The transformed school counselor chapter 14

Preparing All Students to Become Career and College Ready The Transformed School Counselor Chapter 14... Preparing Students for their Future Means  increasing their awareness of career

Preparing All Students to Become

Career and College Ready

The Transformed School Counselor

Chapter 14

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 options and educational opportunities;

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

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

 helping them develop a career plan as part

Theoretical Underpinnings

How 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?

Super Holland Krumboltz Bandura

Using a Systemic Approach to Career Development

Career development crosses the lifespan and informs and influences the various stages of educational and personal growth.

Associations (ASCA, NCDA, NASSP, NACAC) encourage school counselors to provide every

student with the necessary help and direction to

be successful in school and, ultimately, in life

School Counselors: Critical Players

in Career Development

The career development process can be approached systematically and intentionally,

or, it can be approached haphazardly and passively.

Which approach have you observed?

What changes would you propose?

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

Teacher Counselor

No one Administrator Other

School-based Career Influencers: Are You Surprised?

Decisions Without Directions, 2002

Student Career Influencers

(Source: Decisions Without Directions, 2002)

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

Achieving School Improvement Goals Through Career Development

o link educational aspirations to career goals

o acquire the skills needed on business, industry and community

o motivate students to reach their dreams and raise their aspirations

o acquire academic and affective competence

o prepare students for the challenges of

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 Development Standards

Utilizing career counseling career awareness career exploration career guidance career planning career assessment

Why Is Career and Academic Advising Important?

 raises student aspirations.

 motivates students to achieve high standards

 encourages students to develop short and long term educational and career goals;

 motivates students to get involved in career exploration and research;

 expands every student’s awareness of career options;

 provides an opportunity for students to record their educational and career development; and,

 documents achievement of the ASCA Career Development Standards and/or the National Career

Career Planning and College Access: Beliefs and Behaviors

 Children of poverty perceive career options differently than more privileged youngsters

 Cultural norms and family expectations can influence career goals and limit a student’s choice of options after high school or create

a discord between the student and family.

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

Obtain at Least a Bachelor’s Degree

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

2 Academic Planning for College and Career Readiness

3 Enrichment and Extracurricular Engagement

4 College and Career Exploration and Selection Processes

5 College and Career Assessments

6 College Affordability Planning

7 College and Career Admission Processes

8 Transition from High School Graduation to College Enrollment

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 teachers, college/university

partners, and community organizations to develop and implement a collaborative career and college awareness program.