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Title: Creating a LifeLong Learning Culture Making school relevant for students accessing postsecondary opt


1
Creating a Life-Long Learning CultureMaking
school relevant for students accessing
post-secondary options
  • Elsa Clark, President
  • Western Association for College Admission
    Counseling
  • Esther Hugo, Past-President
  • Western Association for College Admission
    Counseling
  • Diana Fuentes-Michel, Executive Director
  • California Association for
  • Student Financial Aid Administrators

2
The Landscape
  • World of college admission has changed
  • Before 1950s, 20 went to college
  • Today, 65 do.
  • Almost 9 out of 10 students say they plan on
    going to college
  • Most ambitious generation ever

3
California Landscape
  • Statewide, only 26 of the 9th graders graduated
    from high school ready for college
  • California ranks below all but one state in
    sending high school seniors to four-year colleges
  • Only Mississippi sends a smaller percentage of
    its high school seniors to four-year colleges
  • Source California Educational Opportunity
    Report, 2006

4
Presentation Objectives
  • Understanding the general context and specific
    issues for our new school counseling program
  • Identify strategies for working with at-risk
    students
  • Learn specific strategies for helping students
    select college and career pathways

5
Presentation Overview
  • At-Risk Strategies
  • Middle School students
  • High School students
  • Career/College Counseling
  • Strategies
  • Issues
  • Financial Aid information

6
Goals and Methods
  • Prepare ALL students for a full range of
    postsecondary options thru
  • Structural
  • Motivational
  • Experiential college prep and career
    opportunities
  • Achieve a balance between
  • High-quality mass communication
  • High-quality personal communication

7
At-Risk Students
  • First-Generation students
  • Face barriers to college access
  • Poor academic preparation
  • Lack of support from family and friends
  • Need assistance in understanding the meaning of
    college
  • Need help in identifying careers

8
Gaps in Attendance
  • 75 of African-American
  • 78 of Latino high school graduates are not
    eligible for the UC and CSU systems
  • What can be done to increase participation,
    especially for low-income, at-risk students?

9
At-Risk Students Middle School
  • What Works
  • Career Exploration and awareness activities
  • Shows relevance of learning to career choice
  • Occupations explored with high school planning in
    mind
  • Forms links to hs curriculum

10
At-Risk Middle School Students
  • Career Focus leads to curricular focus
  • Skills, training and education needed for
    occupations
  • Concludes with My High School Planner preview
    of 4-year plan
  • Validation of student interests and abilities
  • Classroom lessons faculty, too

11
At-Risk Middle School Students
  • Personalizing the educational environment
  • Improve school climate
  • Help students develop a sense of belonging
    through school clubs and activities
  • Provide options for leadership

12
At-Risk Students High School
  • Summer intervention to enhance upcoming ninth
    grade year
  • Scheduling double period in math and literacy to
    provide more time on task for students with
    deficits
  • Personalizing education through learning
    community models

13
At-Risk High School Strategies
  • Tutoring programs
  • After-school programs
  • Dual enrollment options
  • Concurrent enrollment in community colleges
  • Partner with local colleges
  • Math Academy taught on college campuses

14
At-Risk High School Options
  • Career Technical Education
  • Careers demand high-level math, critical reading,
    problem solving, reading and writing
  • Construction workers, Plumbers,
  • Auto Technicians, Sheet Metal Workers, Computer
    Specialists
  • Associates degree has value

15
At-Risk High School Options
  • Community Colleges
  • 30 of UC and 60 of CSU transfers
  • Facilitate community college enrollment for
    transfer and/or certificate programs
  • Apply Early
  • English and math matter
  • Placement test preparation
  • Financial Aid

16
Community College Options
  • Communicate student achievement to high school
    departments
  • Summer Bridge programs
  • Learning Communities
  • Research says Algebra 2 matters
  • Community college is still college
  • CTE classes help students prepare for major
    coursework
  • Financial Aid big factor in student success

17
Career/College Counseling for ALL
  • Prepare ALL students for a FULL range of
    postsecondary options
  • A-G and Career Technical Education
  • Test preparation and career assessments
  • Counseling for broad access students
  • Professional development training must be ongoing

18
Career/College Counseling Issues
  • More than one-half of CA high schools offer too
    few college prep classes
  • Career pathways articulated?
  • Career Technical Education classes part of A-G
    sequence
  • Parents must be involved in process

19
College/Career Strategies
  • People
  • Programs
  • Publications
  • Parents
  • Personalization
  • Planning

20
College/Career Counseling Issues
  • Classroom presentations/faculty
  • Conducting conferences with students and parents
  • Ongoing development and evaluation of the school
    counseling program
  • Collaboration with campus constituents and
    community

21
What were working toward
  • Students with better grades and test scores
  • Students with positive attitudes
  • Parents with more direct involvement
  • High school graduates who graduate with a plan
  • Greater access to financial aid and scholarships
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