1) The document discusses creating a college and career going culture in schools and communities by establishing environments, attitudes, and behaviors that support students in obtaining information and tools for postsecondary education and career success.
2) Key elements of a college and career going culture include having clear expectations, providing information and resources, comprehensive counseling, and ensuring all students are prepared for college, careers, or active citizenship without need for remediation.
3) Ten principles of an effective college and career going culture are outlined, including having a college and career ready program of study, faculty involvement, family involvement, and college and industry partnerships.
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Session Objectives
• To increase our understanding of key
elements of College and Career Going
Culture
• To reflect upon and share our own
college and career journeys
• To acquire and share new strategies
and resources
• To plan next steps and to act on our
plans
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What is a College & Career
Going Culture?
• “The environment, attitudes, and
behaviors in schools and communities
that support and encourage students
and their families to obtain the
information, tools, and perspective to
ensure access to and success in
postsecondary education and careers.”
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GOAL….
• THAT EVERY STUDENT IN
OUR ACADEMY IS
PREPARED FOR
COLLEGE, CAREERS &
ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
WITHOUT NEED FOR
REMEDIATION.
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1. Key
Cognitive
Strategies
3. Key
Learning
Skills and
Techniques
Problem Formulation
Research
Interpretation
Communication
Precision & Accuracy
Structure of Knowledge
Challenge Level
Value
Attribution
Effort
2. Key
Content
Knowledge
think: know:
Ownership of Learning
Learning Techniques
act:
4. Key
Transition
Knowledge
and Skills
The Four Keys to College and Career Readiness
goPostsecondary Awareness
Postsecondary Costs
Matriculation
Career Awareness
Role & Identity
Self-advocacy
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Ten Principles of a College and
Career-Going Culture
• College and Career Ready Program of
Study
• Clear (& High) Expectations
• Information & Resources
• Comprehensive Counseling/Advising
• Testing & Curriculum & Meaningful
Workbased/ Communitybased Learning
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Ten Principles (continued)
• Faculty/Staff Involvement
• Family Involvement
• College & Industry Partnerships
• Articulation
(also important: peer
groups, mentoring, activities, etc.)
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Our Educational & Career
Journeys
• What early messages, positive and
negative, did you receive from your
family, friends, school, community, and media
about your ability and your potential to go to
college and succeed in high-quality careers?
What additional messages did you receive
along the way? Who or what encouraged
you? What were your barriers or challenges?
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Whose Responsibility ?
• Whose Responsibility Worksheet (p. 4)
• Sharing our responses
• Pair and Share: One minute elevator
speech: A colleague asks you why you
believe all students need to be
prepared for postsecondary education.
How would you answer her/him?
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Also Important
• Simply focusing on college and career access is not
enough. We need to also keep a focus on college
and career success.
– The importance of assuring intellectually
challenging work (rigor).
– The importance of assuring relevant work.
– The importance of paying attention to required
college and career knowledge and skills (David
Conley’s work, ConnectEd California’s College and Career
Readiness Framework, 21st Century
Skills, SCANS, industry standards)
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High Expectations &
High Support
• Set High Academic and Behavioral
Expectations and Provide High Caring and
High Support to Reach Them
– Identify Your Big Goals, Daily Learning
Objectives, and Specific Expectations
Around Completion
– Create a Culture of Excellence Where
Every Student is Expected to Succeed
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High Caring
“….One of the most important
factors behind student success in
high school… is a close connection
with at least one adult who
demonstrates caring and concern
for the student’s advancement.”
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Conditions for College & Career
Going Culture
• Development of a College and Career Going Culture
(academic & career goals; rigorous coursework; info
about college and career going)
• Academy Community of Practice
• Academy Advisory Board/Partnerships
• High Quality Teaching (Learning & Teaching)
• Extensive Academic and College-and-Career Going
Support
• Multicultural College & Career Identity
• Family-Neighborhood-School Supports
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Pair and Share
• What are some examples of the ways
in which your Academy/pathway/
school demonstrates high
expectations, high caring, and high
support?
• What are some of your best College &
Career Going Culture practices?
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Assessing Our
Schools/Districts/Academies
• College & Career Going Culture Rubric
– Where is your Academy/pathway/school/
district/community on the College and
Career Going Culture Rubric?
» Assessing the 10 Elements
– Action Planning
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Making College and Career
Access Real -
“No student has a true choice until (he)
she has been accepted into a college.”
– Deborah Wilds
(Gates Foundation)