OnRamps and Crowley ISD Expand Partnership

Over 1,100 teachers in the school district will now receive customized professional development through the OnRamps Distance Learning Catalog to help advance their expertise and support students in new ways.

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Empowered and Engaged

OnRamps prepares students and teachers for success in the classroom and beyond. We build partnerships across K12 and higher education to raise the bar on dynamic experiences that advance student success while lowering barriers to access and opportunity.

What we offer

A Message from Dr. Porter

Five strategies for building authentic student-teacher relationships: OnRamps Managing Director reflects on the distance learning experience and what's next for success.

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WHO WE ARE

OnRamps was established in 2011 with the mission of increasing the number and diversity of students who engage in learning experiences aligned with the expectations of leading colleges and universities. Our team of 55+ experts in the fields of instructional innovation and design, professional learning and development, and enrollment management serve a growing community of high school students and their families, high school teachers, counselors, district and campus administrators, and college and university faculty and leadership.

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WHAT WE DO

We deliver high-quality distance education to students and teachers. Our dual enrollment courses, flexible to in-person, hybrid and distance learning modalities, have prepared more than 105,000 students in Texas for the challenges and rigor of college.

We offer robust professional development to teachers and faculty to help advance their content knowledge and expertise and boost student engagement, persistence, and completion.

We partner with school districts and higher education institutions—whether through offering OnRamps courses or seeking unique, customizable supports—to help students and teachers excel in the classroom and beyond.

In 2019-2020, OnRamps awarded over 85,000 college credit hours, and

of eligible students earned college credit.

OUR COURSES

We offer 15 dual enrollment courses. Learn more about transferability, eligibility, and earning credit.

BIOLOGY

CHEMISTRY I

CHEMISTRY II

GEOSCIENCE

PHYSICS I

PHYSICS II

COLLEGE ALGEBRA

PRECALCULUS

STATISTICS

AET

COMPUTER SCIENCE

HISTORY (FALL)

HISTORY (SPRING)

RHETORIC (FALL)

RHETORIC (SPRING)

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DISTANCE LEARNING CATALOG

OnRamps offers a series of online, self-paced professional development modules for educators and faculty, grades 5 and above, who are looking to advance quality and engagement in the virtual classroom. Educators can earn CPE hours on belonging and connectivity, learner-centered course creation and design, and more.

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OUR PARTNERSHIPS

Houston Community College
In partnership with Houston Community College (HCC), we established the Faculty Innovation Hub to provide professional development to HCC faculty with the goal of increasing students’ persistence and readiness for STEM courses and careers.

Texas Mindset Initiative
Our research-practice partnership with the Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute examines teacher practices and beliefs surrounding the impact of growth mindset in STEM education. A new study focuses on how OnRamps Instructors implement mindset practices to address long-standing inequities in the mathematics classroom.

Texas Tech University
To serve a greater number of students in Texas, OnRamps partnered with Texas Tech University to replicate the OnRamps model. Our dual enrollment courses and accompanying professional learning and development are available to more than 500 students and teachers across the Panhandle.