College & Career Readiness Starts in Elementary School April 11, 2019 Presented by

1. College & Career Readiness Starts in Elementary School April 11, 2019 Presented by Karen Powell – Mission West Counselor Janet Diaz – Mission Bend Counselor Tonichia Williams Jackson – Oakland Counselor

2. This Workshop Covers • What it means to be College & Career Ready • What elementary parents need to know now • Academic Planning • Graduation Plans • Academies • Career & Technical Education • Military Opportunities • Financial Readiness

3. What Kind of Students Do We Want Leaving Our Schools?

4. Fort Bend ISD Profile of Graduate • A Fort Bend ISD Graduate has a rigorous academic foundation, strong character, and is…    • …equipped with skills for life. • Fort Bend ISD graduates exhibit grit and determination in all aspects of life; respect self and others; engage in healthy life choices; are literate and articulate; proficient with technology; and meaningfully and practically apply knowledge in productive ways. • …a servant leader. • Fort Bend ISD graduates demonstrate confidence while maintaining a humble and kind demeanor; prioritizing the needs of others while accepting responsibility for themselves and are accountable for their own actions; are optimistic; and strive to bring out the best in others. • …an effective communicator.  • Fort Bend ISD graduates communicate clearly both orally and in writing; respectfully and actively listen to others; appropriately engage in courageous conversations; and appropriately adapt their communication style to the audience.

5. Fort Bend ISD Profile of Graduate • …a critical thinker. • Fort Bend ISD graduates are visionary and solutions-oriented problem solvers; are inquisitive and innovative; and have the courage to actively challenge conventional methods in order to improve themselves and the world around them. • …a compassionate citizen. • Fort Bend ISD graduates are empathetic to their fellow citizens, exhibiting care and concern for others; are inclusive and embrace differences; are culturally aware; actively engage in improving our diverse community; exercise their right to vote; and are dependable, respectful, trustworthy, and self-disciplined. • …a collaborative team member. • Fort Bend ISD graduates work effectively with others to achieve group goals; take actions that respect the needs and contributions of others; yield their own objectives to the goals of the team; and positively facilitate and contribute to teamwork. • …a life-long learner. • Fort Bend ISD graduates approach life with wonder and curiosity; seek opportunities to be creative; possess a thirst for knowledge and the ability to adapt to change; and are academically prepared to pursue and attain futures beyond what they can imagine! 

6. College-Ready Definition: To qualify for and succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing college courses without the need for remedial coursework.

7. Career-Ready Definition: To qualify for and succeed in postsecondary job training or education necessary for their chosen career.

8. Hard Skills • Skills that are specific, measurable and poses teachable abilities. • Necessary in a given context. For example, a job application • Hard Skills include: • Typing • Mathematical ability • Calculus • Software development • Operating machinery • Speaking foreign languages

9. Soft Skills • Personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people

10. Why Are Soft Skills Important to Career Success? • Technical skills may get a person’s foot in the door, but people skills are what open most of the doors to come. • Work ethic, attitude, communication skills, emotional intelligence are just some of the personal attributes that are crucial for career success. • Soft skills are increasingly becoming the hard skills of today’s work force. It’s just not enough to be highly trained in technical skills, without developing the softer, interpersonal and relationship-building skills that help people to communicate and collaborate effectively. • Teamwork, leadership, and communication are supported by soft skills.

11. Soft Skills Important to Career Success

12. K-6 College & Career Readiness Key Componets • College Aspirations • Academic Planning • Enrichment and Extracurricular Engagement • College & Career Exploration • College & Career Assessments • College Affordability Planning College Board Advocacy & Policy Center

13. College Aspirations Students who gain early and solid foundations as learners are: • More likely to attain the academic and social rewards that indicate school success. • More likely to believe that college is a realistic goal • More likely to succeed

14. Academic Planning • Students who acquire a solid academic foundation are more prepared to engage in rigorous and challenging course work as they progress through middle and high school. • Help students explore their areas of interest & link their strengths to academic subjects. • Focus on problem-solving, patience, persistence, resiliency, imagination, and creativity.

15. Enrichment and Extra Curricular Engagement • Can enhance students’ academic performance • Early awareness and exposure to a wide range of enrichment & extracurricular activities form a foundation upon which students can build their future aspirations and interests. • Families – Take students on family field trips (fire station, museums, etc.)

16. College and Career Exploration & Selection • Students who engage in early and ongoing college and career exploration opportunities are more likely to participate in the preparation and planning necessary for future goal setting.

17. College & Career Assessments • Developmentally appropriate interest inventories and assessments can: • Spark curiosity about strengths and talents • Build self-awareness • Lay a foundation for the ongoing exploration necessary for building aspirations & goal setting • Students early planning can grow into habits that are critical for success in college and career readiness.

18. College Affordability Planning • Understanding basic finance and how to use and manage money are essential skills that build a foundation for financial literacy. • Students who apply their knowledge of everyday financial decisions and engage in meaningful activities related to finance are equipped to increase and expand their financial literacy and financial aid knowledge in future years. • Understand that money is tied to work.

19. Why College & Career Readiness in Elementary School? • Currently, 65% of job openings require post-secondary education. • Only 42% of Americans currently earn an associate degree or higher by the age of 25. • Effective college and career readiness begins in kindergarten and continues through high school.

20. 8 out of 10Jobs in the Next Decade Will Require some form of education beyond high school

22. There will be 55 million job openings in the economy through 2020.

23. Georgetown University Studies

24. 28% of College Freshman Who Took the ACT • Needed no remediation Freshman year in College This means: • 72% of College Freshman Were NOT Prepared for College Work!

25. Primary Reasons Why Students Drop Out of College • Lack of academic preparedness • Poor financial planning & difficulties of balancing work and college • A sense of not belonging; a sense of isolation, homesickness • Lack of parental support

26. Expectation ALL students, regardless of their background and economic status, can become college and career ready Research clearly shows that attaining proficiency in reading by 3rd grade is an indicator of future academic success.

27. Elementary schools create early awareness, knowledge, and skills that lay the foundation for the academic rigor and social development necessary for college and career readiness. • Teacher College Signs outside of classroom doors • College banners and pennants • Weekly College/Military Shirt Day • Career Day for PK-5th • College Visits – 3rd-5th • JA BizTown (interactive free-market lab) • Lay the foundation for middle & high school • Counselor’s website – career videos, interest inventories, etc.

28. Parent Guide to College & Career Readiness • Success in early reading & math: The student can read on grade-level and do grade-level math by the end of 3rd grade. • Personal Responsibility: The student exhibits good work habits. Help your child by increasing responsibility around the house and encouraging doing schoolwork. • Career Development Skills • Awareness of the relationship between school and work. • Skills to understand and use career information • Awareness of the benefits of academic achievement. • Awareness of different occupations and the changing gender roles. • Awareness of the career planning process.

29. Parent Guide to College & Career Readiness • Interpersonal Skills: The student interacts positively with those around him/her. Help your child by exposing them to experiences that require that they work and play with others. • Limit passive activities (electronics) • Decision Making: The student understands the decision-making process. Encourage your child to make decisions on their own. Possibly a small spending budget or organizing a family day out – anything that involves planning and choices. Virginia Career VIEW/Virginia Tech/School of Education info@vaview.org

30. Parent Guide to College & Career Readiness • Create early awareness that connects academic performance - doing homework, coming to school on time, and habits as a learner (being helpful, having a positive attitude, listening and communicating) to getting better grades and attaining grade-level promotion.

31. Graduation Plans • Foundation Only – 22 credits-must wait until 10th grade with parent approval • Foundation + Endorsements – 26 credits –FBISD Default Plan • Distinguished Level of Achievement – 26 credits Endorsements • Similar to a college major • Endorsement pathways are typically a sequence of courses for 4 credits • Within the Endorsement, student chooses a Pathway Pathways – Refer to the online course selection guide

33. Distinguished Level of Achievement

36. Programs of Study 16 Career Clusters • Agriculture • Architecture & Construction • Arts, Audiovisual & Communications • Automotive Technology • Business, Management & Administration • Construction, Cosmetology • Culinary Arts • Education & Training • Finance • Government & Public Administration • Health Science • Hospitality & Tourism • Human Services • Information Technology • Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security • Manufacturing • Marketing, Sales & Services • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) • Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

37. AVID Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a college readiness system for elementary through higher education that is designed to increase school-wide learning and performance.  The mission of AVID is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. The AVID elective focuses on the least served students in the academic middle. By raising expectations of students and, with the AVID support system in place, students rise to the challenge. What distinguishes AVID from other educational reform programs is its continuous success rate.

38. Dual Credit • Eligible high school students are offered an opportunity to earn college credit while simultaneously completing high school requirements. • Credit is offered through Houston Community College. • Students must be College & Career Ready as proven by their TSI (Texas Success Initiative) score (SAT, ACT, STAAR EOC, PSAT, etc.) • Students must be assessed in reading, writing, and math skills prior to enrolling in college. • Dual credit include courses such as English, Pre-calculus, US History & Govt, Firefighting, Auto Mechanics, etc. • Courses are taken either at a high school or college campus

39. Dual Credit The Benefits of Taking Dual Credit Classes • Saves money • Rigor • Jump start on degree Students who take dual credit classes are more likely to continue in college after high school and graduate from college.

40. Advance & Pre-Advanced Courses (AP or Pre-AP) • The AP program allows high school students to participate in college level courses and possibly earn college credit while still in high school.  • In May students have the opportunity to take the AP exam and if scoring a 3, 4, or 5 may be able to receive college credit for the course. • Pre-AP courses are available starting in the 6th grade-high school and are open to any student who is up to the challenge of these courses. These courses prepare students to take AP courses in 11th & 12th grade. • Pre-AP & AP courses require that students read and write extensively outside of class.

41. AP Courses Students who complete AP & PRE-AP courses are: • Better prepared academically • More likely to specialize in more challenging majors • Likely to complete more college coursework in four years • Likely to perform significantly better in college than students who did not take AP courses • More likely to exercise leadership • More likely to graduate with a double major • Twice as likely to go into advanced study (Ph.D. programs, medicine, and law) • At an advantage for college admission

42. Naviance • Naviance is a comprehensive college and career readiness solution for middle and high school students, connecting academic achievement to post-secondary goals. • FBISD Department of Counseling and Post-Secondary Readiness. • Click on Naviance • Click on your middle school or high school • Student Shortcuts on Skyward Page

43. Weighted Grade Policy 100 Point Scale - Class of 2019-1st ones • 10 extra points – AP Courses • 5 extra points • Pre-AP • Honors Courses • Dual Credit Courses • No extra points – On Level Courses

44. High School Grading System Examples of a High School Student’s Grades • Physics (on level) 86 = 86 points • English III AP  94 = 104 points (10 additional points added for AP) • US History Dual Credit  84 = 89 points (5 additional points added for Dual Credit) • Athletics 100 = 100 points • Choir 100 = 100 points • Pre-Cal Pre-AP 86 = 91 (5 additional points added for Pre-AP) • Journalism 94 = 94 • Total points = 664 points divided by 7 = 94.8571429

45. GPA Exempt Courses GPA Exempt Courses for 3rd & 4th years (not included in GPA) • Athletics (not PE) • Band • Choir • Orchestra • Cheerleading • Color Guard • Debate • Dance • JROTC • Theatre • Agriculture • Advanced Journalism

46. Family Connection Family Connection is a comprehensive web based tool that students use to create a post-secondary plan based on their passions and interests. Parents can partner with their student in the planning process. Some planning activities include: • Self-assessments and interest inventories • Goal setting and creating future plans • Researching colleges • Researching careers • Searching for scholarship opportunities • Building a resume

47. Middle School Academies • GT Academy – GT Identified students apply in 5th grade

48. High School Academies • Open for 8th Grade Applicants • Digital Media Academy (Hightower HS) • Medical Science Academy (Hightower HS) • Global Studies Academy (Travis HS) • International Business & Marketing Academy (Travis HS) • Engineering Academy (Elkins HS) • Math & Science Academy (Dulles HS)

49. Apply at: secure.fortbendisd.com/academy • Opens in November for following year. • Must apply to be considered – 8th grade • One application - All six academies! • Preview Nights at each campus during the month of October. • Application due in February

50. Interview: Required for DMA, GSA, IBMA • Panel of 3 FBISD staff members • 5-7 minutes long • First question will be sent via email • Exam: Required for EA, MSA, MedSci • 8th grade math skills, Algebra I • 40 questions • 1.5 hour testing window