US DOE College Access Affinity Group LILY OWEN, DIRECTOR JUDY LORIMER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR 352 WEST 110 TH STREET NEW YORK, NY NYCCOLLEGELINE.ORG NYCCOLLEGELINE.ORG

MISSION and HISTORY  MISSION: Increase the number of underrepresented young people who gain access to college and earn quality post- secondary degrees through Options’ counseling, training, evaluation, advocacy, and dissemination of best practices.  1986 – College Access Program Founded  1998 – Program Replication at Four NYC Sites Launched  2005 – Options Institute Founded  2011 – NYC DOE Training Launched with Pilot  2012 – College Success Program Founded  2013 – Launched

OPTIONS INSTITUTE  Since 2005, trained more than 3,000 unique individuals from more than 600 organization and school sites in NYC  More than 100 days of in-person training offered in  Offerings:  9-day certificate course  6-day NYC DOE course  Numerous stand-alone workshops on special populations, advanced financial aid topics, etc…

NYC DOE Partnership  Options Institute together with NYC DOE Office of Postsecondary Readiness  GOAL: 1,500 DOE personnel to complete 6-day course   At least one person at each of NYC’s 500+ public high schools  school year has 10 cohorts of 50 people each

NYC DOE Course By the end of the course, participants will understand:  Key data points nationally and at their own school related to college access and success  How to build and support a college-going culture in a school setting  How to effectively assess students relative to their postsecondary options  How to help students choose good postsecondary options  How to support students to develop strong college applications and gain access to a range of postsecondary options  How to support students around financial aid  How to help students make good financial decisions related to postsecondary education  How to help specific groups of students, such as immigrant students and students with learning disabilities