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