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Presented by:
Deb Hartshorn
06/22/10
• What is
• How can it be used with XAP’s Suite
of Products?
• When will it be available?
A College-Career-Life Skills Exploration
and Guidance Program
•Background Information
•Program Development
•Pilot Delivery
•Content Areas
•Program Features
•Talking Points
•Lesson and Unit Overviews
• Background Information
•Andy McKelvey-Monster.Com
•McKelvey Foundation
•Scholarship Program
•ROADS to SUCCESS
Curriculum in Guidance has typically been a
collection of activities. RTS approaches career
and education exploration as information to be
learned systematically, with structured lesson
plans based on best practices in the classroom.
• Program Development & Pilot Delivery
•Team of Writers
•Classroom Facilitators-Host Classrooms
•WV, PA, NY
•Documentation
•Lesson facilitation
•Modifications
•Fidelity of Implementation
•Content Areas
•Education Planning
•Career Exploration
•Career Planning
•Financial Literacy
•Self-Presentation & Workplace Readiness
•Goal Setting and Planning Skills
•Program Features
•6 Year Curriculum-Grades 7-12 (30 lessons per year)
•Grounded in research and classroom feedback
•Created using states’ goals of career exploration and
guidance using ASCA (American School Counselors
Assn) and NCDG (National Career Development
Guidelines)
•Can be cross referenced to Content Standards and
Objectives for individual states
•Facilitation models can vary greatly depending on the
implementation goals
•Key Talking Points
•The RTS Lesson Plans are well written and user friendly.
•Students learn to navigate through the various processes of
career exploration.
•Students’ connection between personal interests and ability
is made relevant to potential career choices.
•Career Opportunities are directly connected to successful
completion of high school.
•Career attainment is linked to post-secondary education
options, not limited to 4 year programs.
•Connects students to education by relevance of personal
interests and goals.
•Unit and Lesson Overviews
•Grade Overviews
 What is
• How can it be used with XAP’s Suite
of Products?
• When will it be available?
•How can RTS be used with XAP’s Suite
of Products?
Because of RTS’s relationship with the State of
West Virginia, the first conversion is mapped to
the Transitions Solution. RTS lesson plans have
been converted to use the Transitions products
as the online research tool for students to
complete key education and career exploration
and planning activities.
•The RTS Lessons will be available on the site
and can be downloaded by Individual
Lesson/Unit/Complete Grade Level
Each
Lesson plan includes:
•The BIG Idea
•Agenda with Timed Activities
•Materials List
•Lesson Objectives
•Overview of Student Learning
•Preparation for the Lesson
•Background Information and Research on content
•Vocabulary
•Implementation Options
•Student Handbook Pages
•Facilitator Pages
•Additionally, each Unit includes a Planning
Pyramid and Family Newsletter
There are a variety of Facilitation Models depending
on the programmatic structure of the users.
•Classroom facilitation as a career guidance program
•After-School programs
•21st CLLC
•Summer Camps
•Workshops
•Independent Living Courses
•Foster Care
•At-Risk Youth Programs
•College Freshman Orientation
•Project Based Units
 What is
 How can it be used with XAP’s
Suite of Products?
• When will it be available?
•When will the RTS Curriculum be
available for use with my programs?
 What is
 How can it be used XAP’s Suite of
Products?
 When will it be available?
We believe all young people, from all backgrounds, have
the potential to succeed. The Roads To Success curriculum
is a tool XAP is beginning to incorporate into our solutions
which can be used to empower young adults to make
education and career choices that match their individual
skills and interests.
The program material is designed to span the critical
years of adolescence, helping young adults explore college
and career possibilities, develop education plans, and
understand their own role in achieving success.
Presenter Information:
Deb Hartshorn
Fellow
The Institute for College & Career Success
237 Wells Lock Road
Elizabeth, WV 26143
304.481.9960
[email protected]
• Resource Material
•Unit & Lesson Plan Overview
•Grade Overviews
•Sample Lesson Plan