HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS’ MEETING

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WELCOME!David Thompson

HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT?

Kaye Lamb, Graduation Initiative Director

BEST PRACTICE WITH WONKY TRANSCRIPTS

Jennifer Abshire

STUDENT INTERVIEW FOR EVALUATION OF TRANSCRIPT FORM

Jennifer Abshire

STUDENT TRANSCRIPT INTERPRETATION PROTOCOL

Counselor completes Student Interview for

Evaluation of Transcript form, using Interpreter

if necessary

If/When transcript becomes available the counselor uses it and the Student Interview results to determine

the credits to be awarded

The preliminary determination of

credits earned, the transcript, and the Student Interview

results are submitted to the Director of Student Services

Director of Student Services convenes a

Central Office Committee to review

all available information and confirm credits

awardedLetter of final

determination of credits is sent to principal and

counselor within 3 school days.

INTAKE PROCEDURE OVERVIEW

How do you know if you need to fax a student information sheet to the intake center?

Then what?

NEWCOMER CENTER

Students who are:

• new to the country

• score a 1 on the screener W-APT English proficiency test

• Parents can opt out of the newcomer center option

• Grades 6-12

When students attend the newcomer center, you are notified about the transition back to the base school.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSCRIPT TRAINING- OVERVIEW

International Transcripts and World Education Systems

by Joan Lachance

THE HIGHLIGHTS:

A year = a year of education

Evaluating transcripts is not an exact science.

There has to be flexibility.

High school diploma ≠ medical degree from Harvard

Counselors are KEY!

Trust your experience and your professional skills. You have lots of knowledge.

Districts need to have a plan in place that ensures consistency across the district.

ESL AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSCRIPT PROTOCOL

Michelle Eldridge

OUR GOAL

Eliminate barriersCreate tools to help us feel

confident in awarding creditsWe do not want to: create more work! “check on” counselors

INTERNATIONAL/ESL STUDENT ENROLLMENT TRANSCRIPT INTERPRETATION PROTOCOL

ESL AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSCRIPT PROTOCOL

Examples

Latin America

South Africa

Philippines

Iraq

Others?

QUESTIONS AND SCENARIO DISCUSSION

Kaye Lamb and Committee

EVERY PATH TO NEW UNDERSTANDING BEGINS IN CONFUSION . . .

-Mason Cooley

RESOURCES

http://www.ocmboces.org/tfiles/folder732/Evaluating%20TEXT%20(2).pdf

www.nafsa.org

www.schoolcounselors.org