1. Linda Knicely Ohio College Access Network Kate Webster Columbus City Schools COLLEGE PLANNING TOOLS AND RESOURCES

2.  All webinar attendees are muted by default.  There are two ways to ask questions during the webinar – you may “raise your hand” and the organizer will unmute you to ask your question to the group OR you can chat your question – privately to the organizer or publicly to the entire audience.  Due to the amount of material we are covering in this webinar, we will hold questions to the end.  This webinar will be recorded. Instructions about how to access the recording will be provided at the end of the webinar. INTRODUCTION AND HOUSEKEEPING DETAILS

3.  May, 2010 - CCS Superintendent charged I Know I Can with researching and presenting options for an online college and career planning tool  IKIC researched and presented three options to several groups of CCS administrators, counselors and parent consultants  CCS and IKIC organized a planning team representative of all departments within the school district  Selected Naviance Succeed as the college and career planning tool  Created training schedules and implementation plans for all grades  Rolled out pilot for high school students in Winter 2010 and then all middle/high school students in Fall 2011. NAVIANCE SUCCEED – THE TIMELINE

4.  Structured personal success plan geared toward college and career readiness for middle and high school students  Enables students to explore interests, strengths, and goals and connect these with academic studies  Family Connection…..a vehicle to get and keep parents engaged! A shared resource linking home to school  On-line tool for collaboration and real-time communication between and among counselors, students, and parents  Accurate, complete records about student choices NAVIANCE SUCCEED – THE GOALS

5. 1.Who am I? 2.Who do I want to become? 3.Where do I want to go? 4.How will I get there? MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ANSWER...

6. WHO AM I? Personal Success Plan – goals & tasks Journaling Favorite Colleges Favorite Careers and Clusters Personality Type My Game Plan

7. CITE LEARNING STYLES INVENTORY 104-question test that assesses student learning preferences and gives them recommendations on how to improve their study effectiveness according to these preferences. WHO AM I?

10. WHO DO I WANT TO BECOME? Career Cluster Finder is a simple assessment that helps students discover which career clusters may be a good match for them based on activities that interest them, personal qualities the student has, and subjects they enjoy in school.

11. WHO DO I WANT TO BECOME?

12. The Career Key is based on John Holland's theory of career choice. The theory explains work-related behavior – such as, which career choices are likely to lead to job success and satisfaction. The Holland Codes is a system to classify jobs into job categories, interest clusters or work personality environments. Understanding Holland’s theory will help you make good choices – decisions about which occupations, careers, or majors best fit you. In the Holland Model, the six work personalities are: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and ConventionalRealisticInvestigative ArtisticSocialEnterprising Conventional WHO DO I WANT TO BECOME?

13. Once a student has found a career, a tabbed page will appear with a description of the career, related majors and career clusters for the career, the knowledge and skills needed for the career, common tasks and activities, and wage information. WHO DO I WANT TO BECOME?

14. WHERE DO I WANT TO GO? You can search by filtering through a set of questions about what is important to you in finding the right fit: type, location, students, majors admission, cost athletics, and/or special programs. You can view matches and then narrow your options and compare/contrast schools.

15. WHERE DO I WANT TO GO?

16. Students work with counselors and IKIC staff to develop SMART goals including 2 academic goals, 2 career development goals, and 1 personal and/or social goal HOW WILL I GET THERE?

20. The course planner allows students to ensure course selections meet CCS graduation requirements AND college admissions requirements. HOW WILL I GET THERE?

22. INTRODUCTION  The new career readiness and college going and completion portal will help students of all ages  Find a career  Prepare for college  Find the right college  Pay for college  Created by the Ohio Board of Regents to make college-going information easy to understand

24. FIND A CAREER  Personality and interest surveys  Videos with current college student  Careers in demand and OhioMeansJobs  Information about Career Technical and Professional Schools  Information about Certificate Programs

25. PREPARE FOR COLLEGE  Planning checklists  Test preparation  Credit Transfer information

26. FIND A COLLEGE  Helps students find the right match  Search using a variety of criteria  Save or share your results

27. PAY FOR COLLEGE  FAFSA information  College cost estimators  Federal and state sources of financial aid  Scholarship searches

28. REGISTRATION FEATURES  All content is free  Complete a personal profile and gain access to personalized information  “Backpack” to save your college information  “Roadmap” to chart your path to college  Custom email messages will be based upon your profile information

29. PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER - ROADMAP

30. OCIS OCIS is an online system that contains all of the information and tools necessary for exploring college and career options, developing realistic plans, and making informed decisions for a successful future! aka Ohio College and Career Information System http://www.ocis.org/ Carolyn George, OCIS Coordinator carolyn.george@education.ohio.gov 614-995-5042 or 1-800-700-OCIS (6247) carolyn.george@education.ohio.gov Full Power Point presentation archived as a PDF on the ODE website (search ocis archived event information).

31. COLLEGE BOARD ONLINE RESOURCES HTTPS://BIGFUTURE.COLLEGEBOARD.ORG/ HTTPS://BIGFUTURE.COLLEGEBOARD.ORG/

32. COLLEGE BOARD ONLINE RESOURCES, CON’T. HTTP://YOUCANGO.COLLEGEBOARD.ORG/ HTTP://YOUCANGO.COLLEGEBOARD.ORG/

33. ACT ONLINE STUDENT RESOURCES HTTP://WWW.ACTSTUDENT.ORG/COLLEGE/ HTTP://WWW.ACTSTUDENT.ORG/COLLEGE/

34. THE EDUCATION TRUST HTTP://WWW.COLLEGERESULTS.ORG/ HTTP://WWW.COLLEGERESULTS.ORG/

35. THE COMMON APPLICATION HTTPS://WWW.COMMONAPP.ORG/COMMONAPP/DEFAULT.ASPX HTTPS://WWW.COMMONAPP.ORG/COMMONAPP/DEFAULT.ASPX

36. I KNOW I CAN HTTP://IKNOWICAN.ORG/ HTTP://IKNOWICAN.ORG/

37.  Personal Inventory of College Styles http://pics.collegetrends.org/ http://pics.collegetrends.org/ Assesses the following categories – Ideal Environment; Distance from Home; Commitment to Major Field: Curriculum for You; Academic Pressure; What’s Important to You; Location: Institutional Size  Public University information www.collegeportraits.orgwww.collegeportraits.org College Portrait is a source of basic, comparable information about public colleges and universities presented in a user-friendly format.  US Department of Education information http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ From the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) Institute of Education Sciences this website gives you access to a full scale, national college search with customized side- by-side comparisons. OTHER COLLEGE EXPLORATION SITES

38.  College Information for Students with Disabilities http://www.going-to-college.org/myplace/index.html http://www.going-to-college.org/myplace/index.html  Ohio Private Colleges www.ohioprivatecolleges.comwww.ohioprivatecolleges.com This website coordinates information for all of the private colleges and universities in Ohio and includes links to all of these websites  Information about transferring between two and four-year colleges https://www.transfer.org/uselect/login.htmhttps://www.transfer.org/uselect/login.htm  NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) http://nsse.iub.edu/html/annual_results.cfm http://nsse.iub.edu/html/annual_results.cfm annually collects information at hundreds of four-year colleges and universities about student participation in programs and activities that institutions provide for their learning and personal development. The results provide an estimate of how undergraduates spend their time and what they gain from attending college. OTHER COLLEGE EXPLORATION SITES

39.  ONET http://online.onetcenter.orghttp://online.onetcenter.org  http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm Website for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Includes links to the online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook. http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm  Careerinfonet www.careerinfonet.orgwww.careerinfonet.org  Kuder www.kuder.comwww.kuder.com  Interested in majoring in Engineering? http://www.tryengineering.org/explore.php http://www.tryengineering.org/explore.php OTHER CAREER EXPLORATION SITES

40.  Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Paying for College Workshop (Beta Version) http://www.consumerfinance.gov/payingforcollege/ http://www.consumerfinance.gov/payingforcollege/  Example of Net Price Calculator on an institutional website http://www.sfa.osu.edu/npc/index.asp http://www.sfa.osu.edu/npc/index.asp All post-secondary institutions are now required to have a net price calculator on their websites now.  Comprehensive federal financial aid website including FAFSA Forecaster http://studentaid.ed.gov/homehttp://studentaid.ed.gov/home OTHER PAYING FOR COLLEGE SITES

41.  FAFSA application website www.fafsa.govwww.fafsa.gov “One-stop” financial aid application website (not to be completed prior to January 1 st of the entry year)  www.finaid.org Broad-based financial aid website. www.finaid.org  www.fastweb.com Comprehensive database and “matching” service for merit-based scholarships. www.fastweb.com OTHER PAYING FOR COLLEGE SITES

42.  Other recommendations?  Thanks for attending this webinar. By Monday you will receive a link to the webinar recording AND a brief four question survey (link to SurveyMonkey) on which we could appreciate your input.  Additionally, access to all recorded webinars is available through the OCAN website at www.ohiocan.org. (Click on “Resources”, then “Find Resources”. Each accompanying Power Point presentation can also be downloaded from this site.www.ohiocan.org QUESTIONS?