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Preparing All Students to Become Career and College Ready

The Transformed School CounselorThe Transformed School Counselor

Chapter 14 Chapter 14

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Succeeding in the Global Environment The ability to navigate the complex life and

work environments in the globally competitive information age requires students to pay rigorous attention to developing adequate life and career skills such as: flexibility and adaptability; initiative and self-direction; social and cross-cultural skills; productivity and accountability; and leadership and responsibility (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2009).


Preparing Students for their Future Means

increasing their awareness of career increasing their awareness of career options and educational opportunities;options and educational opportunities;

helping them know who they are, where helping them know who they are, where they are going, and how they will get they are going, and how they will get there;there;

ensuring that they acquire the attitudes, ensuring that they acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills to compete in a knowledge, and skills to compete in a global economy; and, global economy; and,

helping them develop a career plan as helping them develop a career plan as part of the school curriculum.part of the school curriculum.


Theoretical UnderpinningsHow do these 4 theorists help us to construct age-appropriate career oriented systems that consider developmental life stages, personality influence, learning experiences, and self-confidence to best prepare today’s youth for the careers of tomorrow?

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Using a Systemic Approach to Career Development

Career development crosses the lifespan and Career development crosses the lifespan and

informs and influences the various stages of informs and influences the various stages of educational and personal growth.educational and personal growth.

Associations (ASCA, NCDA, NASSP, NACAC) Associations (ASCA, NCDA, NASSP, NACAC) encourage school counselors to provide every encourage school counselors to provide every student with the necessary help and direction to student with the necessary help and direction to be successful in school and, ultimately, in life. be successful in school and, ultimately, in life.


School Counselors: Critical Players in Career Development

The career development process can be The career development process can be approached systematically and intentionally, approached systematically and intentionally, or, it can be approached haphazardly and or, it can be approached haphazardly and passively.passively.

Which approach have you observed?Which approach have you observed?

What changes would you propose?What changes would you propose?


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School-based Career Influencers: Are You Surprised?

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Student Career Influencers Student Career Influencers (Source: Decisions Without Directions, 2002)(Source: Decisions Without Directions, 2002)


How does Career How does Career Development support Development support school improvement school improvement and increased student and increased student learning? learning?


Achieving School Improvement Goals Through Career Development

o link educational aspirations to career link educational aspirations to career goalsgoals

o acquire the skills needed on acquire the skills needed on business, industry and communitybusiness, industry and community

o motivate students to reach their motivate students to reach their dreams and raise their aspirationsdreams and raise their aspirations

o acquire academic and affective acquire academic and affective competencecompetence

o prepare students for the challenges of prepare students for the challenges of global economyglobal economy


ASCA Career Development Standards

Career A: students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.

Career B: students will employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction.

Career C: students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training, and the world of work.


Delivering the Career DevelopmentStandards UtilizingUtilizing

career counselingcareer counseling

career awarenesscareer awareness

career explorationcareer exploration

career guidancecareer guidance

career planningcareer planning

career assessmentcareer assessment


Why Is Career and Academic Advising Important?

raises student aspirations.raises student aspirations. motivates students to achieve high standards. motivates students to achieve high standards. encourages students to develop short and long term encourages students to develop short and long term

educational and career goals;educational and career goals; motivates students to get involved in career motivates students to get involved in career

exploration and research;exploration and research; expands every student’s awareness of career expands every student’s awareness of career

options;options; provides an opportunity for students to record their provides an opportunity for students to record their

educational and career development; and,educational and career development; and, documents achievement of the ASCA Career documents achievement of the ASCA Career

Development Standards and/or the National Career Development Standards and/or the National Career Development Guidelines. Development Guidelines.


Career Planning and College Access: Beliefs and Behaviors Children of poverty perceive career options Children of poverty perceive career options

differently than more privileged youngstersdifferently than more privileged youngsters Cultural norms and family expectations can Cultural norms and family expectations can

influence career goals and limit a student’s influence career goals and limit a student’s choice of options after high school or create choice of options after high school or create a discord between the student and family.a discord between the student and family.

What is the school counselor’s role? What is the school counselor’s role?


All Students: College and Career Ready


2009 African Americans

Asians Latinos Caucasian

Graduate from High School

89 96 69 95

Complete at Least Some College

53 79 35 68

Obtain at Least a Bachelor’s Degree

19 56 12 37

What does this data tell you?

The Condition of Education 2010 (NCES 2010)

The Eight Components of College and Career Readiness Counseling

1. College Aspirations 1. College Aspirations 2. Academic Planning for College and Career Readiness 2. Academic Planning for College and Career Readiness 3. Enrichment and Extracurricular Engagement 3. Enrichment and Extracurricular Engagement 4. College and Career Exploration and Selection Processes 4. College and Career Exploration and Selection Processes

5. College and Career Assessments 5. College and Career Assessments

6. College Affordability Planning6. College Affordability Planning

7. College and Career Admission Processes 7. College and Career Admission Processes

8. Transition from High School Graduation to 8. Transition from High School Graduation to College Enrollment College Enrollment

How can you put these in place?How can you put these in place?


Equity and Access

It is time to “own the turf.” If not you, who? Who in the school is responsible for helping students nurture their dreams for bright futures and for helping them create successful pathways to those dreams? All of our students need school counselors to champion their cause. Each one of them is entitled to a rigorous education that prepares them to successfully attain their college and career goals.

(National Office for School Counselor Advocacy, Patricia Martin, 2010, p. 6)


Career and college readiness is a school-wide effort…….. and everyone’s responsibility

Don’t go it alone and reach out to Don’t go it alone and reach out to teachers, college/university teachers, college/university partners, and community partners, and community organizations to develop and organizations to develop and implement a collaborative career implement a collaborative career and college awareness program.and college awareness program.


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