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Day 1, PART AWhy iGraduate? 1
Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’?
•Good paying JOBS are urgently needed for members of our community…
AS WELL AS…
•for the good of our local economies.
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’?
•College education is the path to the good paying jobs in the modern workplace.
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’?
•Of the 20 fastest growing occupations today, more than half require an associate’s degree or higher.
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’?
•A college degree increases one’s chance of employment by nearly 50%.
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Why Ascending Lights iGraduate?
• A college degree results in higher salaries than people with a high school diploma.
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Why Ascending Lights iGraduate?
•We believe in the vital importance of our local community colleges as pathways to occupational and financial success.
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’?
Of those individuals attending public colleges in California 70 to 75% are enrolled in community colleges.
These colleges are playing a critical role in meeting the state’s demand for highly skilled workers.
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’?
And..“Because community colleges serve groups that are underrepresented in other higher education systems, they are essential for reducing racial/ethnic disparities in educational attainment.”The Public Policy Institute of California
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Why Ascending Lights iGraduate?
Only about 1/3 of those students in the California community college system ever earn a degree, certificate, or transfer after 6 years.
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Why Ascending Lights iGraduate?
Of those students who failed to obtain a degree or transfer within 6 years …85% eventually dropped out!
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Why?
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’?
The problem is that “California community college students increasingly enter the system with little in their personal experiences that equip them to succeed in college without proactive and continual guidance.”
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’?
At one California community college, “…Getting more than 10 minutes of one-on-one time with an academic advisor is almost impossible.”
Inside Higher Ed, May 29, 2012
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’?
At another community college, there are “13 full time counselors available to serve more than 30,000 full time and part time students.”
The Telescope, April 23, 2012
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’ ?
“Pasadena City College had to turn away 2,500 students who sought counseling over a recent 6 month period.”
Inside Higher Ed, May 29, 2012
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’ ?
The available academic planning tools including websites are all there. But students don’t necessarily have the expertise and knowledge to bring all those pieces together and utilize them in a way that’s best for them.
P.J. DaMaris, Counseling Services Chairwoman, Palomar College, The Telescope, April 23, 2012
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Why ‘Ascending Lights iGraduate:Road Map to Success’ ?
So, with such an impossible shortage of qualified community college counselors, what is the solution?
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Why Ascending Lights iGraduate?
A viable solution is to “…use paraprofessionals (A.A. and B.A. level) to do much more of the routine and bureaucratic advising, leaving the Master’s Degree level counselors available for the more critical services that they are trained to provide.”
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Why Ascending Lights iGraduate?
… And that is exactly what Ascending Lights Leadership Network has been doing for almost 20 years.And now with Ascending Lights iGraduate…We are training qualified members of the community to use our proven academic planning and mentoring systems so that they can fill the void for much needed volunteer “paraprofessional” mentors.
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SO LET’S BEGIN!
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A MENTOR TRAINING AND SUPPORT PROGRAM …
INTENDED TO HELP COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TO:
• apply to college• choose a college major and career,• develop a personalized Road Map to Success
or Academic Plan,• discover available student services,• obtain free financial aid, and• graduate with a college certificate or degree 21
WHAT IT IS:iGraduate
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• A SUBSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE COUNSELING DEPARTMENTS OR OTHER STUDENT SERVICES
• New state laws require students to have counselor approved Academic Plans on file at their colleges.
• Students must meet with college counselors to fine tune, and obtain approval for, their academic plans.
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WHAT IT IS NOT..iGraduate
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iGraduate provides general direction only.•Resources, tools, and information provided by iGraduate are intended for informational purposes only. •iGraduate provides no warranty about the content or accuracy of content offered. •iGraduate advises mentors, trainers, and students to check with the community college for the most current and accurate information regarding academic planning and other requirements or resources.
WHAT IT IS NOT..iGraduate
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STUDENTS ATTEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FOR ONE OF THREE REASONS
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Community College
Career Certificate
Associate Degree
University Degree
The Road Maps to Success
Career
Career
Career
Up to 70 units can count toward
requirements for a four year degree
Associate Degree and/or
Transfer
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(Resource Tab 6, #1 in your workbook)
In this seminar, we will use a case study to help you learn how to construct a
Road Map to Success
for a student wishing to earn an Associate’s Degree and transfer to a four year university
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