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Parent connection Dec. 5, 2013

Parent connection Dec. 5, 2013. Career and College Ready: The Role of the School Counselor in Helping Students Develop a Plan for What Comes After Olympia High School……. Kim Reykdal , Career & College Counselor. Parent Response #1

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Parent connection Dec. 5, 2013

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  1. Parent connection Dec. 5, 2013 Career and College Ready: The Role of the School Counselor in Helping Students Develop a Plan for What Comes After Olympia High School…… Kim Reykdal, Career & College Counselor

  2. Parent Response #1 What are the top 3 things you wish you’d been told and/or would like to have known as a high school parent? OR What do you want to know tonight?

  3. High School and Beyond Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. ~ Steve Jobs

  4. Career Guidance Lessons ExploreApprenticeship.wa.gov www.careercruising.com Checkoutacollege.com Usagapfairs.org ReadySetGrad College Board Career Bridge O*Net

  5. Skills Interests Lifestyle Values • Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. • ~ Steve Jobs

  6. Where will your journey take you after high school? Apprenticeship or Technical School 2 or 4-year College Employment or Gap Year Military

  7. Student Led Conferences: • Helps students take responsibility for learning and explain how their current progress is (or isn’t?) leading to their future plans • Opportunity for students to showcase their achievement, show leadership, and articulate their goals and dreams • Creates a forum for school, student and parent communication and an opportunity for parent involvement • Great public speaking practice (job/college interview prep) OHS = 1780 students * 5 Counselors (356:1) * 1 Career & College Counselor 62% 4-year college * 33% 2-year college * 8% military or work

  8. Parent Response #2 If you’ve participated in a SLC, what can we do to improve that experience? If you haven’t what would you want to see happen at that meeting?

  9. The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce • Of the 47 millions jobs forecast to open by 2018: • 63% will require at least some college education • Nearly 50% will require an AA or less • Almost all of these jobs will require real world skills as learned in Career & Tech Ed (CTE) courses The perception challenge: CTE classes are often demeaned/disparaged by the academic elite even though CTE can increase student engagement, especially for students who are not motivated by a strictly academic program of study.

  10. ~ The Hidden STEM Economy, The Brookings Institute, June 2013

  11. Parent Response #3 In addition to using Career Cruising, what ideas do you have about how we can best help students make a plan for after high school?

  12. Thank You!

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