Welcome and Introductions Student Success Steering Team Training

10:00 am – 11:00 amOverview 11:00 am – 12:30 pmCollege Applications 12:30 pm – 1:00 pmLunch 1:00 pm – 2:30 pmGraduation Plans & Career Interest Inventories 2:30 pm – 3:30 pmCollege Visits (computer lab) 3:30 pm – 4:00 pmQ&A and Wrap-up Today’s Agenda

Learn More Indiana & 21 st Century Scholars

Learn More Indiana Mission In print, in person, online and on the phone, Learn More Indiana helps Hoosier students PLAN, PREPARE and PAY for college completion and career success.

Core Services PRINT: Student Success Guides PERSON: Speakers Bureau/County Coalitions ONLINE: LearnMoreIndiana.org PHONE:

Core Messages PLAN PREPARE PAY

LearnMoreIndiana.org

College Success Campaigns

Three annual statewide campaigns: 1)PLAN: College GO! Week –– (Fall) 2)PREPARE:KnowHow2Go –– (Summer) 3)PAY:Cash for College –– (Winter/Spring) Guiding principles: – Clear college success focus for each campaign – Specific, practical steps for students at each level – State driven, locally led

College Success Campaigns PLANPREPARE PAY

College Success Coalitions

GOAL: Create a college-going and completing culture Build local leadership and outreach capacity Improve student choices and outcomes OUTCOME: Active, sustainable coalitions in all 92 counties Increase college readiness, completion, education attainment rates

College Success Coalitions Current Status: 51 counties 1461 organizations 2155 activities

 Established in 1990 to increase Hoosier students’ aspirations for and access to higher education  Income-eligible students enroll in 7 th or 8 th grade  Students who fulfill the Scholar Pledge earn up to four years of paid tuition at an Indiana college 21 st Century Scholars Program

National model for increasing college access: Student Participation: More than 100,000 Scholars enrolled statewide in middle school through college. High School Graduation: More than 90% of Scholars graduate from high school (86% for all Indiana students) College Access: 75% of Scholars enter college directly after high school (64% for all Indiana students) Scholar Success

Most Scholars DO NOT complete college: Scholar Challenges

Most Scholars DO NOT complete college: On-time Completion: 12% of Scholars earn an associate or bachelor’s degree on time. (22% for all Indiana public college students) College Completion (150% time): Less than a third (30%) of Scholars graduate after three and six years (40% for all Indiana public college students) Scholar Challenges

New 21 st Century Scholars Outreach Model

Moving from access to success Emphasizing student preparation and intervention Coordinating services rather than direct service New Scholar Support Model

Scholar Success Program

Legislative changes: Raised high school GPA requirement to 2.5 Refocused program on student preparation (Scholar Success Program) Scholar Success Program

PURPOSE Increase 21 st Century Scholars’ understanding and completion of specific steps required to successfully access and complete college. Scholar Success Program

KEY CRITERIA Is it ACCESSIBLE? Is it IMPACTFUL? Is it MEASURABLE? Scholar Success Program

PLAN PREPARE PAY

Scholar Success Program PERFORM academically Core 40 Diploma with 2.5 Grade Point Average (cumulative) GRADEPLAN for collegePREPARE for collegePAY for college 9 th Graduation Plan Extracurricular or Service Activity Paying for College th Career Interest Assessment Workplace ExperienceCollege Costs Estimator 11 th College Campus VisitsCollege Entrance ExamScholarship Search 12 th College ApplicationCollege Success 101FAFSA Filing

A national effort to increase the number of first-generation and low-income students pursuing a college degree or other higher education credential. Data Driven Uses school based steering teams Focuses on in-school events Proven Success American College Application Campaign

The goal is to use the American College Application model to connect all Indiana students with programming designed to improve college access, readiness, and retention, by... Recruiting steering teams at 10 pilot high schools Using SSP to guide programming Focusing on 21 st Century Scholars and first-generation college students Launching around College Go! Week Continuing around Learn More campaigns Growing in future years Student Success Steering Teams

Resources and Contact Student Success Steering Team Web Address learnmoreindiana.org/studentsuccess Student Success Steering Team Contact CHRIS ENSTROM Director of Outreach 21 st Century Scholars Program Office: (317) ext. 143 Fax: (317)