New Interactive Career and College Planning Activities for Middle School This new set of 21 online activities (7 per grade) includes guided exercises, readings, inventories, videos, and games to help students learn about themselves and options for their future. Please join us to see activities, student work products, and to consider how these free activities from CFNC.org can fit into your school plan. Presenters: Mark Wiles & Lisa Sommerfeldt - University of North Carolina General Administration - Greensboro, NC

1. New Interactive Career and
College Planning Activities
for Middle School

2. Introduction
Mark Wiles
Director, CFNC Pathways
UNC General Administration

3. CFNC Partnership

4. CFNC stats through August 2013
5 million
accounts created
3.5 million
applications submitted
1.3 million
eHSTs delivered
A Few Statistics

5. Agenda
• CFNC Compass Overview
• CFNC Compass Goals and
Learning Outcomes
• How Will CFNC Compass Help You
• Grades 6 & 7 Activities
– Tours
– Work products
• Grade 8 Activities
– Tour
– Pilot results and analysis
• CFNC Compass Status
• Wrap-up

6. Print Curriculum Materials
• Which CFNC.org resources do you currently use with your
middle school students?
• Has anyone used (or is using) the paper-based activities at:
CFNC.org/curriculum

7. Publications and Posters Available
Print Curriculum Materials
cfnc.org/ps

8. Publications and Posters Available
Print Curriculum Materials

9. CFNC Compass Overview
• New middle school activities are called CFNC Compass
• Existing paper-based activities served as the foundation

10. CFNC Compass Goals
• Provide middle school students with interactive,
multimedia-based activities that will guide them
through key steps in career and college planning
using various tools on CFNC.org
• Accessible from various devices
– Personal computers
– Android tablets
– iPads

11. High Level Learning Outcomes
• Using CFNC Compass, middle school
students will be able to:
– Explore who they are, where they are heading
and the importance of setting goals
– Understand the academic preparation that’s
needed to be career and college ready
– Explore career options related to their
interests, personality, skills, and values
– Learn about college costs and the various ways
to pay and save for college
– Explore various college options

12. CFNC Compass Goals
• Provide school counselors with student completion
reports in the Professional Center (coming soon)
CFNC Compass Report link
will be here

13. CFNC Compass Goals
• Provide school counselors and students with student work products

14. How will CFNC Compass Help You?
• Aligns with the new NC DPI Essential Standards

15. How will CFNC Compass Help You?
• Helps you with your annual planning and evaluation process
Documents from NC DPI
http://ncees.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Support+Staff

16. CFNC Compass Tour
• Video Overview at: http://vzaar.tv/1307309
• Password “cfnc!”

17. CFNC Compass for 6th Graders

18. CFNC Compass for 6th Graders

19. CFNC Compass for 6th Graders

20. CFNC Compass for 7th Graders

21. CFNC Compass for 7th Graders

22. CFNC Compass for 8th Graders

23. CFNC Compass for 8th Graders
Pilot Results
• 254 8th graders from 12 middle schools participated in the
(Fall 2012/Spring 2013) pilot program
• Students said they learned the following:
– The importance of using my high school portfolio on CFNC.org
– The importance of identifying my goals instead of leaving my future up to
chance
– How to set goals and establish a time frame to achieve them
– There are many paths that lead to various careers
– How to search for colleges on CFNC.org
– Besides tuition, there are additional college costs
– Ways to pay for college
– The importance of knowing what my interests are to help me explore careers
– There are various types of colleges in North Carolina

24. CFNC Compass for 8th Graders
Pilot Results
• Four middle schools participated in our in-depth
statistical analysis component (Spring 2013) led by
researchers from NC State University
• Students took Pre/Post Assessments
• Preliminary Findings:
– Students gained knowledge of the various ways
CFNC.org can help them with:
• Applying to college
• What they need in order to perform well in honors/AP courses
• Keeping track of things
• Learning about the different ways to pay for college

25. CFNC Compass Status
• Pilot phase has just ended (March)
• Feedback is now being used to improve activities
(March – May)
• Accessible to counselors in Summer 2014

26. Wrap-up
• Thank you for participating today and for
promoting career and college readiness with
your students!
• Interested in updates on status, webinars, and
release date information?
Contact:
Lisa Sommerfeldt, Curriculum
Coordinator/Instructional Designer
lasommerfeldt@northcarolina.edu
336-334-4677