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US DOE College Access Affinity Group

Lily owen , director Judy lorimer , deputy director 352 West 110 th street new york , ny 10025 212-678-4667 lowen@goddard.org, jlorimer@goddard.org NYCCollegeline.org. US DOE College Access Affinity Group. MISSION and HISTORY.

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US DOE College Access Affinity Group

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  1. Lily owen, directorJudy lorimer, deputy director352 West 110th streetnew york, ny 10025212-678-4667lowen@goddard.org, jlorimer@goddard.orgNYCCollegeline.org US DOE College Access Affinity Group

  2. MISSION and HISTORY • MISSION: Increase the number of underrepresented young people who gain access to college and earn quality post-secondary degrees through Options’ counseling, training, evaluation, advocacy, and dissemination of best practices. • 1986 – College Access Program Founded • 1998 – Program Replication at Four NYC Sites Launched • 2005 – Options Institute Founded • 2011 – NYC DOE Training Launched with Pilot • 2012 – College Success Program Founded • 2013 – www.nyccollegeline.org Launched

  3. OPTIONS INSTITUTE • Since 2005, trained more than 3,000 unique individuals from more than 600 organization and school sites in NYC • More than 100 days of in-person training offered in 2012-13 • Offerings: • 9-day certificate course • 6-day NYC DOE course • Numerous stand-alone workshops on special populations, advanced financial aid topics, etc…

  4. NYC DOE Partnership • Options Institute together with NYC DOE Office of Postsecondary Readiness • GOAL: 1,500 DOE personnel to complete 6-day course • 2011-2015 • At least one person at each of NYC’s 500+ public high schools • 2013-14 school year has 10 cohorts of 50 people each

  5. NYC DOE Course By the end of the course, participants will understand: • Key data points nationally and at their own school related to college access and success • How to build and support a college-going culture in a school setting • How to effectively assess students relative to their postsecondary options • How to help students choose good postsecondary options • How to support students to develop strong college applications and gain access to a range of postsecondary options • How to support students around financial aid • How to help students make good financial decisions related to postsecondary education • How to help specific groups of students, such as immigrant students and students with learning disabilities

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