1. Plan for College and Career Readiness
Welcome To Your PCCR
Plan for College and Career Readiness $
What is
YOUR
PLAN?

2. Job Market is changing
Out of the 11.6 million jobs created in the post recession economy, 11.5 million went to workers with at least some college education.
Graduate degree holders gained 3.8 million jobs,
Bachelor's degree holders gained 4.6 million jobs
Associate’s degree holders gained 3.1 million.
Employment of workers with a high school diploma or less only grew by 80,000 jobs.

3. Workers with a Bachelor’s degree or higher are taking almost all the jobs in high- and middle-skill occupations

4. Education to be competitive in this
You need to plan on post-secondary
Education to be competitive in this
Job market
• Workers with at least some postsecondary education now make up 65 percent of the total employment.
• Bachelor’s degree holders now earn 57 percent of all wages.
• Workers with a high school diploma or less must earn postsecondary credentials in order to compete effectively in growing high-skill career fields.

5. Education Pays

6. ?
The “Pathways to Prosperity” study by the Harvard Graduate School of Education shows that
only 56% of college students complete four-year degrees within six years and
only 29% of those who start two-year degrees finish them within three years!!
WHY?

7. ] [ d i r e c t i o n p r e p a r a t i o n real & the real problem
. . .
most students lack
d i r e c t i o n
&
p r e p a r a t i o n

8. Why are you going to college?
Direction
Why are you going to college?
to learn more about things that interest me
to be able to get a better job
to get training for a specific career
Source: The American Freshman National Norms for Fall 2002

9. Career Event or Process
Pathways - Classes JATC Internships Talk to people Interest Inventories (utahfutures.org) Counselor What are your career interests?

10. What Are You Doing to Prepare?

11. College Success # # # 3 1 2 GPA ACT High School Academic Rigor
These three things can predict your college success # 1
High School
Academic Rigor # 2
GPA # 3
ACT

12. Homework Matters Teaches content, time management, and discipline.
College Success
Average successful College freshmen study for 40 hours each week.
Homework Matters Teaches content, time management, and discipline.
High School students doing 10 hours homework a week,
are 3 times more likely to get a Bachelor’s Degree.
Senior Year Matters!!

13. TAKE THE RIGHT CLASSES 4 years/credits of English
4 years/credits of math
(one class beyond Algebra 2 or Math 3)
3.5 years/credits of social science
3 years/credits lab-based science
(one biology, one chemistry, one physics )
2 years/credits same world language
(taken progressively during grades 9-12)
Maintain a 3.0 GPA , maintain a C in core courses, & submit an ACT score
Be Prepared for college!
Regents Scholarship
Maintain a 3.5 GPA , maintain a B in core courses, & 26 ACT composite score

14. Challenge Yourself Honors Classes JATC Internships AP Classes
Concurrent
Enrollment
Classes

15. Grade Point Average
Most colleges require Transcripts and ACT scores for admission because these two items are great predictors of how you will do in college
Study after study finds that GPA is the best predictor of college success, even more
so than ACT or SAT
-hard work, discipline and curiosity in high school will continue in college

16. ACT Colleges use the ACT for 3 things Admission Class Placement
Scholarships
All Juniors will take the ACT February 28th
Free opportunities for ACT Prep
Every Thursday mini-lesson during MAP
Every Thursday 3:00 – 5:00pm
Online preparation
Recommend that you take the ACT twice
Sign up at actstudent.org to take future exams

17. What do you think you should consider in choosing a college?
How do I choose a college?
Program/Major
Cost
Profile
Campus Visit
What do you think you should consider in choosing a college?

18. Why is it important to have a goal?
Program/Major
Why is it important to have a goal?
Different Types of Colleges and Degrees
* Certifications (MATC or SLCC)
* Associates Degree (AA vs AS)
* Bachelors (4 years)
* Masters (6 years)
* PhD (7-11 years)

19. Scholarship Opportunities
$$ COST $$
Instate vs Out of State
Private vs Public
Scholarship Opportunities

20. Is the school a good fit for you?
Profile
Is the school a good fit for you?
What are the admission requirements?
What does the average student look like (GPA, ACT, etc.)
Small vs Large
Do they offer the athletics, clubs, extracurricular opportunities you want?

21. Campus visit Get on campus and see how it feels
Make sure you visit the department you are interested in and see the dorms

22. Where do I find all this information?
Look on the college websites
Google
ABC’s of Scholarships
Comparison Websites

23. Scholarships Private Scholarships
FAFSA – Federal Financial Aid -- $ 97 Billion
70% of all college students qualify
Private Scholarships
-Companies and Individuals : Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, etc.,
-Search Engine Sites
-Look on
College Scholarships
State Scholarships
-Alumni
-Centennial
-Leadership
-Academic
-Regents
-Athletic
(NCAA)
-Diversity
-Service
-New Century

24. It is never too early to start looking! Come to Scholarship Labs
Scholarships
Colleges
Online search engines
Counseling Website
It is never too early to start looking!
to 81010
Visit
Sign up for REMIND
Thursdays 2:30 – 3:00 Career Center Lab
Come to Scholarship Labs

25. NCAA
Applies to students that are wanting to be able to play college level sports and be eligible for athletic scholarships (Specifically Division I or II)
It is the student and parent’s responsibility to make sure the student is eligible. What does this mean?
Read through the NCAA Eligibility Center Quick Reference Guide
Take College Athletic Prep class
Look at your classes – Are they NCAA approved?
If you have classes that you need to make up get it done before the end of this year and make sure it is through a NCAA approved source
Do you have the 16 core class requirements (10 completed by end of semester 1 senior year)
2.3 GPA Requirement
Register with NCAA at
Counselors can assist you IF you let us know you are a college bound athlete

26. Make your senior year count!!
Make your PLAN
Transcript
PCCR Form
Plan your senior year!
Complete needs assessment while you wait.
Arena will open for YOU April 18th and 19th
Arena for JATC March 27th and 28th
Make your senior year count!!

27. Come see us in the counseling center – we are here to help you
ask for help
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Come see us in the counseling center – we are here to help you