - 3-15
64% of all 10th, 11th, and 12th graders were enrolled in at least one
college course during the Fall 2014 semester. Average number of college credits
earned by 2014 Graduates: N/A
Over 60 students had their first full-time internship in summer 2014,
and two thirds of those students worked at IBM. 2014 Graduation Rate: N/A

Program Components: Summer Program Offerings:
Summer bridge for incoming freshman,
College classes beginning as early as the 2nd semester of 9th grade High school courses and college
courses, Paid internships
Students are mentored by an industry professional from IBM
Contact Information:
Extended day and year model Rashid Davis
Founding Principal
SAT & ACT Prep, registration 150 Albany Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Paid internships beginning after the 3rd year of school (718) 221-1593
Rdavis9@schools.nyc.gov
For more information visit www.ptechnyc.org www.ptechnyc.org

●●● Carline Folkes
Early College Liaison
cfolkes@citytech.cuny.edu