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All Students College and Career Ready: Unit I…. linking the course with the field
As adapted by Harvey Hoyo, Ed.D. Program Lead- School Counseling
National Univerity
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Regardless of Race/Ethnicity, More Than 9 in 10 Students in Grades 6-12 and Their Parents Expect the Student to Attend
Postsecondary
94% 96%90% 94%94% 96%
0%
50%
100%
Students Parents
Group
Per
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African American
Latino
White
Source: U.S. DOE, NCES, Getting Ready to Pay for College: What Students and Their Parents Know About the Cost of College Tuition and What They Are Doing to Find Out, September 2003.
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Regardless of Income, 9 in 10 Students in Grades 6-12 and Their Parents Expect the Student to Attend Postsecondary
94% 95%98%89%
94%96% 97%98%
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50%
100%
Students Parents
Group
Per
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$25,000 or less
$25,001 to $50,000
$50,001 to $75,000
More than $75,000
Source: U.S. DOE, NCES, Getting Ready to Pay for College: What Students and Their Parents Know About the Cost of College Tuition and What They Are Doing to Find Out, September 2003.
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Most High School Grads Go On To Postsecondary Within 2 Years
Entered Public 2-Year Colleges
26%
Entered 4-Year Colleges 45%
Other Postsecondary 4%
Total 75%
Source: NELS: 88, Second (1992) and Third (1994) Follow up; in, USDOE, NCES, “Access to Postsecondary Education for the 1992 High School Graduates”, 1998, Table 2.
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Immediate* College-Going Increasing for All Groups: 1980 to 2006
Source: Condition of Education 2008 Table 24-1. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2008/section3/table.asp?tableID=902* Percent of high school completers who were enrolled in college the October after completing high school
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The Gap in Earnings Between People With and Without College Degrees is Widening
$13,800 $21,700
Note: Median annual earnings are for full-time, full-year wage and salary workers ages 25-34, values are in constant 2004 dollarsSource: U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES, The Condition of Education Statistics, 2006, Table 22-1, http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2006/section2/indicator22.asp
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Single biggest
predictor of college
success is
QUALITY AND
INTENSITY OF HIGH
SCHOOL CURRICULUMSource: Cliff Adelman, 2011, The Toolbox Revisited, U.S. Department of Education.
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A Rigorous High School Curriculum* Greatly Increases Bachelor’s Degree Completion
for All Students
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All College Entrants College Entrants witha Strong High School
Curriculum
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African American
Latino
White
*Rigorous Curriculum is defined as the top 40 percent of high school curriculum and the highest high school mathematics above Algebra 2.
Source: Clifford Adelman, U.S. Department of Education, The Toolbox Revisited, 2011.
Note: These numbers reflect outcomes for high school graduates who enter four-year institutions with no delay.
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A Rigorous High School Curriculum* Greatly Increases Bachelor’s Degree Completion
for All Students
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All College Entrants College Entrants with aStrong High School
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Low SES
High SES
*Rigorous Curriculum is defined as the top 40 percent of high school curriculum and the highest high school mathematics above Algebra 2.
Source: Clifford Adelman, U.S. Department of Education, The Toolbox Revisited, 2006.
Note: These numbers reflect outcomes for high school graduates who enter four-year institutions with no delay.
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African American, Latino & Native American high school graduates are less likely to have been enrolled in a full
college-prep track
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AfricanAmerican
Asian Latino NativeAmerican
White
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Source: Jay P. Greene, Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the United States, Manhattan Institute, September 2003. Table 8. 2001 high school graduates with college-prep curriculum.
Full College Prep track is defined as at least: 4 years of English, 3 years of math, 2 years of natural science, 2 years of social science and 2 years of foreign language
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Students of Color are Less Likely to Attend High Schools that Offer High-Level Math
Courses
67
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45
77
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Trigonometry CalculusPe
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African American
Latino
White
Source: Clifford Adelman, U.S. Department of Education, The Toolbox Revisited, 2006.
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After one successful semester of Algebra 1A, regression to Pre-Algebra. Why?
9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade
Algebra 1A (s1) B
Algebra 1A (s1)
CAlgebra 1B (s1)
C
No MathPre-
Algebra B-Algebra
1A (s2)
D Algebra 1B (s2)
D
• A scheduling error?• Low expectations?
Source: Education Trust – West Analysis
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Low-SES High School Graduates are Less Likely to Have Completed a Rigorous High School Curriculum
Source: Academic Pathways, Preparation, and Performance: A Descriptive Overview of the Transcripts from the High School Graduating Class of 2003-04, National Center for Education Statistics, November 2006.
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Why Kids Drop Out
“Students mainly consider dropping out because they are not engaged by the school.”
Students are most likely to cite the following reasons for considering dropping out:
• School was boring (76%); and• They were not learning enough (42%).”
Source: Metropolitan Life, Survey of the American Teacher 2002: Student Life: School, Home and
Community, p. 9.
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San Jose Unified School District
39% Low SES
28% ELL (87% Spanish Speaking)
• 30,700 students• 6 comprehensive
high schools • 1 continuation high
school• 6 middle schools• 1 K-8 magnet school• 26 elementary
schools
Source: Ed Trust West analysis of California Department of Education data
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San Jose: Increasing Number of College-Ready Latino Students
Source: Ed Trust West analysis of California Department of Education data
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High School Graduates Could Have Met Higher Standards
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College Students Young People in theWorkforce
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Source: Achieve, Inc. Rising to the Challenge: Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work? February 2005
Percent of young people reporting that they would have worked harder if their high schools had demanded more of them, set
higher academic standards, and raised expectations of how much course work and studying was necessary to earn a diploma
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Field Work Reflection:Some Academic Questions to Ask
How may advanced placement and International Baccalaureate course does your school offer?
How may advanced placement and International Baccalaureate course does your school offer?
What types of students are enrolled in those courses?
How are students recruited for those courses?
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© 2009 THE EDUCATION TRUST
Source:
Fieldwork Reflection:Navigating the college admissions process
Are students completing their college applications?
How do does the school know? Are students completing the FAFSA?
If students are accepted to college, are they actually enrolling?
Is there one type of student that is less likely to complete the enrollment process? (like Latina girls?- if so what is being done about it?)
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What about students who aren’t college-bound?
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Many High School Graduates in the Work Force Do Not Feel Prepared to do the Work Expected of Them
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Current Job Job they Hope to Get in theFuture
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Percent of young people reporting gaps between the preparation they received in high school and what is/will be expected of them
in their current job or the job they hope to get in the future
Source: Achieve, Inc. Rising to the Challenge: Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work? February 2005
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Employers report that many new entrants with a high school diploma are ‘deficient’ in
important basic skills
Writing 72%
Math 54%
Reading Comprehension 38%
Source: Casner-Lotto, J & Barrington, L., Are They Really Ready to Work? Employers’ Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce, 2006.
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Entrance requirements for
Sheet Metal Workers
AlgebraGeometryTrigonometryTechnical Reading
Auto Technicians
Physics ForceHydraulicsFrictionElectrical circuits
Source: The Education Trust-West, The A-G Curriculum: College-Prep? Work-Prep? Life-Prep. Understanding and Implementing a Rigorous Core Curriculum for All, 2004.
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What Should a Counselor Do?
Use careers knowledge as a tool to hook student’s interest so that
they can express a short term and long term goal.
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Strategies from Transforming School Counseling
Initiative®
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A Shift in FocusINDIVIDUAL FOCUS
• Works in Isolation
• Works Primarily with Individual Student Problems
• Manages School Counseling Program Separate from School Mission
SYSTEMIC FOCUS• Teams and Collaborates with
All Stakeholders
• Works to Help the School Change to Better Meet Student Needs
• Involved Extensively as a Leader in School and Community
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• Work as leaders to promote access & equity for all students
• Use data to:– determine focus and activities– change policy & practice– to drive future practice
• Advocate for systemic change to ensure access, equity and success for all students
Transformed School Counselors
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Working with Parents
Educate parents about College
Future Expenses
Sticker Price
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Working with Parents• Exploration Tools:
Going2College.org
https://bigfuture.collegboard.org/
http://mynextmove.dol.gov
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Fieldwork ReflectionKnowledge of Postsecondary and
Workforce Expectations• Does your school or community college
know what the course requirements are for entrance or transfer into the state college and university system?
• Does your school know what the high growth jobs are in your state and what they expect of new employees?
• How does your school communicate this knowledge to the students and parents?
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© 2009 THE EDUCATION TRUST
Source:
Fieldwork Reflection:Help in navigating the college admissions process
• Are students completing the applications?
• Are students completing the FAFSA?• If students are accepted to college, are
they enrolling?
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