Every child proficient and prepared for

success

College and Career Readiness in Kentucky

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Two target indicators help address this overall vision in college and career readiness:

1.Increase the percentage of students who are college/career-ready from 34 percent (16,320 students) to 67 percent (32,160 students) by 2015.

2.Increase the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate from 76 percent (36,480 students) to 90 percent (43,200 students) by 2015.

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8 Strategies to Meet Goals1. Collection and Use of Data –

Persistence to Graduation2. Course and Assessment Alignment3. New Accountability Model4. Targeted Interventions/EPAS5. Career Readiness Pathways6. Acceleration7. Academic and Career Advising8. District 180

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Preparing them for the future

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Students need to have a sense of safety and belonging in order to be successful and reach their full potential. If basic needs aren’t being met, academics, work, planning for the future and self-actualization are at the bottom of the priority list, especially if a student does not have a caring adult with whom to connect.

Students in middle and high schools especially can “feel insignificant, unknown or even lost”(Schanfield, 2010), which can greatly affect the students’ ability to experience successes.

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As schools and districts support students in their decision-making and preparation for future goals, students will have greater access to those pathways that will enable them to be both college- and career-ready.

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System of AdvisingILPAdvising ToolkitTransition ToolkitOperation Preparation

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Career CruisingChanging how students prepare for the futureParent resources -

http://www.education.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/946AC1F0-598D-404A-B40A-9F76B020EFC1/0/ILPForParentsKYILP.pdf

ILP login - https://www.careercruising.com/ilp/Default.aspx

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http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Secondary+and+Virtual+Learning/Advising+and+Transitions/Advising+Toolkit.htm

Activities align with the American School Counselor’s Association standards, within 3 domains:AcademicCareerPersonal/Social

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a “one stop shopping” source that schools can use to help develop, implement or revise their plans for transitioning students from the elementary grades to the middle grades or middle grades to high school

http://www.education.ky.gov/kde/instructional+resources/secondary+and+virtual+learning/middle+school/transition+toolkit.htm

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Every Child Proficient

and Prepared for Success- College and

Career Ready

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The Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the Kentucky Department Education are committed to ensuring students enter and move through the educational pipeline with the appropriate guidance to gain the pre-requisite skills and knowledge necessary to be college and career ready.

Governor Beshear will proclaim the week of March 12 through March 16, 2012 to be “Operation Preparation”

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In support of the Commonwealth Commitment signed by all 174 school districts in the Commonwealth to increase college and career readiness by 50%, Operation Preparation will be a week-long activity that will provide a powerful opportunity for schools and communities to collaborate in the college and career planning process for individual students.

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Operation Preparation will provide every 8th and 10th grade student access to college and career advising from a member of the local community

Using each students’ Individual Learning Plan (ILP) and EXPLORE/PLAN data, advisors will guide students through the process of preparing themselves to be ready for college and career success.

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Operation Preparation will facilitate uniting students, staff, parents, the community, businesses and higher education to make the absolute most of a student’s educational experience.

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Toolkit Components1.ILP2.EPAS3.Connecting to the Learner4.Strategies for Effective Advising5.Preparation6.Parent Engagement7.Structure8.Follow-up/Evaluation

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Prichard CommitteeJunior AchievementGEAR UPKSBACommunity EducationFamily Resource

Centers21sr Century

Learning CentersKY Scholar

Chamber of Commerce

IHDI/ UKKCTCSCPECareer CruisingPTACooperative Extension

OfficesKNOW HOW2GOKHEAA

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Sharon JohnstonSharon.Johnston@education.ky.gov

Kentucky Department of Education502-564-2106

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