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Kelly Haut is preparing students for the future.

In her 14^th year as a high school English teacher, Haut is an instructor at Cedar Springs High School where she also teaches 鈥淚ntroduction to Fiction鈥� and 鈥淎merican Thought and Literature: 1865-present鈥� as dual enrollment classes for 黑料吃瓜网.

鈥淢y main goal as an instructor is to help students develop skills that will create opportunities for them in the future,鈥� Haut said. 鈥淚 work diligently to encourage students to leave every door open because life is long and wide. So, by creating more openness, it invites more opportunities.鈥�

This is a lesson Haut learned firsthand.

Raised in Big Rapids, Haut attended the Math, Science, and Technology Center during her freshman and sophomore years. She took Calculus and Cosmic Physics as a junior in high school through this program at Ferris State University.

鈥淭his endeavor saved me from minoring in a math or science major in college, and the following semester, I dropped the program and took eight credits of English,鈥� Haut said. 鈥淭his dual enrollment program helped narrow my search for a major in college.鈥�

Haut said her personal experiences helped shape her passion for supporting students in their own explorations.

鈥淚 appreciate that with dual enrollment, I can help my students get free college for the same amount of time, work, and effort, and that the work they put in guarantees appropriate credits in return,鈥� Haut said.

Dual enrollment allows students to take up to 10 college classes throughout their high school career. Successful completion of a college course grants them college credit as well as satisfies one of their high school graduation requirements and credits transfer to partnering institutions.

鈥淚 think dual enrollment is a wonderful opportunity for students still in high school to have the support of a consistent educator who is a part of their community and is invested in their success,鈥� Haut said. 鈥淭hese circumstances help them learn how to navigate college before they are sent out into the great big world to figure it out on their own.鈥�

Haut said she would be interested in seeing college success rates for dual enrolled students in comparison to college students who were not dual enrolled in high school.

鈥淚 have to assume that those who practiced college were more successful in the completion of a degree or certification than those who did not,鈥� she said.

鈥淲ith the cost of tuition going up rapidly for our students, being able to offer them free college face-to-face where they can make mistakes, learn the LMS platforms, and practice being a college student has helped many of my students transition to college with success,鈥� she said.

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Visit montcalm.edu/dual-enrollment for more information.