1. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW What should effective guidance and advisement look like in a Tech Center? Belinda McCharen Facilitator Doug Sutton Recorder TCTW

2. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW Please mute your cell phones You will have time to check messages after this session TCTW

3. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW Please mute your cell phones You will have time to check messages after this session TCTW

4. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW Why Should Tech Centers Worry About Guidance?  Only about 20% of youth in the 12- 22 year age range express a clear vision of what they want accomplish in life and why »The Path to Purpose, William Damon, 2008 TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies

5. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies Challenges  Create a flexible system of optional career pathways in high schools to better prepare all students for college and careers.  Create supportive relationships between students and adults.  Create a system of advisors that meet with students and parents and home high schools to set goals and help students take the right courses for their program of study. TCTW Tech Centers That Work, SREB

6. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies Challenges  Develop quality relationships with middle schools, high schools and postsecondary institutions to improve student planning and transition—a place for every student to belong.  Connect students to a career goal.  Connect students and families to school.  Prepare tech center students for success in the workplace and postsecondary education. TCTW Tech Centers That Work, SREB

7. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT StudiesSDW for CT7 TCTW Key Practices  Culture of Continuous Improvement  Challenging Program of Study  Challenging Career/Technical Studies  Work-based Learning  High Expectations  Challenging Academic Studies  Active Engagement  Teachers Working Together  Guidance and Advisement  Extra Help and Transitions TCTW

8. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies TCTW Key Practice: Guidance Involve students and their parents in a guidance and advisement system, develop positive relationships, ensures completion of a CTE concentration with approved sequence of at least four courses, and an accelerated program of study. Provide each student with the same mentor throughout high school to assist with setting goals, selecting courses (academic and CTE), reviewing students’ progress and suggesting appropriate interventions as necessary.

9. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW 5 Key Purposes of Guidance  Raise student achievement  Help students set career goal  Involve families in guidance and advisement  Provide teacher-advisers for small groups of students  Ensure smooth transitions for incoming freshmen and graduating seniors

10. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies Quality Guidance Indicators  Reviewed student sequence of courses planned during high school at least once a year.  Students received most help in planning high school studies by end of ninth grade.  When planning for high school, students talked with parents/guardians at home.  During high school a teacher or counselor talked with students individually about career and further education plans.  Students spoke to or visited with someone in a career they aspired to.

11. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies Quality Guidance Indicators Continued…  Someone from college spoke to students about going to college.  Students and their parents/guardians received information and/or assistance from school in selecting or applying to college.  Students had an adult mentor who worked with them all four years of high school.

12. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies So, what do you think the quality guidance and advisement components should look like in a tech center? How should it differ from or complement high school guidance? TCTW

13. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies How can we address the issues of offering the right guidance strategies to complement/support those at the home high school and meet the unique needs of tech center students? TCTW

14. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW 2008 TCTW Assessment  Guidance indicators and emphasis  Intensive/high emphasis= 6 to 8 indicators  Moderate emphasis= 3 to 5 indicators  Low emphasis= 0 to 2 indicators TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies

15. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies % of students provided timely guidance meeting readiness goals—Low Emphasis TCTW Tech Centers That Work Assessment, 2008

16. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies % of students provided timely guidance meeting readiness goals—Moderate Emphasis TCTW Tech Centers That Work Assessment, 2008

17. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies % of students provided timely guidance meeting readiness goals—High Emphasis TCTW Tech Centers That Work Assessment, 2008

18. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW Need for Improved Guidance  10% of students say school personnel play a key role in career guidance (Decisions Without Direction, 2002)  51% of students say no one helped to advise on career and college options (Decisions Without Direction, 2002)  Career choice based on interest rather than opportunity (Decisions Without Direction, 2002) TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies

19. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW Need for TC Guidance  Students must have a vision of the future  Lost in Transition, SREB, 2008  50% of CTE students indicated parents never attended a planning meeting at their high school  TCTW Assessment, SREB, 2008  34% of CTE students never received info about college  TCTW Assessment, SREB, 2008 TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies

20. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies How do we improve the intensity of CTE students’ guidance experiences in tech centers? TCTW

21. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies Do you find out about individual dreams, talents, passions? If yes, how? TCTW

22. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies Thank you for your input and ideas. TCTW

23. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW If we can provide you with any assistance, please contact: Belinda McCharen 405-623-6196 belinda.mccharen@okstate.edu Doug Sutton doug.sutton@dese.mo.gov TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies

24. Southern Regional Education Board HSTW TCTW Forum-Quality CT Studies Take your table tent and move to the next session on your agenda. TCTW