First in the Family: Practical Ideas for Helping First Generation and At Risk Students Go to College and Find Success

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First in the Family Practical Ideas for Helping
First Generation and At Risk Students Go to
College and Find Success

• Aliza Gilbert
• College Counselor
• Highland Park High School
• Highland Park, IL

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Who is my target population? Students or
Parents?
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Students

• Middle School
• Junior High
• High School

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Parents

• Motivation

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Parents

• Information
• ACM Pre-College Planner for Parents (available
  in Spanish)
• NACAC Guide for Parents (available in Spanish)
• Tips for Parents with Middle School/High School
  Teens
• Guidance

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Printed Resources for Counselors

• Guiding the Way to Higher Education Families,
  Counselors and Communities Together - A guide to
  presenting parent workshops that promote
  educational success with students (NACAC)
• Fundamentals of College Admission Counseling
  Chapter 10 Early College Awareness the Middle
  School Years written by Susan Street (NACAC)

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Websites

• First in the Family Advice about college
• www.firstinthefamily.org
• Advice About College from First-Generation
  Students
• www.nextgenerationpress.org
• Tips for First-Generation College Students
• www.ecampustours.com
• Unique Concerns of First-Generation College
  Students
• www.fastweb.com
• All NACAC publications can be downloaded at
  nacacnet.org

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• Average Family Income by Educational Attainment
  of Householder, 2006
• www.postsecondary.org
• College Planning Calendars Grades 7-12
• www.collegeaccesscenter.org
• Dream to Reality
• www.collegezone.com
• Mapping your-future
• www.mappingyourfuture.org