Professional School Counselors & Career Development Update Winter Professional Learning Conference Dr. Myrel Seigler, Program Manager mseigler@doe.k12.ga.us Jackie Melendez, Program Specialist jmelende@doe.k12.ga.us Vivian Snyder, Program Specialist vsnyder@doe.k12.ga.us 9/19/2018

College & Career Ready Performance Index Elementary: 17 Cluster Activities & Portfolio Middle School: 2 career-related assessments and completion of an Individual Graduation Plan High School: Capstone Project (coming) 9/19/2018

What Drives Our WORK? STATE AGENCY FEDERAL HB 400 (BRIDGE) HB 186 Perkins Legislation AGENCY College & Career Ready Performance Index College & Career Ready Counseling for ALL Students 9/19/2018

Federal Perkins IV CAREER GUIDANCE AND ACADEMIC COUNSELING.—The term ‘career guidance and academic counseling’ means guidance and counseling that (A) provides access for students (and parents, as appropriate) to information regarding career awareness and planning with respect to an individual’s occupational and academic future; and (B) provides information with respect to career options, financial aid, and postsecondary options, including baccalaureate degree programs. 9/19/2018

Georgia HB 400/BRIDGE Mandates 6-12 system of advisement for ALL students through a systematic, comprehensive and developmental advisement process (CCRPI) Mandates 6-8 educational and career planning to result in an individual graduation plan prior to the end of the second semester of the 8th grade (CCRPI) Mandates continued annual advisement 9-12 9/19/2018

Georgia HB 186 House Bill 186 mandates that Georgia will align with the 16 Federal Career Cluster framework (CCRPI) Develop appropriate forms and counseling guidelines for dual credit coursework; inform 8-11 grade students prior to April 1. To provide for collaboration with the Department of Education to enable high school students to attain soft skills certification 9/19/2018

Georgia HB 713 The State Board of Education shall prescribe a minimum course of study in career education for students in grades kindergarten through 12. Such minimum course of study shall be age appropriate and shall include, but not be limited to, career awareness, career exploration, and career oriented learning experiences." 9/19/2018

New Advisement Rule Reflects BRIDGE law 9/19/2018

BRIDGE Checklist/ Career Information System 9/19/2018

Career Clusters/Pathways Career Clusters represent a grouping of occupations according to common knowledge and skills for the purpose of organizing educational programs and curricula Career Pathways are coherent, articulated sequences of rigorous academic and career/technical courses, usually beginning in the 9th grade and leads to some type of credential including a baccalaureate degree or more. Read the slide

Career Development Model OCCUPATION Elementary Teacher $54,200 2012 Average Salary/1,810 PERKINS/ “high-skilled, high-wage, high-demand” PATHWAY Teaching as a Profession Cluster Education & Training Represents a Narrowing Process Elementary to Middle to High School and beyond This graphic model represents the Cluster concept whereby students begin to define and re-define career-related choices and selections from a broad CLUSTER to a PATHWAY, to a more SPECIFIC OCCUPATION and advocates appropriate levels of postsecondary education based on the student choices. This model uses the Education & Training CLUSTER , narrowed to the PATHWAY, Teaching as a Profession, then further narrowed to a specific OCCUPATION, Registered Nurse which requires an Associate Degree at a USG school or techncial college. Other occupations in that pathway might include medical assistant, EMT, pharmacy technician, respiratory therapist just to name a few. At this point you may want to show the National Career Cluster Framework located at http://www.careertech.org/career-clusters/resources/career-frames.html All the clusters are listed. Select your cluster and show the occupations related to that cluster.

Career Development Process 1, 2, 3, as simple as A, B, C Who Am I? Interest, Aptitudes, Values (CCRPI) Where Am I Going? Investigation of the world-of-work; Exposure; Experience (Work-based Learning) CCRPI How Am I Going to Get There? Management to formulate a plan (Individual Graduation Plan/CCRPI) 9/19/2018

Dual Enrollment Guidance in grades 8-11 Student activities at each grade level regarding dual credit opportunities as part of the TAA program These activities are located on GAcollege411 under the “Middle and High School Educators” at the bottom of the homepage. 9/19/2018

Counselor-Supported TAA Middle School Scope and Sequence GAcollege411.org 9/19/2018

TAA High School Scope and Sequence GAcollege411.org 9/19/2018

Soft Skills/Habitudes HABITUDES-hab·i·tude (hb-td, -tyd) n. A habitual tendency or way of behaving Objective: To implement an instructional advisement pilot program during the 2012-2013 school year in 33 high schools representing each of the 16 Regional Education Service Agencies and State Schools across the state, that will incorporate character education and the teaching of soft skills. 9/19/2018

Elementary Activities/Portfolio Elementary Scope & Sequence of Activities: Grade Cluster Activity 1st Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Transportation, Distribution & Logistics Law, Public Safety & Security 2nd Arts, A/V Technology & Communications Health Science Education & Training 3rd Hospitality & Tourism Human Services Energy 4th Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Manufacturing Business Management & Administration Architecture & Construction 5th Finance Information Technology Marketing Government & Public Administration 5th grade students create a portfolio: Required during 5th grade (2016-17) Capstone Project format Career Research Writing Component and Standards Presentation Guidance available at http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Counselor-Information-.aspx 9/19/2018

Assessments/IGP Developed CCRPI guidelines for middle grade students to complete two career-related assessments including students with disabilities Developed CCRPI guidelines for all 8th grade students to complete an individual graduation plan in compliance with HB 400 Revised Student Advisement policy to reflect legislation Guidance is located at http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/Counselor-Information-.aspx 9/19/2018

High School CCRPI Pathway Completers Industry Credentials/End of Pathway Assessments Remediation/Learning Support/Scores on AP/SAT/ACT Dual Credit Opportunities/AP/IB 9/19/2018

(Capstone Project) or WBL Major components of capstone project: Research Application of research to produce a “product” Maintain a portfolio of the process Presentation Will move to the face of CCRPI in fall 2016 9/19/2018

Coming in the spring 9/19/2018

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CTAE Resource Network www.ctaern.org Remember your password is the first three letters of your last name followed by the last four digits of your SSN. No spaces! If you have ever been issued a profile within the CTAE Resource Network, you were issued a password that is a combination of the first three letters of your last name followed by the last four digits of your Social Security number (no spaces, and use lower case letters). If when you enter your password and press submit you are not given access to the website, you should type your school email address into the box below the login password box and press the submit button, immediately you will receive a response that reads “Email was not found please contact” or “Password has been sent”. If you receive the Password has been sent message you will need to access that email account for the password. If you receive the message “Email not found please contact” either call the hotline at 866-454-2823 or email the hotline at hotline@ctaern.org.

Questions or Comments Thank you for attending. If you need further assistance or have other questions, please email me at mseigler@doe.k12.ga.us or call at 404-657-8324.