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CHAPTER 11:
Academic Development and
Planning for College and Career
Readiness K-12
Transforming The School Counseling
Profession
Fourth Edition
Bradley T. Erford
Academic and Career Planning in the Modern
Era
Assist students to reach their academic, career, and college
dreams beginning in kindergarten
School counseling programs focused on K-12 academic
development skills, experiences, and rigorous coursework that
lead to career and college opportunity, access, and readiness
for every student
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Who Are the Under-served?
Poor and working class students of all races, especially
young men of color
Students with emotional, physical, developmental, and
learning disabilities,
LGBT students
First-generation Americans, immigrants, and
undocumented students
Boys
Students from non-dominant family types
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Concerns for the Under-served
Not all students are achieving consistent academic success
that leads to well-paying careers and college access
Higher high-school and college drop-out rates
Lower high-school and college graduation rates
Unemployment, underemployment, incarceration, and lack
of post-secondary education
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How to Help
Transformed school counselors need to create programs
based on this data
Begin working earlier to turn around achievement and
opportunity gaps
Planning, SCCC lessons, and academic development
activities can help reach as many students as possible
Engage all students, not only those who seek out help
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Key Organizations and Frameworks
ASCA and the ASCA National Model,
the ASCA Student Standards, and
the ASCA ethical code
The Education Trust, the
Transforming School Counseling
(TSC) Initiative and TACKLE
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National Center for Transforming
School Counseling (NCTSC)
Center for School Counseling
Outcome Research and Evaluation
(CSCORE)
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Key Organizations and Frameworks
National Office for School Counselor
Advocacy (NOSCA)
Association for Counselor Education
& Supervision (ACES) and the
Transforming School Counseling
College Access Interest Network
(TSCCAIN)
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ACHIEVE and the ACHIEVE brief on
School Counselors’ role in
implementing Common Core State
Standards
National Association for College
Admission Counseling (NACAC) and
the Fundamentals of College
Admission Counseling
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Key Assessment and Learning Tools
Advanced Placement (AP) courses
ACT, Aspire, Explore, and Plan assessments
Career Technical Education (CTE)
Fairtest
International Baccalaureate (IB)
College Board
Student Success Skills
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College and Career Readiness Terms
College access: skills for college enrollment and matriculation
that lead to successful graduation with a degree
College-ready: a high school graduate having reading, writing,
and math knowledge and skills to qualify for and succeed in
college courses
Career-ready: ready to enter and advance in a job or succeed
in training for a good job
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Types of Data
Student Outcome Data: needs to be disaggregated to notice
trends
School Counseling Program Data: track and monitor work in
the domains of the ASCA National Model
School-specific Data: from stakeholders through needs
assessments and outcome evaluations
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Equity in Academic Outcomes
Equality vs Equity
•
Equality means treating all students the same, and equal
treatment is certainly not enough to ensure all students are
career and college ready
•
Equity means that some students may need many more
resources to level an uneven playing field
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Equity in Academic Outcomes
1. Ensure every student has access to rigorous courses
2. Ensure every student has an annual plan
3. Ensure every student has access to competencies
4. Focus 80% of PSC time on direct services
5. Disaggregate data to ensure all groups receive equitable
access
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Equity in Academic Outcomes
6. Collect data about college admission, graduation, and
career info
7. Collect data on college costs for students by cultural group,
including college debt
8. Ensure students have access to career/technology
education options
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Leading and Advocating for System Change
Two primary interventions: delivering school counseling core
curriculum lessons and annual planning for every students
Become advocates for academic rigor and college admission
Ensure the best teachers are teaching all levels of students
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What is…?
Academic Planning and Development
•
Annual academic plans to ensure rigorous course planning
•
Link academics with real-world relevancy to keep students
engaged
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What is…?
K-12 Academic Planning
•
ASCA academic student standards must be developmentally
appropriate and executed systemically and sequentially
beginning in Kindergarten
•
Commitment to ensure students are given equal access to an
academically rigorous curriculum
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What is…?
Roles and Responsibilities in Academic Planning and
Development
•
Study skill and executive functioning development via
various interventions
•
Annual academic planning sessions should include
importance of academic rigor and commitment to high
expectations for all students
•
Advocate for social and human capital
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What is…?
Effective Collaboration
•
Connect academic standards to necessary career/college
competencies for teachers
•
Implement parent workshops on needed topics
•
Use data to show necessity and effectiveness of interventions
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What is…?
Critical Intervention
•
Focus skill development on
– Content knowledge of specific subject area
– “Core academic skills” such as critical thinking, analysis,
and writing
– Executive functioning skills such as self-regulation, time
management and problem-solving
– “College knowledge” such as an understanding of college
application process, financial aid, and admissions
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Summary/Conclusion
Regular and systematic planning will help ensure students are
career and college ready
Key frameworks lay the foundations for meaningful counseling
interventions
Collecting and analyzing disaggregated data will help give a
clearer understanding of successes
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