Middle & High School: College & Career Readiness

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  Making the Most of Education
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  Finding a Mentor
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  Early Exposure to a Career
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  What’s a Responsible College Visit
• 
  College Myths – Part I

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  College Myths – Part II
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  Trading College for a Trade
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  Exceeding Expectations
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  Career Anxiety
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  Is a GED Valuable?

• Becoming College and Career Ready
• Beyond Graduation: A Chance for a New Life

Organization Skills

• Getting Organized 101

  Review organizational skills including syllabi review, use of the planner and creating checklists.

• Note Taking

  Discuss and review strategies for proper note taking during research using the Cornell Method of Note Taking.

• A Binder for the College Bound

  Students learn to organize their thoughts and materials to support the college search process.

• Organizing a College Visit

  Review tasks and a thought process on who to call and what to see when preparing for productive college visits.

Research Strategies

• Online Accuracy?

  Review tips and techniques to authenticate websites used in research.

• Using Google and Narrowing Searches

  Explore and practice techniques to narrow and refine online searches for information.

• Note Taking

  Review tips to help note taking during research, like looking for key words, quotes and important data to cite.

• MLA Citations

  Discuss steps in the research process, including the commonly required MLA (Modern Language Association) citation structure.

Study and Test Taking Skills

• Test Prep

  Preparation and test taking strategies for before, during and after the test.

• Studying Techniques

  Individual and group strategies on how to prepare for a test.

• Essay Q and A

  A suggested thought process and techniques for crafting an essay question answer.

• Multiple Choice Strategies

  A five-step strategy and test taking tips for answering multiple choice questions.

• Managing Test Anxiety

  Practice relaxation techniques to manage test anxiety.

• Don’t Drop the Ball

  Help students review material through this question and answer group activity.

• Creating a Study Guide

  Review strategies and a helpful outline for creating a study guide.

• Learning by Teaching

  Discuss the difference between memorizing and learning as students try teaching others as a method of study and review.

• Outlining a Paper

  Discuss “writer’s block” challenges and topic outline techniques.

Your Report Card and Transcript

• Report Card Self-Reflection

  Help students to review current grades and plan for future improvement.

• What is a Transcript?

  Review a high school transcript to help students understand its elements.

• Verifying Your Transcript

  Help students to review and verify information school districts have on record.

• Calculating Your GPA

  Review the transcript and work with students to calculate the grade point average.

Goal Setting

• Role Models for Success

  Launch a discussion about goal setting and help students to identify possible role models

• Creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals

  Discuss and help students to develop goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time sensitive.

• Mapping Long-Term Goals

  A discussion and exercise to map out long term goals.

• Mapping Short-Term Goals

  A discussion and exercise to map out short-term goals.

• College Exploration

  Complete a fact-finding mission to identify key details about colleges and universities of interest.

• Career Exploration

  Take an online career quiz and complete a fact-finding mission to identify various career paths.

Interview Skills

• Interview 411

  Techniques and tips to help prepare for a job or college interview.

• Interview Q’s and A’s

  Help students consider possible interview questions – and prepare possible responses.

• The Interview Follow-Up

  Discuss and review strategies for next steps after an interview.

• Creating a Personal Portfolio

  Learn how a personal portfolio can help demonstrate skills and experience during the interview process and practice creating one.

Resume Building

• Resume Platform

  Help students to explore their strengths and experiences to build a baseline resume.

• Recommendation Letters

  Learn about the importance of recommendation letters and get the process started to have some on hand.

• Cover Letters

  Learn why a cover letter and resume is that first impression and can help secure an interview, and draft a sample cover letter.