Incorporating Post-Secondary Options during Academic and Career Planning Kelli Kwiatkowski & Michael Fesenmaier, School District of New Berlin

Learning Targets:  Participants will determine what to consider when identifying post-secondary options in your ACP process  Understand what options can be included in the ACP process  Learn about one school district’s messaging around the options and how to prepare

Why? Our responsibility is to prepare our students to be able to access options appropriate to their learning plan (good consumers of post-secondary education). We know that students are individuals who need different options to follow their chosen path to reach their post-secondary experiences.

Where do your students go?

19% finish in 4 years At most public universities, only 19 percent of full-time students earn a bachelor’s degree in four years, the report found. Even at state flagship universities — selective, research-intensive institutions — only 36 percent of full-time students complete their bachelor’s degree on time. (Report: completecollege.org - nonprofit)

$9,139 tuition and fees for a public 4-year university per year Costly Decision Statistics from the College Board $31,231 tuition & fees for a private university per year

We are aspiring to create life-long learners ready for a new economy Diploma is no longer sufficient enough - Conley

Changes in types of jobs Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. Tom Goodwin, TechCrunch

Academic & Career Planning “is a student-driven, adult-supported process in which students create and cultivate their own unique and information-based visions for post secondary success, obtained through self- exploration, career exploration, and the development of career management and planning skills. (dpi.wi.gov/acp)

Helping students through the process

Activities to Support Navigation ● Academic and Career Planning ● Career & Service Based Learning Opportunities ● Industry and College Tours (need to find the right “fit”)

A student’s journey

What are the Programs of Study I am most interested in and why? Are there any specific career specialties/ pathways that are of interest to me? What type of degree or certificate do I need to support my post-secondary goals? Will this career choice support what I want for my financial future? Which internal and external courses can I take to continue to explore my interests? What jobs would I like to shadow and when will I do that?

CCR Infrastructure to help students make decisions ▷ new courses and extra- curricular clubs (CTSOs where available) ▷ professional learning around post-secondary options to admin, teachers, and counselors ▷ student engagement strategy ▷ parent engagement strategy

“ What opportunities are out there? #ownyourvoyage

4 year college Public and Private

▷ Admissions Information ▷ Ability to Navigate Information ▷ Cost Information (including scholarship and % of students who actually pay full tuition) ▷ Private vs. Public ▷ Are there any connections with your curriculum to a 4-year? 4-year information in your ACP

2 year college Public and Private

▷ UW 2 year Guaranteed Transfer Program what it is transferhttps:// transfer how to apply (start of your sophomore year) ▷ Collaborative Bachelor’s Degree Programs Students can receive a UW bachelor’s degree without leaving their local UW Colleges (UWC) campus. bachelors 2-year information in your ACP

Technical School WI has 11 technical schools!!

▷ Do your students know there is a WI tech college systems website made just for students? ▷ Ability to Navigate Information ▷ Cost Information ▷ Are there any connections with your curriculum to a technical school? ▷ Do they know that each technical school in WI is different? 4-year information in your ACP

2+2 or 2+3 Articulation Agreements

Work

Apprenticehship

Types of Apprenticeships: ● Construction Trades Construction Trades ● Industrial/Manufacturing Trades Industrial/Manufacturing Trades ● Service Trades Service Apprenticeship is a structured system of training designed to prepare individuals for skilled occupations. It combines on-the-job learning under the supervision of experienced journey workers with related classroom instruction. It is sponsored by employers, employer associations, or labor/management groups that can hire and train in a working situation. Apprentices who successfully complete the prescribed number of training hours in an apprenticeship program become certified skilled workers. 

Youth Apprenticeships Based on:  work opportunities in region  education of employers (do they know what it is)  interest level of students  available coursework in the district We offer: ▷ Health Science, Construction, Manufacturing, STEM, etc.

Military

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) ▷ Do students know what the ASVAB is? ▷ Do students know about the ASVAB Career Exploration Program? ▷ Do they know how to schedule the ASVAB test?

Financial Future Including Post-secondary is not complete unless you add in lessons regarding financial planning and what you want the future to look like

● What do I want to get out of my post- secondary experience? ● What schools offer a related degree/major? ● What will I need to provide a competitive admissions application for the schools/majors I might be interested in? For example: What level of math must I complete? Which specific science courses are required? Do I have to take a world language? Do I have to take fine arts classes? Do I need to complete a portfolio? What ACT scores are required for admission? ● In what areas will I pursue more rigorous coursework to support my strengths and/or areas of interest? Will I take AP Courses,

Post-secondary experiences

Why should a Student take a Post-Secondary Experience? CCR Infrastructure

What SDNB considers a Post-Secondary Experience A post-secondary experience is a course or other learning experience that provides access for students to a post-secondary credential while still in high school.

Academic & Career Planning information specific to your district that will help inform post- secondary experiences

What post-secondary experiences do we have?  Transcripted Credit  Dual Enrollment  Advanced Placement (AP)  PLTW selected course-work (End of semester exams)  Credential Coursework: IT TechKNOW, Manufacturing, CNA  Youth Options  Course Options  GPS  Dual Enrollment Academy

Post-secondary credentials

Do students know how their current credentials may impact their post- secondary experience?

The NEW Universal Transfer Agreement between the WI Technical College System and the University of WI System offers students the opportunity to transfer the following general education courses between the 2 systems. These courses will satisfy a gen ed or general degree requirement at the receiving UW or WTCS institution and may include electives: ● Written Communication ( ) and Speech ( ) ● College Algebra & Trigonometry with Applications ( ) ● General Biology ( ), General Chemistry ( ), General Physics I ( ) ● Introduction to American Government ( ) ● Introduction to Ethics: Theory and Application ( ) ● Economics ( ) and Introduction to Sociology ( ) ● Introduction to Psychology ( ) ▷ - See more at: agreements/universal-transfer-agreement#sthash.Lv5VXSZz.dpuf Universal Transfer Agreement

Possible Credits based off Assessments PLTW End of the Course Assessments CLEPAP Scores

Student Stories ▷ Stories can inspire and model decision making ▷ m/watch?v=1UWNQdp DHzw

Role of Post-Secondary/Business Partners ▷Focus Group  Feedback of Skills and Content are Students Need  Input on Coursework and Opportunities to access programming  ex. RN Direct Admit ▷Partnerships (tours, field trips) ▷Shadows ▷Mentorships ▷Other

Parent & Student Engagement

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