Presented by: Rhonda Bielawski Shannon Connor Diane Feliciani Erica Zinsser

 New School Counseling Department Chair – Bryan Kiggins  Counseling Office Happenings  Welcome back! Introductions

 To address the Career Education and Work Standards requires an outside/inside approach. You must go outside of the walls of the school to effectively develop relevance for students.  Students need to know their opportunities and their major influences: Parents and teachers need to know these opportunities as well. It is everybody’s business!  The power of connecting leads to bigger and better opportunities and resources for students.  Allows others to help the counselors and educators with the delivery of their curriculum, including a student delivery approach.  Helps our School Counseling Program set new goals and measure their impact

Academic Counseling  The School Counselors will educate all students and parents about the realities of post-secondary options linking to individual academic achievement.

Personal Social Counseling  The School Counselors will help each student explore and investigate his/her passion.

Career Counseling  The Advisory Council will develop a professional network to provide shadowing opportunities and internships for all 11 th grade students.

 Career Development!  Why do we need a Career Development Plan at North Allegheny?

Did you know most students who graduate from college are between $20,000 and $27,000 in debt? That is the equivalent of a car payment every month but without the car. Debt load for students in the US has increased by 300% since 2001.

Been more careful about selecting a major or chosen a different major 48% Done more internships or worked part time in college or before college 47% Would have started looking for work much sooner while still in college 38% Would have taken more classes to prepare for a career 27% Would have gone to a different college14% Something else9% Would have not gone to college4%

Through a variety of resources, North Allegheny students explore post high school opportunities and careers:  Introducing the elementary career portfolio, utilizing the Career Standards for Career Exploration and Work  Exposing students to CHOICES Explorer and Planner  providing an interest inventory in 9th grade and the PLAN test in grade 10, counselors and teachers guide students through the maze of examining potential career interests.  tricity/Domain/37/Career%20Clusters% pdf tricity/Domain/37/Career%20Clusters% pdf

Unskilled jobs are disappearing; demand for high skills is rising

. PA ranks 5th in the nation for sending HS students to college. PA ranks 45th in the nation for graduating the same HS students similar for 2008 from college.

100 Ninth Graders 30 Graduate Work Bound 30 Drop Out 40 enter 4-year college 20 graduate from 4-year college (5.5 year average) 10 graduates are underemployed 10 graduates receive high skill/high wage employment in major Dr. Ken Gray, “Other Ways to Win”

#10. Meteorology #9. Medical Technology Technician #8. Agricultural Economics #7. Teacher Education: Multiple Levels #6. Astronomy and Astrophysics #5. Geological and Geophysical Engineering #4. School Counseling/Community Counseling #3. Educational Administration/Supervision #2. Pharmacology #1. Actuarial Science Huffington Post-Nov. 2011

#10. Political Science and Government #9. Communications #8. Economics #7. English Language #6. Education #5. Biology/Biological Sciences #4. Nursing #3. Psychology #2. Business Administration #1 Undeclared/Undecided (1 in 8 students) Princeton Review-2012

Stage, Age & Grade Fantasy - Birth-10 years old (Grades K-4) Awareness Interest years old (Grades 5-6) Awareness/Exploration Capacity years old (Grades 7-8) Exploration Tentative years old (Grades 9-11) Planning Crystallization years old (Graduation) Students will be able to “crystallize” a vocational preference upon graduation from high school instead of their mid 20’s! *Donald Super

 Elementary-Awareness (K-5) Lighting the spark in all children! Provide experiences for student to develop an understanding of self linked to work and resources outside of their family. (By 5th grade ALL students should be exposed to Beattie and all other post-secondary options-CEW standards)  Middle School- Exploration (6-8) Continue exploring the spark in all children! Build on earlier awareness activities to explore more specific interests and abilities that have developed. (By 8th grade ALL students should have begun their own career portfolio and individualized academic and career plans-CEW standards)  High School- Planning (9-12) Crystallizing the Spark with a plan by 12th grade! Continue to use the development interventions to build a transition plan for post secondary and career (By 12th grade ALL students will be able to crystallize a vocational preference and strategy linked to their own plan-a primary goal of the CEW Standards)

Who they are…(Aware) Where they want to go…(Explore) And understand the process of…(Plan) how they are going to get there!

 Personal/Social Counseling Goal: The School Counselors will help each student explore and investigate his/her passion.  Academic Counseling Goal: The School Counselors will educate all students and parents about the realities of post-secondary options linking to individual academic achievement.  Career Counseling Goal: The Advisory Council will develop a professional network to provide shadowing opportunities and internships for all 11 th grade students.

Group 1 Ms. Pottmeyer Dr. Greenberg Ms. Dimarco Ms. Landy Mr. Baierl Dr. Potter Mr. Shimko Ms. Vadnais Ms. Kovalchik Dr. Herring-White Group 2 Edye Pucciarelli Cydnee Traversari Madeline Badaczewski Ethan Sansosti Tess Wright Aimee Woods Ms. Earley Ms. Bontempo Michael Becich Sgt. Denault Group 3 Mr. Hyland Dr. Kainaroi Mr. Williams Mr. Truesdell Ms. Will Ms. Biro Ms. Liebenguth Group 4 Mr. Sieminski Mr. Delp Ms. Holland Ms. Sekelik Ms. Zylinski Ms. Daniels Ms. Schmiedecke

 Review discussions from spring meeting  Assign group note taker  Determine which ideas are feasible and decide the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, and WHEN  Discuss sharing of internship/shadowing/interview contacts  What is the best way for this to be organized and implemented for junior students?  Complete contact information forms

 Spring, Date TBD  Breakfast & networking  Review ideas from small groups