Workbook
The History of CCCAC – A TimelineA Collaboration with Chicago Jobs Council (CJC), Youth Guidance (YG), and Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
2014-15
2018-19
2017
2019
2020
CCCAC 1.0: CPS establishes CCCAC for school counselors
CCCAC 2.0: CJC and YG revise CCCAC for CPS
CJC begins offering CCCAC to cohorts of youth guides; CPS continues offering CCCAC to school counselors
CPS creates “Learn. Plan. Succeed.”
CCCAC 3.0: CJC and YG revise CCCAC for an
audience of youth guides
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CCCAC Themes1. Youth-centered Coaching: Best Practices and TechniquesObjective 1: Participants will be able to use youth-centered coaching strategies to deepen relationships with youth and enable their skills and interests to drive the coaching process
Sessions will include:• Tools to identify youth interests and skills
• Strategies and role plays for helping youth to communicate their skills and goals
• Best practices in coaching, such as trauma-informed care and cultural responsiveness
2. Progressive Postsecondary PathwaysObjective 2: Participants will be able to utilize information and tools about multiple postsecondary pathway options (i.e. apprenticeships, college, job training, military, service/gap year) to coach youth on multiple pathway options
Sessions will include:• General overview of postsecondary pathways
• Panel discussions and with pathways program representatives and former youth participants
• Online resources for exploring postsecondary pathways options in the Chicagoland region
3. Professional Context: Youth Guides and The Future of WorkObjective 3a: Participants will be able to identify how youth determine their postsecondary pathway and the role that youth guides play in this process
Objective 3b: Participants will be able to use research on the future of work and labor market information to inform their coaching conversations with youth
Sessions will include:• Reading research about how youth guides influence youth
• Using information and resources related to labor trends, and national and local labor market information to inform coaching conversations
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4. Biases in Coaching Youth on Progressive Postsecondary PathwaysObjective 4: Participants will be able to build an awareness of how biases affect coaching youth for progressive postsecondary pathways, and use strategies to address them
Sessions will include:• Videos and articles about biases
• Self-reflection on personal experiences, values, and beliefs related to youth and the postsecondary pathways
• Extension assignments that explore biases in relation to real-life coaching conversations
5. Change Makers: Youth Guides and the Postsecondary PathwaysObjective 5a: In small groups, participants will be able to develop group projects to share CCCAC information or skills with a professional or community network, thereby creating systemic change
Objective 5b: Participants will be able to develop professional networks with peers to strengthen and support work with helping youth to pursue progressive postsecondary pathways
Sessions will include:• Ongoing opportunities to interact with peers and share best practices in pair, small group, and
whole group activities
• Time during the training day afternoons to work on group projects
• Extension assignments that enable continued work on group projects
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Table of ContentsDay 1: CCCAC Overview and the Role of a CCCAC Change Maker (See Tab 1)1. Welcome to CCCAC
2. Day 1 Overview: Agenda, Objectives, and Group Agreements
3. CCCAC Program Overview
4. Group Course Assessment Activity
5. Initial Course Self-assessment
6. Professional Context: The Impact of Youth Guides
7. Coaching: Effective Communication Strategies
8. Coaching: Role Plays to Practice Communication Strategies
9. Surprise, Surprise Activity
10. “Video: The Danger of a Single Story”
11. Wrap-up and Extension Activities
Day 2: Youth Interests and Skills (See Tab 2) 1. Welcome and Extension Activities Review
2. Day 2 Overview: Agenda, Objectives, and Group Agreements
3. Coaching: Assessing and Identifying Youth Interests and Skills
4. Coaching: Helping Youth Communicate Their Skills
5. Professional Context: The Future of Work and Its Implications for Chicagoland Youth
6. Postsecondary Pathways: Apprenticeship Overview
7. Postsecondary Pathways: Apprenticeship Guest Speakers
8. Change Makers: Group Project Introduction
9. Wrap-up and Extension Activities
Day 3: Goal Setting and Overcoming Goal Setbacks (See Tab 3)1. Welcome and Extension Activities Review
2. Day 3 Overview: Agenda, Objectives, and Group Agreements
3. Coaching: Goal Setting
4. Coaching: Overcoming Goal Setbacks
5. Coaching: Reframing Personal Narratives
6. Coaching: Financial Aid Considerations
7. Postsecondary Pathways: Job Training Overview
8. Postsecondary Pathways: Job Training Guest Speakers
9. Change Makers: Group Project Planning Time
10. Wrap-up and Extension Activities
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Day 4: Postsecondary Pathway Match and Fit (See Tab 4)1. Welcome and Extension Activity Review
2. Day 4 Overview: Agenda, Objectives, and Group Agreements
3. Coaching: Introduction to Match and Fit
4. Coaching: Match Tools for Non-traditional Pathways
5. Coaching: Match Student Profiles
6. Coaching: Fit Student Profiles
7. Bias: Match and Fit Values Voting
8. Postsecondary Pathways: Service/Gap Year Overview
9. Postsecondary Pathways: Service/Gap Year Guest Speakers
10. Change Maker: Group Project Planning Time
11. Wrap-up and Extension Activities
Day 5: Maximizing Coaching Skills: Considering Context and the Whole Person (See Tab 5)1. Welcome and Extension Activities Review
2. Day 5 Overview: Agenda, Objectives, and Group Agreements
3. Change Maker: Ecosystems Analysis and Action Plans
4. Coaching/Bias: Cultural Responsiveness
5. Coaching/Bias: Trauma-informed Care
6. Change Makers: Healing through Self and Collective Care
7. Postsecondary Pathways: College and Military Overview
8. Postsecondary Pathways: College and Military Guest Speakers
9. Change Maker: Group Project Feedback
10. Wrap-up and Extension Activities
Day 6: Group Presentations, Course Reflection, and Next Steps (See Tab 6)1. Welcome and Day 6 Overview: Agenda, Objectives, and Group Agreements
2. Group Project Preparation
3. Change Makers: Group Project Presentations
4. Change Makers: Reflection on Group Projects
5. Change Makers: Actions Steps: Creating Individual and Collective Change
6. Final Self-assessment on Course Competencies
7. Group Closure
8. Presentation of CCCAC Certificates
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