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Membership Mobilization and Engagement: School Counselor Webinar Series

School Counselors & College Access Providers:

Partnership Power

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School Counselors & College Access Providers: Partnership Power April 30,2014

School Counselors & College Access Providers: Partnership Power

In schools and communities across the country, college access providers and community-based organizations are assisting students and families in the college and career readiness process through a wide variety of programs and services.

Learn about the national, state and local providers in your area and the collaborative opportunities available to support the college and career readiness work you are doing in your school and district.

Introducing Our Presenters:

Amina Anderson Pringle Members Services Manager National College Access Network (NCAN)

April Bell Director, Membership Mobilization & Engagement The College Board

School Counselor Leadership

Is a leader and advocate that coordinates the development and

implementation of a college-going culture that provides systemic

delivery of services necessary to advance college and career

readiness for all students, especially for underserved populations.

School Counselors Working Systemwide

To lead a systemwide effort is to

create a college-going culture in

every part of your students’ lives, and we must work directly with students and their families to be successful in this work.

The systemwide approach gives students layers of support from a variety of adults and peers – and it positions you as a leader in preparing students for college and career.

Partnership Power

We are a collective group of individuals who collaborate to ensure that all students, including those from underserved populations, are provided with the information, resources, knowledge and skills needed to graduate from high school prepared for college and careers.

We Are Partners

Researchers Vice Presidents for Student Affairs Assessment Directors

Teachers Admission Directors PRESIDENTS

FACULTY Researchers Deans Superintendents

Principals Financial Aid Officers Provosts

Directors of Guidance Chancellors

Associate Directors of Admission Placement Officers

Supervisors of Counseling

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS Program Officers

Administrators

Assessment Directors School Counselors

College Access & Success Professionals

http://www.collegeaccess.org/

http:http://www.collegeaccess.org

About NCAN

Incorporated in 1995, the National College Access Network (NCAN), an organization classified as 501(c)(3) under the Internal Revenue Service Code, grew out of the informal networking of people who were involved in the then burgeoning field of college access.



Our Mission

NCAN's mission is to build, strengthen, and empower communities committed to college access and success so that all students, especially those underrepresented in postsecondary education, can achieve their educational dreams.



NCAN's Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Since NCAN's formation, the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion have the cornerstones of our work to increase postsecondary attainment.

NCAN is committed to ensuring diversity in our membership, staff, board of directors, and partners. Furthermore, we advance equity by providing resources to our members to identify and support students in their communities who face the greatest challenges in completing higher education.

NCAN also speaks out at the national level about policies that will benefit these students, who are overwhelmingly of color, low-income, or from immigrant families.

We Can Achieve College Success for All Students

Drawing on the expertise of hundreds of organizational members in almost every U.S. state, NCAN is dedicated to improving the quality and quantity of support that underrepresented students receive to apply to, enter, and succeed in college.

Only 8.3 percent of students from low-income families complete a four-year college degree by age 24, compared to 73 percent of students from high-income families. When nonprofit organizations and schools provide specialized early awareness information, pre-college advising on admissions and financial aid, and mentoring, college entrance and completion rates rise dramatically.

NCAN members touch the lives of more than two million students and families each year and span a broad range of the education, nonprofit, government, and civic sectors.

NCAN provides member organizations with professional development, networking, benchmarking, and news from the field so they can deliver college access and success services more effectively and to more students.

NCAN also advocates at the national level for polices to improve access and success for all students.

NCAN Membership Map Over 350 College Access Member Organizations Nationwide!

Source: collegeaccess.org/Member_Map.aspx

Question #1: Who are college access & success professionals? How are they similar and different from school counselors?

Question #2: Why is the collaboration between school counselors and college access & success professionals important?

NCAN’s role in the Collaboration

NCAN members span a broad range of the education, nonprofit, government, and civic sectors:

Community-based nonprofits Local scholarship providers Federally funded programs such as TRIO and GEAR-UP National youth-serving organizations

Public school districts

Charter schools

Colleges and universities

Private and community foundations

Economic development organizations

Corporations

State higher education commissions

Education policy organizations

Youth mentoring programs

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Question #3: What college and career readiness efforts and initiatives can school counselors and college access & success professionals collaborate on?

National College Access Network

Buildin9 Conn~ctioru. Advancing Eq'.iity. Promotirig S,iccesJ.

Advisor Toolbox Executive Toolbox Policy Events Blog

Getting into College IN THIS SECTION

Early Awareness

Getting into College

Financial Aid

Testing

College Persistence

Tech nology and Communicat ion

Target Populations

Reference

GOAL 2025

Admissions Programming Background (members only} View~

PDF

Helpful Admission & Financial Aid Hints Fairly self-explanatory, but this resource helps students think about things they want to do

proactively when navigating the college admissions and financial aid processes.

Download

.2013-14 Choices Are Important This document is intended to help students think about the importance of school choice and ti"

when considering what schools to apply to and, ultimately, attend.

Download

.2013-14 Choosing Schools

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Question #4: Please share some examples of national, state, district and school level partnerships between school counselors and college access & success professionals.

Tools & Resources

Webinar Session Give Away!! A Randomly Selected Poll Question Responder!

College Board College Planning Packet College Board Tee shirt

Post-its Notes Pencils & Ink Pens

Set of Handouts & Flyers

collegeaccess.org

Source: collegeaccess.org/Member_Map.aspx

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http:collegeaccess.org

National College Access Program Directory

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collegeaccess.org/accessprogramdirectory/ 27

NACAC Directory of College Access & Success Programs

About this Directory What kind of programs are in the directory? How can these programs help college admissions offices to promote diversity? How can these programs help students and families? Ideas for Working with College Access & Success Programs

http://www.nacacnet.org/learning/communities /casp/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.nacacnet.org/learning/communities/casp/Pages/Directory-FAQ.aspxhttp://www.nacacnet.org/learning/communities/casp/Pages/Directory-FAQ.aspxhttp://www.nacacnet.org/learning/communities/casp/Pages/Directory-FAQ.aspxhttp://www.nacacnet.org/learning/communities/casp/Documents/WorkingEffectivelywithCBOs.pdfhttp://www.nacacnet.org/learning/communities

Other Tools and Resources:

7th Edition, which contains advice and strategies from experienced school counselors

A comprehensive guide to our key programs, resources, conferences, and more — for K–12 educators and students.

College Board critical dates and programs of the College Board

Powers of Leadership

1. Connection Power- the professional or personal relationship and networks of influential people, organizations and programs.

2. Information Power-having current and needed information and sharing it.

3. Expert Power- the source of professional expertise, skills, knowledge, and confidence.

http://professionals.collegeboard.com/educator/k-12-counselor

http://professionals.collegeboard.com/educator/k-12-counselor

Question and Answer Questions may be submitted at any time during the presentation using the chat feature. To submit a question:

Click Chat icon Type your question into the chat dialog box. Select recipient “Fall Counselor Workshops ” Click send/enter.

April Bell Amina Anderson Pringle Director, Membership Mobilization & Members Services Manager Engagement National College Access Network (NCAN) The College Board

Membership Mobilization & Engagement

Fall 2013 & Spring 2014 Webinar Series

http://professionals.collegeboard.com/guidance/access-to-opportunity

Archived Webinar Presentations and Supporting Documents

Upcoming Professional Development Opportunity

This year’s theme — Membership ˖ Partnership — reflects the �ollege �oard’s renewed emphasis on collaboration to increase rigor and achieve equity and excellence in education. Presenters at Forum cross disciplines to share innovative ideas for better serving all students.

The College Board welcomes session proposals from all educators, including:

K–12 and higher education administrators

School counselors

School and college faculty

College enrollment and admission officers

Superintendents and school principals

Policymakers from nonprofit and government organizations

Upcoming Professional Development Opportunity

NCAN's National Conference September 15, 2014 - September 17, 2014

NCAN invites you to the spectacular Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, AZ, for our 19th annual conference. Meet leaders in the field of college access and success and participate in exceptional professional development sessions.

This year’s conference will be focused around the tracks described below. !ll proposals must fall into one of the following categories:

• College Access and Readiness for All • Student Success in Higher Education • Using Technology to Enhance Student Outcomes • Research, Data, Evaluation and Measuring Outcomes • Financial Literacy • Policy to Increase College and Career Attainment • 21st Century Skills and Workforce Readiness

http://www.arizonabiltmore.com/

Webinar Session Give Away!! A Randomly Selected Poll Question Responder!

College Board College Planning Packet College Board Tee shirt

Post-its Notes Pencils & Ink Pens

Set of Handouts & Flyers

Submitting Poll Question Responses

We thank you in advance for

providing us your feedback!

Thank You!

Thank you for participating in our Apply to 4 campaign, one of our Access to Opportunity initiatives. More than 2,600 U.S. and international counselors made the commitment to support the class of 2014 in applying to at least four colleges that match their academic and financial needs.

The campaign kept counselors engaged through ongoing communication and offered workshops on topics such as financial aid, college advisement, and effective school counselor strategies.

As we bring this year's campaign to an end, we want to thank the nearly 1,000 school counselors who completed our end-of-year survey. Your feedback will guide our ongoing work to increase college access and develop additional resources to assist school counselors in their daily work.

We appreciate your efforts to serve and support students and their families.

THANK YOU for your participation!

Note: This webinar will be archived.

A link to the presentation will be emailed to participants and

made available online.

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