Empowering parent coordinators to strengthen the

school/family partnership to promote student success.

PresentersWynter Greene Ileana InfanteTaryn Hunter

Kenney Robinson

College & career readiness

The must-have skills and knowledge all students need to ensure that the transition from high school graduation to post secondary and career opportunities is seamless.

College & career readiness

What the data says:

Graduation rates through June 2009 for students who entered grade 9 in the 2005-06 school year vs. the percentage of students who graduated with a score 80 or better on the math Regents exam and 75 or better on the English Regents exam.

Graduation rate data-NY Times, February 8, 2011

Group Reported graduation rate

College- and Career- Ready Graduation Rate

Difference

New York City

64.5 % 22.8% - 41.7%

Ileana’s insights on instilling a culture of education at the elementary level

Activities that parent coordinators can either facilitate or encourage

families and schools to do to promote college & career readiness

Literacy workshops for parents.

Introduction to what are the pre-requisites or requirements for high school/college entry.

Free or low cost Programs that support college &

career readiness

Learning Leaders

GO Project ( Lower East Side)

Hunter College Literacy & Learning lab

Kenney’s keys for instilling success on the middle school level

Activities that parent coordinators can either facilitate or encourage

families and schools to do to promote college & career

readiness College visits High School visits Career Day, Career bingo Letter to a friend,

graduation speech Introduce financial literacy Increase home

responsibilities to promote responsibility and self sufficiency

Free Programs that promote college & career readiness

Harlem Educational & Activities Fund

New Heights

Boys’ Club of New York

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity

Wisdom from Wynter on instilling a culture of education on the high school level for college &

career readiness

Activities that parent coordinators can either facilitate

or encourage families and schools to do to promote college

& career readiness

Takes practice PSAT and discusses results with a teacher

Co-Curricular Activities

College Tours

Understanding graduation requirements/ what your high school has to offer.

College Now (Summer/Fall/Spring) Opportunities

Free Programs that promote college & career

readiness

CUNY College Now

Monroe College ( Jump start)

Trio programs ( Upward Bound, Talent Search)

Liberty Partnerships, STEP

Summer Search

Camp College

The Door, Options

City Year

Additional Resources• Inside Schools- http://insideschools.org/• College Access Consortium of New York

(CACNY)- http://cacnyinc.org/about.shtml• United Federation of Teachers-

http://www.uft.org/parents• Learning Leaders-

http://www.learningleaders.org/• Youth Communications-

http://www.youthcomm.org/index.html• The Clic- http://www.theclic.net/quick.html• NYCDOE • you ( Take inventory of resources in your

school and community. Survey parents, staff and faculty for talents and resources.)

Taryn’s tips

FINDING THE RIGHT FIT: WHAT THIS MEANS

Type Of College

Location

Majors

Cost

Financial Aid

Campus Life

HOW TO GET IN: THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS

The Common Application

College Application Dates

Filling out the application

Tests Scores

Transcripts

College Essay

Letters Of Recommendations

Taryn’s tips

RELATIONSHIPS MATTER

Visit and tour the campus

TOOLS THAT CAN HELP

http://www.collegeboard.org/

http://mycollegeguide.org/

http://www.about.com/

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

http://www.petersons.com/

http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/

http://www.princetonreview.com/

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

CUNY resources• Parents going back to school:• http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/

undergraduate/prepare/adults.html -• http://www.workered.org/ -  click on prospective

students at the top• http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate/

adults.html• http://www.cuny.edu/academics/conted.html• Continuing and Professional Education:• http://www.cuny.edu/academics/conted.html

Additional CUNY resources

• Academic Programs by College: http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate/downloads/cuny_academic_grid.pdf

• Contact Listhttp://www.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate/feeds/binder-resources-include/cuny_directory.pdf

• Profilehttp://www.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate/downloads/Admission_profile04202011.pdf (both freshman and transfer)

• Financial Aid• http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate/downloads/cuny_finantialaid.pdf

• CUNY Start http://www.cuny.edu/academics/programs/notable/CATA/cti-

cunystart.html

contact information for presenters

Ileana Infante

Director

Early Childhood & Childhood Clinical Experiences

Hunter College

School of Education

212-772-4667 DIRECT

212-772-5334 FAX

ileana.infante@hunter.cuny.edu

Taryn Hunter, M.B.A. and

M.S. in Organizational Management

Assistant Director of Recruitment & Outreach

Hunter College

212-650-3034

212-650-3336 (Fax)

thunte@hunter.cuny.edu

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Contact information for presenters

Wynter Greene

Senior Office Assistant

Office of Clinical Experiences

School of Education

Hunter College

wgreene@hunter.cuny.edu

Kenney Robinson

Director

Adolescent & TESOL Clinical Experiences

School of Education

Hunter College

(212) 772-4038

kenney.robinson@hunter.cuny.edu