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Step-by-StepHigh School
Tania Rachkoskie
NACAC
Essentials of Professional Development
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Tania RachkoskieDirector of Education & Training
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The Step by Step to College curriculum was a collaborative effort developed between NACAC
and the Center for Student Opportunity.
The Step by Step manual offers detailed plans and activities to support middle and high school
students in the college preparation and admission process.
Workshops have been presented in middle and high schools, community-based organizations,
independent counselor settings and at the last six NACAC conferences.
WELCOMEStep by Step Overview
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Underrepresentation
African-American, Latino and Native American students are still significantly underrepresented in college in
general and in four-year colleges in particular.
• First-generation students – 59 percent
• Students with parent with a 4-year degree – 93 percent
• Rural students, despite better high school graduation rates, enroll in college at rates 6 percent lower than the national average and 8 percent lower than their metropolitan counterparts.
College Enrollment
Rates:
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Step by Step Overview
Step by Step: College Awareness and Planning for Families,
Counselors and Communities
3 separate curriculums – middle school, early high school, and late high school
Parent/Guardian Workshops
Financial Aid Parent/ Guardian
Workshops
Spanish PowerPoints / Handouts are
Available
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Step by Step Overview
45-60 minute student centered lesson plans
Sequential program
Middle School -grades 7 and 8
Early High School - grades 9, 10, and
first semester grade 11
Late High School -second semester of grade 11 and
grade 12
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• 45-60 minute student centered lesson plans with optional parent sessions
(3 - 4 activities per session)
• Sequential, developmentally appropriate programming middle school students in grades 7 and 8
early high school students in grades 9, 10, and first semester grade11
late high school students in the second semester of grade 11 and grade 12
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Using Steps …
• 6 – 8 week after/before school program
/ guidance class
• Homeroom / Advisory time
• Individual / family counseling
• PTA / Parent meetings
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Parent Programming
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Objective
Provide information to parents and
guardians that will help them
become informed, confident
advisors to their children about
postsecondary academic options.
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Early High School PP
Charting a Challenging High School Experience
Postsecondary education
Educational routes
Interest, values and abilities as pertains to
decision-making
Enlisting teacher and counselor support
Types of Financial Aid
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Late High School PP
Follow the Road to College
College selection and application process
Parts of the application
Students’ Rights and Responsibilities
Parent and family role in the college
admission process
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Financial Aid PP
Paying for College
Financial Aid Calendar (changes coming…)
Terminology
Assessing need
Types of financial aid
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Student Curriculum
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Question Toss-Beach Ball Game
• If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would you get?
• If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
• What is one goal you’d like to accomplish during your lifetime?
• When you were little, who was your favorite super hero and why?
• Who is your hero? (a parent, a celebrity, an influential person in one’s life)
• What’s your favorite thing to do in the summer?
• If they made a movie of your life, what would it be about and which actor
would you want to play you?
• If you were an ice cream flavor, which one would you be and why?
• What’s your favorite cartoon character, and why?
• If you could visit any place in the world, where would you choose to go and
why
• Are you a morning or night person?
• What are your favorite hobbies?
• What are your pet peeves?
• What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
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Middle School Curriculum
• Challenge students to see college
admissions and attendance as a goal
• Help students assess their interests,
strengths, and academic habits
• Explain concepts about college options and
financial aid
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Early High School Curriculum
• Instill the belief that college is accessible and affordable
• Demonstrate ways for students to build a strong curricular and extracurricular foundation
• Develop an understanding of and a plan for standardized testing
• Promote the need for self-motivation and a network of adult mentors
• Assess career interests and aspirations as a way to research college options
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EARLY HS – SESSION 1
ACTIVITIES
1. College Bound Bingo
2. What’s Your Dream
3. Why College
4. College Costs / Financial Aid
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Great Sorting Game(EHS - Session 4; Activity 4)
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Late High School Curriculum
• Develop a strategic plan for the college search and application process and the transition to college
• Review standardized test questions and schedule test dates
• Provide more in-depth analysis of career interests
• Guide students through the application and essay process
• Walk students through the financial aid process
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Defining College(LHS – Lesson 1; Activity 2)
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1. What is the difference between a college and
university?
2. What is a Hispanic serving institution?
3. What is the difference between Early Action,
Early Decision and Select Early Action?
4. What is the difference between a research
institution and a “teaching college”?
5. What is the difference between a grant and a
scholarship?
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW
YOUR COLLEGE VOCABULARY
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Resource List
• College For Every Student www.collegefes.org
• College: Making It Happen
www.certicc.org/collegemakingit.aspx
• Counselor Zone
www.collegezone.com/counselorzone/265.htm
• ECMC Foundation – The College Place
www.ecmcfoundation.org
• Get Ready for College (MN)
www.getreadyforcollege.org
• Illinois Resource for undocumented students http://www.iacac.org/undocumented/
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Early Awareness Resource List
• NACAC - Step-by-Stepwww.nacacnet.org/steps
• NACAC – Knowledge Centerwww.nacacnet.org/research/KnowledgeCenter
• College Video Tours
http://www.youniversitytv.com/
• Center for Student Opportunity
www.csopportunity.org
• Big Future by The College Boardwww.bigfuture.collegeboard.org
• KnowHow2GOwww.knowhow2go.org