Senior Advisement 2012-2013

Class of 2013Class of 2013

Lesson One

AGENDA: • Advisement Purpose• Syllabus• Infinite Campus

Why have Advisement?

How can you take care of your

“To Do” List if you don’t even know what should be on the

list?

Why have Advisement?

• The Advisement Program is federally and state mandated.

• It is designed to make sure you have all the information you need to be successful in high school and in life.

All seniors should know:• graduation requirements• how to access your IC information• career choices/pathways• post-secondary school options• how to apply for financial aid and scholarships

Why have advisement?

A signed syllabus signed syllabus is required

for advisement.

Advisement Basics• You will still have time to meet with your clubs• You will still be able to meet your teachers for

help and to make up assignments.• What will change:

– Lessons every Thursday– These will count for a grade!– There will be an Advisement component to your

Portfolio

Advisement BasicsLessons Each Thursday

• All senior classes will be covering the same topics and have the same lessons.

• Some of these lessons might take more than one Advisement meeting to complete.

• All of the lessons were designed with what a Senior needs to be successful this year and in the near future.

• Some topics include registering to take the SAT/ACT, applying for college and technical school, military options, portfolio check…

There will be an Advisement Component to your Senior Portfolio.

• You will need to include three examples of the work you did in Advisement your junior and senior years as part of your portfolio

• We will have a portfolio check later on in the year and we will remind you of this then.

Advisement Basics

Syllabus for Advisement

Class of 2013 

Description: This year’s Advisement is designed to provide a meaningful, enriching environment where topics that are relevant and pertinent to your class can be explored and discussed. Each Senior Class Advisement will be working on the same lessons throughout the year to ensure that you are all receiving the same information. In addition to providing a unique opportunity to meet by grade-level to deal with class-specific issues, Advisement is required by both State and Federal Legislation.

 

Objectives: Besides your regular club and other activities that normally take place during advisement, time will be set aside to cover specific lessons on Thursdays. The objectives of these lessons are to prepare you for graduation, help you through  the application process for college or technical school, and prepare you for a job and all the challenges you will face once you are a legal adult. 

 

Grading: Each activity will be graded and recorded. This grade will be reflected in your Advisement grade on your report card. The work you do in Advisement will also be part of your Senior Portfolios. You will be required to have 3 samples of work from advisement for your junior and senior years of high school. It is your responsibility to place all advisement activities in your advisement folder. Your advisor will keep your folder. This will ensure that you have all required work to include in your Senior Portfolio.

 

Assignments: We will cover the following topics from now until the end of the school year.

Date Activity Title

August 16 Schoolwide Assembly—Congresswoman

August 17 Advisement PPT Lesson 1/Infinite Campus/Syllabus

August 23 Sayles—Postsecondary, SAT/ACT Applications, Eligibility, Deadlines

August 24 Testing (ACT/SAT, fee waivers, practice tests)

August 30 Advisement PPT Lesson 2 & 3 (Club Expo—9th & 10th)

August 31 Pep Rally (Teambuilding activity until pep rally)

September 6 What It Means to Be a Good Student/Graduation Requirements/GACollege411

September 13 Update portfolio information in GACollege411

September 20 Sayles—Financial Aid (HOPE, scholarships)

September 27 Update assessments in GACollege411

October 4 No Advisement—Writing Test

October 11 GA Department of Labor Activity (12-1.3)

October 18 Nontraditional Occupations (12-1.3)

October 25 Sayles—Educational & Career Goals (Graduation Senior Checklist)

November 1 Post-Graduation Plans

November 8 Applying for College & Technical Schools (rec letters, free apply date)

November 15 Decision-Making Skills (12-1.2)

November 29 Sayles—Graduation Requirements (HOPE GPA, ACT/SAT, Early Decision)

December 6 Figuring HOPE GPA (get sheet from Sayles)

December 13 Focus on Specific Occupation

December 20 Focus on Specific Occupation

January 10 Sayles—FAFSA

January 17 Applying for Scholarships, FAFSA and other loans/checking HOPE status

January 24 Portfolio Status Check

January 31 Portfolio Work

February 7 Sayles—Graduation Readiness

February 14 Portfolio Work

February 21 Portfolio Work

February 28 Portfolio Work

March 7 Sayles—Transition from One Learning Level to the Next

March 14 Military Options

March 21 Evaluation of 21st Century Skills

March 28 Holiday

April 4 Evaluation of 21st Century Skills

April 11 Sayles—Preparing for Success

April 18 Time Management and Registering for College Classes

Senior Advisement Schedule 2012-2013

Infinite Campus

Students should have a username and password to access IC!

It allows you to see your: current grades in every class

attendance record schedule transcript

How do you log on?• Go to the Jasper County Schools website.• Go to the PARENTS link.• Go to IC-PARENT PORTAL

Let’s pay a visit: http://www.jasper.k12.ga.us/Your login should be: 679(student’s lunch number)Your password should be: initials/birth month/birth

date/birth year (make sure you put a zero if the date is a single digit) ex. mz032098

Take a minute and login!