Model for Education Planning with Students at the Middle School Level

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Model for Education Planning with Students at the
Middle School Level

• Setting the Stage for Student Success
  Personalized Learning
• August 2009
• Superintendents Summer Institute
• Eugene, Oregon

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Background

• Oregons Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling
  framework design group
• Cohort A group for implementation of Oregons
  CGCP
• Principal
• Coalition of Essential Schools
• ODEs New Century Schools
• ODEs Assessment of Extended Application/Career-Re
  lated Learning Standards
• OACTE, Board of Directors 2003-2006
  2008-current

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• Career Learning Coordinator
• Global Career Development Facilitation
  certification
• OACTE Board, 2003-2009
• Tri-County STC Consortium, 1998-current
• Clackamas County STC Coordinators Network
• Awards
• 2005 OASE Excellence in Curriculum Leadership
  Award
• 2003 Business Education Compacts Educator
  Achievement Award
• 2002 Oregon CIS Les Adkins Award for Career
  Guidance Excellence
• 1998 Business Education Compacts School District
  Achievement Award

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From a Principals Perspective

• Understanding Comprehensive Guidance and
  Counseling
• Committing to Comprehensive Guidance and
  Counseling the conversations
• Daily advisories
• 9 week 8th grade CRL class

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From a Practitioners Perspective

• Roadmap to guide student learning through
  exploration of
• Interest inventories, aptitudes, talents, skills
  assessments, work importance preferences
• Potential career path
• Preparation for future success
• Clear connections to education planning process
• Activities have been designed to ensure the
  district has met the OAR 581-022-1510 Guidance
  and Counseling requirements.

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Implementation of CGCP

• Program design
• Annual update to School Board
• Professional development
• District-wide in-services
• Presentations by State/National experts
• Building level weekly staff meeting agenda item
• Career Related Learning exploratory class in
  place since 1997-98
• Implementation of middle school advisories in
  2003
• Child Development Specialists does 6th grade
  education planning activities
• Careers Coordinator does 7th grade education
  planning activities
• Full-use site license for Oregon CIS

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Lets Get Specific

• Advisories
• Overview of the Advisory Concept
• 7th Grade Advisory Activities
• Schedule
• Meet with each individual advisories once a month
  from October through May (7 sessions)

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Career-Related Learning Class

• CIS Jr includes
• All content controlled for a 5th-grade reading
  level.
• An interest inventory that uses middle-school
  relevant experiences.
• Occupation information that includes context for
  how high school courses help prepare for an
  occupation, recommended high school activities,
  and types of postsecondary preparation.
• A six-year course planner for forecasting high
  school courses.
• A component to save activities and achievements
  (used for resume and scholarships).
• Components to begin documenting the education
  plan and education profile requirements for the
  high school diploma.
• School information with general admissions
  requirements to postsecondary training options.
• Developmentally appropriate curriculum
  activities.
• Personalized portfolios where students can house
  diploma requirement documentation, reflections,
  and saved information files. Portfolios can
  transfer to CIS high schools.

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Bottom Line

• It is not one more thing to add to an overcrowded
  plate for educators
• It is THE THING the umbrella under which all
  aspects of student education gather together
• Focus on students
• preparation to meet Oregons diploma requirements
  including academic standards, applied learning,
  essential skills and education planning

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Continuous Improvement Model

• 2009-2010 implementation of CIS Jr
• All content controlled for a 5th-grade reading
  level.
• An interest inventory that uses middle-school
  relevant experiences.
• Occupation information that includes context for
  how high school courses help prepare for an
  occupation, recommended high school activities,
  and types of postsecondary preparation.
• A six-year course planner for forecasting high
  school courses.
• A component to save activities and achievements
  (used for resume and scholarships).
• Components to begin documenting the education
  plan and education profile requirements for the
  high school diploma.
• School information with general admissions
  requirements to postsecondary training options.
• Developmentally appropriate curriculum
  activities.
• Personalized portfolios where students can house
  diploma requirement documentation, reflections,
  and saved information files. Portfolios can
  transfer to CIS high schools.

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Resources

• Middle School website www.colton.k12.or.us/cms
• Colton School District Comprehensive Guidance
  and Counseling Program
• Contact Information
• Dr. Beth Lund-Glassman
• lundglab_at_colton.k12.or.us
• Diane Parham
• parhamd_at_colton.k12.or.us

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