Prepare your student for success in college or
other postsecondary options, and beyond, by encouraging a balance between academics and extracurricular activities.
Do we have enough trained guidance counselors who are knowledgeable
in postsecondary options and their entry requirements?
Ensure that students understand what courses are required for high school graduation in addition to the admissions requirements for
various postsecondary options that are aligned with their career goals.
The components recognize and build on student strengths, address a wide range of student needs, and help to prepare students for
varied postsecondary options.
Would consolidate existing federal financial aid programs and provide students and families with more information and planning help to choose
affordable postsecondary options.
Some groups, such as students with learning disabilities, first - generation college goers, English language learners, and undocumented students or families, will need targeted programs that deliver information and encouragement
about postsecondary options in a clear and convincing way.
Designing CTE curricula with project - based blended learning strategies and techniques gives students access to a meaningful, engaging mix of independent and classroom - based activities that can help them understand and prepare
for postsecondary options — and the workforce.
The purpose of this piece is to advise freshmen (and their parents) on ways to successfully launch their high school careers in ways that will open up
postsecondary options down the road, whether they happen to be a Ivy League universities, «good fit» liberal arts colleges or public universities.
Clearly, the funds could be distributed more evenly across all schools, used for early childhood services or for augmenting children's health care, or aimed at
improving postsecondary options for students from lower - income families.
Rural students are often first - generation college students and may lack a network of adults who can provide information
on postsecondary options, requirements, and financing.
As an ever - expanding global market demands a more skilled workforce, educators, employers and policymakers are realizing the important role career - readiness plays in preparing students for a range of
postsecondary options while still in school.
SREB's Challenge to Lead 2020 goals call for states to align middle grades and high school policies with college - readiness standards, to recognize multiple paths to graduation and to provide students with
diverse postsecondary options and resources.
«Together with our talented staff in the College and Career Readiness Office, our seniors worked incredibly hard to ensure they all graduated on time and had
great postsecondary options tailored to their individual strengths.»
School counselors will work collaboratively with other school staff to assist students with academic and postsecondary planning that leads to seamless transitions to the
identified postsecondary options.
PATHWAY KNOWLEDGE enables familiarity with personal interests and
related postsecondary options to help learners set college and / or career goals based on personal aspirations or skills.
With this knowledge, learners may be able to align specific courses to desired career trajectories and later determine their best fit
within postsecondary options across internships, two - and four - year colleges, and professional industries.
In this sense, Pathways and Supports set the context wherein students master content,
determine postsecondary options, and overcome barriers to postsecondary success.
The Alaska State Policy Research Alliance, made up of K — 12 and higher education researchers and policymakers, is examining pathways of Alaska high school students
into postsecondary options.
«Placing well - trained advisers in Michigan high schools will continue to ensure students are equipped with the
best postsecondary options.»
Additional Resources Also being debuted by Iowa Student Loan is the Parent Handbook, which consists of valuable tips that help families of students in sixth through 12th grades prepare for success in college and
other postsecondary options.
Enrichment and preparation initiatives are necessary to provide students with knowledge
of postsecondary options and opportunities, shape college and career goals, and facilitate transitions.
College Knowledge Academy (CKA)- College Smarts, is a five week project based program, for parents and their children, that promotes early planning and knowledge
about postsecondary options.
Neither proposal suggests a new way to solve the actual problem at hand: the top - to - bottom failure of our education system to prepare lots of students for
any postsecondary option.
«I will be going into our new semester - long business class, Freshmen Career Tech, to do some interest inventories, discuss
all postsecondary options — work, armed forces, technical schools, two - and four - year colleges — in addition to discussing how to be successful in high school, rà © sumà © s, and the importance of getting involved in high school.»
Pointing students to
postsecondary options other than a four - year college is a challenge for already - overworked counselors.
is designed to expose high school - age youth to a the array of
postsecondary options.
These programs can familiarize students with
postsecondary options, help them apply, and reinforce the norms of a college - going culture.
By design, Linked Learning pathways prepare students for the full range of
postsecondary options — two - and four - year college, apprenticeship, and formal employment training.
Help prepare your sixth - through twelfth - grade students for success in college and other
postsecondary options.
Iowa Student Loan designed these valuable tips to help families of students in grades 6 — 12 prepare for success in college and other
postsecondary options.
Help your student explore career types to narrow down
the postsecondary options to pursue.