Wyoming Department of Education State Assessment in 2015: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Wyoming State Board of Education and Select Committee on Educational Accountability May 7 – 10, 2013
FOUR YEAR PLANNING
FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
How do we help ALL students recognize the
value of education?
The key to impacting students:
How do we help ALL students view their
futures?
Studies show…
The first year of high school (8th or 9th grade) is critical. Students make choices that impact the rest of their lives.
It is our responsibility to help them make informed choices.
DropoutsFew are failing academically when
they leaveLeast likely to be employedAre more subject to mental/emotional
health issuesLeast likely to have health insuranceMost prison inmates are dropoutsMost cited reason for leaving:
No connection between school and the real world of work
What can we do?
Help ALL students create a plan through and beyond
high school
Benefits of long term planning
Creates buy-in to the educational process
Offers relevant themes for academic skill development
Helps students become identity achieved and builds self-esteem
Supports counseling and guidance goals by helping students develop education and career plans
Long Term Planning (cont.)
Reduces dropout rates (high school and college)
Increases matriculation into post-secondary programs
Increases recruitment and retention into technical programs
Provides skills to successfully navigate life and work transitions
50% of students who enter college never finish, BUT….
Studies show entering college freshmen who have a career plan/goal are more likely to graduate.
Nearly two-thirds of students entering college end up feeling uncertain about what to study, with many changing their majors. This results in students taking longer then four years to complete their undergraduate degree.
There's some strong evidence which links certainty about career goals, to those who stay in school. In other words, if a student goes into college with a strong idea already about what they hope to do career-wise after graduation, they have a significantly better chance of making it to their final year.
HOW LONG TERM PLANNING CAN HELP STUDENTS
Many students are taking certain classes simply to fulfill graduation requirements
Students learn how each course they take is a career education course and how each applies to the real world of work
Important for ALL students
Studies show that students who can project themselves into the future and understand the consequences of their actions today are far less likely to drop out of school (high school or college), become a teen parent, or abuse drugs.
Motivational CycleWhen students see the personal benefit in the task – such as
developing a long term plan for their ideal future…
Skill Level IncreasesSelf-esteem Increases
Motivation Increases
Student ExperiencesSuccess Comprehension
Increases
WE HAVE A STATE REQUIREMENT FOR FOUR YEAR PLAN BEFORE 9TH
GRADE REGISTRATION
http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r277/r277-462.htm#T4
A. School district and charter school secondary schools that receive Comprehensive Counseling and Guidance funds shall complete written SEOPs for all students.
B. Plans shall be signed by parents/guardians. C. Four year plans shall be completed for students prior to
the beginning of their ninth grade years. D. Plans shall be maintained by the student's school. E. Students' course registration and class changes shall
be consistent with their written SEOPs. F. The SEOP process shall be carried out consistent with
the policies and goals of the school districts' or charter schools' Comprehensive Counseling and Guidance Program models.
FOUR YEAR PLAN IN UTAH FUTURES
https://www.utahfutures.org/ Go to Portfolio section Click on My Course Plan Fill in plan for the four years of
high school
COURSE CATALOG FOR YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
Go to your high school web site http://olympushigh.wikispaces.c
om/
Find the course catalog Sometimes in the counselors’
section of the school web site
GET EACH STUDENT FOCUSED ON A TENTATIVE
CAREER DIRECTION Use Career Cluster
assessment. Go to www.utahfutures.org Click in Interest Surveys Click on Career Cluster
Inventory After student take the inventory
the 16 clusters will appear and a bar graph will show clusters with highest scores
SIXTEEN NATIONAL CAREER CLUSTERS
CAREER CLUSTER PLANNING GUIDES
Go to the district web site: http://www.graniteschools.org/Pages/default.aspx
Under Departments, click on Teaching and Learning Services
Click on Career and Tech Education
Click on Career Cluster Planning Guides
FINDING THE STATE CAREER PATHWAYS PLANNING GUIDES
http://www.schools.utah.gov/main/ Click on Departments tab Go to Career and Technical
Education Under Quick Links, click on CTE
Pathways Click on each pathway for study
guides
CAREER INTEREST SURVEY
https://www.utahfutures.org/ Go to Career Interest Surveys Click on Interest Profiler After taking the profiler students
will see the Holland Code with highest score
When students click on these codes a list of sample occupations will appear
Another way to get students focused:
Ask the student which career she/he is most interested in today.
Find the career report in UtahFutures
Find the career cluster it belongs to
Find which pathway in the cluster it belongs to
EXAMPLE
https://www.utahfutures.org/ Registered Nurse Career Cluster: Health Science Pathway: Therapeutic Services High school courses Preparation Programs of study Where in Utah
CTE and AT-Risk Youth
A combination of 60% academic courses and 40% CTE is the most effective drop-out prevention program in the American high school.
At-risk/special needs students in CTE are more likely to:
Graduate from high school. Be employed. Be employed in the trades.Be in college.
ROLE OF CTE AND 21st CENTURY SKILLS IN COLLEGE AND CAREER
READINESS
http://www.p21.org/documents/CTE_Oct2010.pdf
Need for CTE education in student experience.
This is applied education Career Cluster planning guides
help students get involved in CTE education