Academic Planning for College and Career Readiness (NOSCA 2)
To help close opportunity and attainment gaps, I've highlighed in red below academic planning for college and career readiness skill and advocacy resources (including evidence-based classroom curricula) that every School Counselor can share with K-12 stakeholders via their SCP Advisory Councils, SCCC classroom lessons, planning for every student, group and individual counseling, and SCP website resource tabs for students, educators, and families (and NOSCA is the National Office for School Counselor Advocacy with tons of resources--http://nosca.collegeboard.org/eight-components/academic-planning-college-and-career-readiness ):
- A Rotting Apple--Education Redlining in New York City: Schott Foundation study of inequitable opportunities facing NYC students of color and low-income students, recommends performing equity audits in every middle school and additional change http://schottfoundation.org/publications-reports/education-redlining
- Advisory Guides/School Counseling Core Curriculum Lessons aligned with ASCA student standards for grades 6-12 (College Board Schools) https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started/educator-resource-center/college-board-advisory-guides
- The Algebra Project: Using mathematics as an organizing tool to ensure quality public school education for every child in the USA www.algebra.org
- Blueprint for College Readiness: A 50-state policy analysis--Education Commission of the States' nonpartisan data on college and career access, readiness and success policies http://www.ecs.org/html/educationIssues/blueprint/blueprint-intro.asp
- Career Cluster Search: Discover occupations of interest to then focus education plans on obtaining necessary knowledge, competencies, and training for success in a particular career pathway http://www.onetonline.org/find/career?c=0&g=Go
- Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education: Publishing cutting-edge implications for education policy and practice focused on improving equity in P-12 schools, colleges and universities, and social contexts that influence educational outcomes www.gse.upenn.edu/equity/
- College Major and Career Searchhttps://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/majors-careers
- College Majors 101 www.collegemajors101.com
- College Partnerships and Articulation Agreements: Key to successful transfer-student transitions between two-year community colleges and four-year colleges and universities (all 50 states) http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/partnerships.phtml
- College Planning for Students with Disabilities http://www.educationquest.org/swd.asp
- College Prep Calendar: Grades 9-12 (NACAC) www.nacacnet.org...
- Common Core State Standards Initiative: Preparing America's students for college & career using an untested model developed by corporate interests and politicians www.corestandards.org
- Early College High School Initiative: 240 public high schools in 28 states and D.C. combining academic rigor and the opportunity to save time and money to motivate for students compressing the time it takes to complete a high school diploma and the first two years of college with a targeted focus on low-income youth, first-generation college goers, English language learners, students of color, and other young people underrepresented in higher education www.earlycolleges.org
- Employment Projections: Information about the USA labor market 10 years in advance www.bls.gov/emp/home.htm
- Equal Opportunity Schools: With at least two-thirds of a million USA students qualified for AP/IB courses not enrolled in them annually, Equal Opportunity Schools demonstrate how missing students can be identified and quickly moved into advanced courses leading to increased student engagement and performance and closing achievement, opportunity, and attainment gaps www.eoschools.org
- Graduation Plans grades 6-12: Indiana's academic, career, and college planning docs requried for all grade 6-12 students to be updated annually with school counselors--easily adaptable for other states www.learnmoreindiana.org/K12academics/Requirements/Pages/GradPlan.aspx
- High-Quality Decision Making (research-based ACIP model: alternatives, consequences, information, plans) http://www.careerkey.org/asp/your_decision/high_quality_decisions.html
- High School Diploma/Credential Graduation Requirements in New York State (2013-14) http://www.runmyclub.com/NYSSCA/ClientFiles/Diploma%20and%20Credential%20Summary%20-%206-11-13.pdf
- Inside Schools Blog: Independent guide to NYC public schools (elementary, middle, high school, registration, gifted & talented, special education, bilingual, free academic and college preparation resources, and specialized high school prep programs and testing, deadlines, and reviews of high schools) www.insideschools.org
- International Baccalaureate (English, Español, Français) www.ibo.org...
- International Baccalaureate credit recognition policies at colleges/universities worldwide: http://www.ibo.org/universities/listalluniversities.cfm
- My Child's Future: Parent involvement = future success (career development and educational/college planning suggestions for parents and guardians of elementary, middle, and high school students) http://www.mychildsfuture.org/parents/item.htm?id=0
- My Road: College Board's career and college planning website (free access for PSAT users) https://myroad.collegeboard.com/myroad/navigator.jsp
- NCAA (National College Athletic Association) Clearinghouse/Eligibility Center: web1.ncaa.org/ECWR2/NCAA_EMS/NCAA.jsp
- NCAA 2016 changes for eligibility http://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2012-04-26/new-eligibility-standards-start-2016
- National Collegiate Honors Council: Professional association setting standards and developing staff, faculty and students in honors programs in 2-year and 4-year colleges www.nchchonors.org
- Naviance: Digitalcourse, college, and career planning/advising for high schools (and piloted in some middle schools) www.naviance.com/about
- Plans of Study: 16 career clusters and career pathways for advising high school students' academic course selection and beyond (school counselors and parents/guardians) www.careertech.org/career-clusters/resources/
- QS World University Rankings (interactive international website with resources for international study abroad and in the USA with visa requirements, by affordability, by region, by country, and by major, a based on six criteria: Academic reputation (among academics), employer reputation, faculty/student ratios, citations per faculty, international student ratio, international staff ratio) http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2014#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=
- What's It Worth: The Economic Value of College Majors Study (Georgetown U. Center for Workforce Development, 2012)http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/whatsitworth-complete.pdf