Transcript Academic Development and Planning for College and Career

CHAPTER 11
Academic Development
and Planning for College
and Career Readiness K-12
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
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
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
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
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
 National Center for
Transforming School
Counseling (NCTSC)
 Center for School
Counseling Outcome
Research and Evaluation
(CSCORE)
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)
 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
What is…?
 Academic Planning and Development
 Annual academic plans to ensure rigorous course planning
 Link academics with real-world relevancy to keep students engaged
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
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
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
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
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