FOUR YEAR PLANNING

1. FOUR YEAR PLANNING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2. 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?

3. 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. Studies show…

4. Dropouts Few are failing academically when they leave Least likely to be employed Are more subject to mental/emotional health issues Least likely to have health insurance Most prison inmates are dropouts Most cited reason for leaving: No connection between school and the real world of work

5. What can we do? Help ALL students create a plan through and beyond high school

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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. Important for ALL students

12. Motivational Cycle When students see the personal benefit in the task – such as developing a long term plan for their ideal future… Motivation Increases Student Experiences Success Comprehension Increases Self-esteem Increases Skill Level Increases

13. 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.

14. 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

15. COURSE CATALOG FOR YOUR HIGH SCHOOL • Go to your high school web site • http://olympushigh.wikispaces.com/ • Find the course catalog • Sometimes in the counselors’ section of the school web site

16. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. EXAMPLE • https://www.utahfutures.org/ • Registered Nurse • Career Cluster: Health Science • Pathway: Therapeutic Services • High school courses • Preparation • Programs of study • Where in Utah

23. 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.

24. 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