Transcript GRADUATE NYC! - Graduate NYC!

Hold Fast To
Dreams: Counseling,
Youth Voice and
Strategies for
College Access and
Success
November 4, 2014
GRADUATE NYC!
A college completion initiative of the NYC DOE and CUNY that
aims to spur policy and practice change to impact the college
readiness and completion outcomes of the more than 1.5
million NYC students in K-12 & college
Four Key Areas of Impact
 College Planning & Advisement – NYC College Line
 Identify & Scale Best Practices with Schools, Colleges & CBOs
 Data Sharing, Research & Policy
 Academic Readiness
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AGENDA
Learning Objectives: What will I know – or be thinking about - at
the end of this day?
1. What are the unique problems of practice in counseling low-income,
first generation college bound students to select best-fit (most likely to
be successful) colleges?
2. How do college access counselors balance advocacy and respect for
student voice in effective counseling?
3. How can effective counselors incorporate youth voice and an
understanding of the challenges of college success into practices and
routines that support school or program-wide college-going cultures?
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AGENDA
8:45 – 8:55: Welcome: Lisa Castillo Richmond, Executive Director,
Graduate NYC!
8:55 – 9:40: Hold Fast to Dreams: Student and Author Panel
9:40 – 10:45: Reflections on Problems of Practice: Counselor as
Advocate
10:45- 11:00: BREAK
11:00 – 12:00: Best Practice Highlight: Tools to Support Youth Voice
in a School-wide College Going Culture
12: -12:30: LUNCH
12:30-1:15: Panel: College Success Programs
1:15 – 2:00: Learning from Our Students
2:00 - 2:30: College Application Week
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Office of Postsecondary Readiness
(OPSR) Resources
1) Publications: http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/CommonCoreLibrary/About/CCR
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9-12 College Planning Timeline
Parent Guide: Planning for Success
Student College Planning Handbook
2) Free College Counseling Training:
NYC DOE is offering Effective Postsecondary Planning training in order to develop the
capacity of all high schools to provide college counseling. Schools can register at:
www.goddard.org/doe
3) College and Career Planning Monthly E-Newsletter
OPSR’s monthly newsletter with best practices and strategies for improving college and
career planning. For latest edition click here. To subscribe to newsletter email
[email protected]
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College Application Week: Nov 17 - 21
A statewide effort to raise awareness about the importance of college planning and to
support schools in helping low-income, first generation college bound students apply.
Here in NYC, we’d like this week to be a citywide celebration of college-going cultures in
our schools and an opportunity to bring extra supports into schools. Our goal is to have
100% of all NYC DOE high schools participate!
For more information about this initiative and to register visit:
http://www.gocollegeny.org/apply/
Citywide College Application Week Activities and Services
 CUNY-led workshops on financial aid and admissions in NYC high schools
 College Week Live, virtual college fair. To register click here.
 Application assistance at high schools from volunteers from local community-based
organizations, CUNY and the College Board
 App-a-Thon: Training on using college access “apps” with students
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Questions about OPSR Resources?
Contact:
Sugeni Pérez-Sadler
Associate Director, College and Career Planning
NYC DOE Office of Postsecondary Readiness
[email protected]
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