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Leveraging the Counselor-Principal Relationship to

IncreaseCollege and Career Readiness Workshop

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Noah’s Event Center

Learning Skills and Cognitive Strategies

  • MS/HS Meeting – At Risk transition
  • AVID
  • PVCSD
  • At-Risk (Flex program)
  • Career Coordinator (Job shadows, job apps, resume, interviews, internship)
  • 8th period resource, content study tables (algebra, etc.)
  • JH Goal setting/organization
  • PV Elem
  • Guidance Lessons
  • Establishing routines
  • Scoring behavior separate from academic grade
  • Study skills class – 7th & 8th

Content Knowledge

  • Standards-based grading (shift)
  • Does your grading system truly reflect student content knowledge?
  • No prerequisite for AP courses – access to “all”
  • CTE fair @ Jr. High level
  • iReady
  • PVCSD Data
  • 7% students requiring reading remediation. Implemented Second Chance Reading (SCR)
  • 28% students requiring math remediation.
  • Implemented with fidelity common core algebra 1, algebra 2 and Geometry
  • Result IA Assessment math scores increased 17% in the high band.

Transition Skills

  • Identify goals/aspirations of ALL students
  • “Recruit” a college for each grade level
  • Staff corkboard – share college journey
  • College visits for ALL
  • Focus on 8-9 transition – orientation days elem/MS/HS
  • Pick a “bucket” for each grade level
  • College and Career Decision Day
  • Partner with elementary schools and business leaders
  • Communicate the “what” and “why”
  • Club and Organization “tables” for information during transitions: 5-6, 8-9
  • Research college entrance requirements
  • Don’t use Darwin’s Theory!
  • Restructure grade level academic support – focus on navigating the system
  • Junior post-secondary exploration days
  • Individual post-high plans with intention
  • College visits both at school and on campus
  • Application days
  • Career day
  • Junior “Life Skills” class
  • Provide financial info to K, 4th & 8th students and parents
  • Teach skills need to take responsibility for learning – monitoring grades, asking for help, study skills, course selection.
  • Acknowledging and addressing differences in levels of support for students
  • Build on awareness and goal setting for the next level at an early age
  • Pathways Fair – mentoring older students with younger students

Self-Understanding and Engagement

  • Student choice on ways to demonstrate their learning
  • Silver cord for graduation – service learning hours – special recognition
  • Silver medal for Middle School
  • FLEX/study groups – flexible learning experiences – students have some choice in groups involved with. (variety of learning – whole brain)
  • #everystudenteveryday
  • PVCSD –
  • 9th grade transition 1st day of school (activities fair)
  • 30 hours service learning (SL) required grades 9/10, and 40 hours service learning required grades 11/12. Worth 1 credit.
  • RSVP – Raising student voices through participation
  • Senior portfolio – share at end of year – look into!
  • Non-traditional schedules and courses
  • Shared calendar with neighbor districts to increase offerings
  • Work study/job shadow
  • Build understanding of involvement opportunities at a younger age using older students
  • Clubs, organizations, activities, strands
  • Activities fair at transition years
  • All about Jr High, All about High School – hallways…PowerPoints