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Michigan Pre-College & Youth Outreach Conference
2013
“College and Career
Readiness”
NOSCA: National Office for School
Counselor Advocacy
It’s Time! Seize the
Moment
Patricia J. Martin, Assistant. VP/The College Board
National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA)
for School Counselor Advocacy
NOSCA: National Office for School Counselor Advocacy
National Office for School Counselor Advocacy
NOSCA
Vision
Every student exits high school with
the educational preparation and
social capital necessary for college
success and full participation in a
global society.
NOSCA
Mission
Endorse and institutionalize school
counseling
practice that advocates
for
Endorse
and institutionalize
school
counseling
that advocates
for
equitable practice
educational
access and
equitable
and rigorous
rigorouseducational
academic access
preparation
academic
preparation
necessary
for college
necessary
for college
readiness
for all
readiness for all students.
students.
NOSCA: National Office for School Counselor Advocacy
NOSCA is Home of the
Own the Turf Campaign
A national advocacy campaign to galvanize
and mobilize school counselors to “own the turf”
of college and career readiness counseling and
take the lead in establishing a college-going
culture in their schools, districts, and
communities.
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Tool #1 for Today’s Workshop
NOSCA’s Eight Components
http://advocacy.collegeboard.org/s
ites/default/files/10b_2217_EightC
omponents_WEB_100625.pdf
Eight Components of College
and Career Readiness
Counseling
1. College Aspirations
2. Academic Planning for College
and Career Readiness
3. Enrichment and Extracurricular
Engagement
4. College and Career Exploration
and Selection Processes
5. College and Career
Assessments
6. College Affordability Planning
7. College and Career Admission
Processes
8. Transition from High School to
College Enrollment
The Pre-K-16 Pipeline to College &
Career Readiness
Career and
Technical
Training
Elementary
School
Middle
School
High
School
Career
Goal
2 & 4 Year
College
Who Owns This Space?
[Domain of College and Career Readiness]
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Turf Collaborative Community Partner (TCC)
My Mission today . . .
1. Create some dissonance
2. Encourage you to act with
persistence and courage
3. Enhance your belief in your own
self efficacy
4.
Tap into your collective
strengths for moving the agenda
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BIG QUESTIONS????
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Why Must We Do This Work?
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Why Can’t We Just Keep Doing What We
Have Always Done?
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Who Cares?

Don’t You Know That Students In My School
Are Doing Rather Well?
It’s Time . . .
BIG QUESTIONS????

Why Must We Do This Work?

Why Can’t We Just Keep Doing What We
Have Always Done?

Who Cares?

Don’t You Know That Students In My
Schools Are Doing Rather Well?
US Population Projections to 2050
Source: Internet Stats Today, http://internetstatstoday.com
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Who Is Dropping Out?
Who is Going to College?
Source: Education Pays 2010, The College Board
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Postsecondary Degree Attainment:
Ages 25-64 by Population Group
Source: Lumina Foundation for Education,
A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education, 2010
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Who is Not Going Anywhere?
Persons age 18 to 24 not attending school, not working, and no degree beyond high school, 2009
Source: http://datacenter.kidscount.org
Help Wanted!
Source: Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education
Requirements Through 2018, Georgetown University
Center on Education and the Workforce, 2010
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity
16%
11.3%
8%
7.8%
Source: http://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/demographics/
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Unemployment Rate by Education Level
14%
9.7%
8.4%
4.2%
Source: http://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/demographics/
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What’s this College and
Career Readiness
All About?
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Everybody Is Talking About
College and Career Readiness
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President of US
Secretary of Education
Presidents of Colleges and Technical Schools
State and Local Politicians
School Boards
Principals
Parents
Students
Organizations: College Board, ACT, Achieve,
CSSO’s, NGA, SREB, ACTE . . .
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College and Career Readiness
“Is ready for COLLEGE
and ready for CAREER
the same thing?
With respect to the knowledge and
skills in English and mathematics
expected by employers and
postsecondary faculty, the
answer is yes.”
College
Source: Achieve, Inc.
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Career
What is College and Career Ready?
According to the Southern Regional Education Board
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College Ready means a high school graduate has
the reading, writing and math knowledge and skills to
qualify for and succeed in entry-level, credit bearing,
college-degree courses without the need for remedial
classes.
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Career Ready means that high school graduates can
read, comprehend, interpret and analyze complex
technical materials, can use mathematics to solve
problems in the workplace, and can pass a stateapproved industry certificate or licensure exam in their
field.
Source: ©The Next Generation of School Accountability: A Blueprint for Raising
High School Achievement and Graduation Rates in SREB States, 2009.
2011 National Survey of School
Counselors
“Counseling at a Crossroads”
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2011 National Survey of School Counselors
Counseling at a Crossroads
Key Finding: Mission
 Nine in 10 counselors say the mission of
schools should be that all students,
regardless of background, have equal access
to a high-quality education.
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2011 National Survey of School Counselors
Counseling at a Crossroads
Key Findings: Leadership
 93%
support a strategic approach to promote
college and career readiness by 12th grade.
 99%
agree they should exercise leadership
in advocating for college and career readiness
counseling, even if others in the school do not
see counselors in this leadership role.
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2011 National Survey of School Counselors
Counseling at a Crossroads
Key Finding: College and Career Readiness
 More than 8 in 10 counselors report a top mission
of schools should be to ensure all students
complete12th grade ready to succeed in college and
careers
 Nearly all counselors, 9 in 10 (93 percent) support
a strategic approach to promote college and career
readiness by 12th grade
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Funny thing happened
on the way. . .
to the 21st Century in K12
Education!
WHY IS THIS NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL?
EDUCATION REFORM
THE GAME CHANGER
Standing Still and Maintaining the Status Quo
are not Viable Options
•It’s not enough to be busy, so are
the ants.
•The question is, what are we busy
about?
– Henry David Thoreau
People Tell Me Stories
• Four Star General (NY)
• Louisiana School Counselor I met in
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California
Counselor Advocacy
• My Superintendent of Schools (MD)
• Chairman of the Board of Big
Foundation (FL)
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•Superintendent of Schools
SFUSD (2007 )
•Previously Teacher,
Principal
•VP of Urban Advisory,
Publishing
Company
•Husband
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•Father
Carlos Garcia, San Francisco Unified
School District
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•By 32, Head of
Pediatric Neurosurgery,
Johns Hopkins Hospital
•Graduate of Yale in
Psychology
University of Michigan
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Medical School
Counselor Advocacy
•Specialist in separating
Siamese twins
•Husband, Father
Dr. Ben Carson, Pediatric Neurosurgeon
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“There is no such thing as an
average human being. If you have a
normal brain, you are superior.”
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Counselor Advocacy
Dr. Ben Carson Quote
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“Doctors’ Double Duty in Afghanistan” by Avis Thomas-Lester
Twins born in MD Honored For Their Humanitarian Work
Doctors Vince and Vance Moss—Identical Twin Surgeons
Army Reservist from Prince George’s County, MD
Vince: Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Kimball
Medical Center/Lakewood NJ
Vance: Urologist at Stony Brook
University Hospital
Washington Post 1/12/08—Headlines, Front Page Article
Washington Post/Front Page Article 1/12/2008
“ . . . We had a
guidance counselor at
Oxon Hill High School
who told us we should
think about something
else because we’d
never be doctors,”
Vance
Quotes from Article
“After we got into Penn
[State], we had an
adviser to tell us that we
should have a backup
Washington
plan becausePost/Front
it was
Page
reallyArticle
tough 1/12/2008
to get into
medical school,”
Vince
The Big Six (6)
Focus Areas
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I. LEADERSHIP
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What is LEADERSHIP?
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Leadership is action, not position.
--Donald H. McGannon
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A good objective of leadership is to
help those who are doing poorly do
well and to help those who are doing
well to do even better.
--Jim Rohn
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Leadership is practiced not so much in
words as in attitude and in actions.
--Harold S. Geneen
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Three Categories of Active
Leadership—We all have a role!
Light
the
Fire
Fill
the
Bucket
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Carry
the
Water
Being A School Counselor/College
Access/CBO Leader Means . . .
Providing Leadership in
 Identifying inequities
 Using data as a tool
 Creating an urgency for change
 Facilitating solution-finding
 Scaffolding success for all students
 Making system change happen
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II. ADVOCACY
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ADVOCACY = Driven by Equity
Principle
Education that starts with the goal of access,
support and success of all students regardless of
•who they are
• the color of their skin
•where they live
•the amount of money their parents
make
•the amount of political power their
parents can bring to bear
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I Make A Difference
I AM . . .
 A trained professional
 Competent
 Committed to children
 A strong advocate
 Caring
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I Am Not . . .
 Passionless nor void
of vision
 An ancillary staffer
 A clerk, a record
keeper, hall sweeper,
substitute teacher
 A whipping post
 A worker without a
mission
III. COLLABORATION
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“You can’t whistle a
symphony . . .
It takes a whole
orchestra.”
--Unknown
COLLABORATION—
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The Own the Turf Collaborative
http://nosca.collegeboard.org/own-the-turf
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IV. SYSTEMIC and
Cohesive WORK
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So much to do,
so little time!
. . .and so many of
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Counselor Advocacy
What’s A Person Like
You Suppose To Do About This?
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The School College & Career Ready Leadership Team
School Nurses
School
Psychologists
Business
Leaders
School
Counselor(s)
Community
Leaders
Principal
Teachers
We are committed to use the power, influence, resources, and/or
persistence needed to move the college and career agenda for all
students. Who else do we need at the table to succeed?
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V. USE OF DATA
and
VI. Accountability
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Words driving what counts. . .
Go Ahead,
Make My Data!
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Quote from a school leader
“In God We Trust . . .
Everybody else
bring data!”
• To challenge existing policies
& practices
• To serve as a catalyst for
focused action
• To create a sense of urgency
Important Reasons for
Use of Data
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 It
is no longer an opinion . . .
 What
 It
I think . . .
is what I know for a fact!
What Can Data Tell Us?
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“FROM
RANDOM ACTS
OF GUIDANCE . . . ”
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What’s It Going To Take?
• Focus, Intentionality, Coherence, Alignment
• Advocacy for educational equity for all
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students
Courage to do the right thing
Thoughtful Program Planning & Effective
Execution of Plans
Leadership
Collaboration
Effective Use of Data
Targeted Services that impact student
achievement—Metrics/Results
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Who are the underserved
students in your community,
school and/or district?
 African American
 Hispanic/Latino
 Native American
 Low
SES
 ELL’s
 Students with Disabilities
 Others???
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RISK-TAKING
Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
'Til what we put off 'til tomorrow
Has now become today.
So don't you sit upon the shoreline
And say you're satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide...
- Garth Brooks, The River
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To Be the Difference
What we must do:
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Make Sense of Madness
Have a clear vision
Be Able to implement the vision
Have Relentless/Dogmatic, Laser Focused on student
outcomes
Be Data Driven
Possess Passion/Courage
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Do the “Right Thing”
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Do the “Hard Thing”
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Monitor progress
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Understand that there are consequences when
progress is not made
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Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My
Journey Now!
“Each one of us has the right and responsibility
to assess the roads that lie ahead and those roads of
which we have traveled.
And if the future road looms ominous and unpromising
and the roads back uninviting,
then we need to gather our resolve
and carrying only the necessary baggage,
step off that road to a new direction.”
-Maya Angelou
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Patricia J. Martin
The National Office for
School Counselor Advocacy
(NOSCA)
202-741-4714
[email protected]
National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA)