Senior Advisement Class of 2013

Lesson One AGENDA: Advisement Purpose Syllabus Infinite Campus

Why have Advisement? How can you take care of your “To Do” List if you don’t even know what should be on the list?

Why have Advisement? The Advisement Program is federally and state mandated. It is designed to make sure you have all the information you need to be successful in high school and in life.

All seniors should know: graduation requirements how to access your IC information career choices/pathways post-secondary school options how to apply for financial aid and scholarships Why have advisement?

signed syllabus A signed syllabus is required for advisement.

Advisement Basics You will still have time to meet with your clubs You will still be able to meet your teachers for help and to make up assignments. What will change: – Lessons every Thursday – These will count for a grade! – There will be an Advisement component to your Portfolio

Advisement Basics Lessons Each Thursday All senior classes will be covering the same topics and have the same lessons. Some of these lessons might take more than one Advisement meeting to complete. All of the lessons were designed with what a Senior needs to be successful this year and in the near future. Some topics include registering to take the SAT/ACT, applying for college and technical school, military options, portfolio check…

There will be an Advisement Component to your Senior Portfolio. You will need to include three examples of the work you did in Advisement your junior and senior years as part of your portfolio We will have a portfolio check later on in the year and we will remind you of this then. Advisement Basics

Syllabus for Advisement Class of 2013 Description: This year’s Advisement is designed to provide a meaningful, enriching environment where topics that are relevant and pertinent to your class can be explored and discussed. Each Senior Class Advisement will be working on the same lessons throughout the year to ensure that you are all receiving the same information. In addition to providing a unique opportunity to meet by grade-level to deal with class-specific issues, Advisement is required by both State and Federal Legislation. Objectives: Besides your regular club and other activities that normally take place during advisement, time will be set aside to cover specific lessons on Thursdays. The objectives of these lessons are to prepare you for graduation, help you through the application process for college or technical school, and prepare you for a job and all the challenges you will face once you are a legal adult. Grading: Each activity will be graded and recorded. This grade will be reflected in your Advisement grade on your report card. The work you do in Advisement will also be part of your Senior Portfolios. You will be required to have 3 samples of work from advisement for your junior and senior years of high school. It is your responsibility to place all advisement activities in your advisement folder. Your advisor will keep your folder. This will ensure that you have all required work to include in your Senior Portfolio. Assignments: We will cover the following topics from now until the end of the school year.

DateActivity Title August 16Schoolwide Assembly—Congresswoman August 17Advisement PPT Lesson 1/Infinite Campus/Syllabus August 23Sayles—Postsecondary, SAT/ACT Applications, Eligibility, Deadlines August 24Testing (ACT/SAT, fee waivers, practice tests) August 30Advisement PPT Lesson 2 & 3 (Club Expo—9 th & 10 th ) August 31Pep Rally (Teambuilding activity until pep rally) September 6What It Means to Be a Good Student/Graduation Requirements/GACollege411 September 13Update portfolio information in GACollege411 September 20Sayles—Financial Aid (HOPE, scholarships) September 27Update assessments in GACollege411 October 4No Advisement—Writing Test October 11GA Department of Labor Activity (12-1.3) October 18Nontraditional Occupations (12-1.3) October 25Sayles—Educational & Career Goals (Graduation Senior Checklist) November 1Post-Graduation Plans November 8Applying for College & Technical Schools (rec letters, free apply date) November 15Decision-Making Skills (12-1.2) November 29Sayles—Graduation Requirements (HOPE GPA, ACT/SAT, Early Decision) December 6Figuring HOPE GPA (get sheet from Sayles) December 13Focus on Specific Occupation December 20Focus on Specific Occupation January 10Sayles—FAFSA January 17Applying for Scholarships, FAFSA and other loans/checking HOPE status January 24Portfolio Status Check January 31Portfolio Work February 7Sayles—Graduation Readiness February 14Portfolio Work February 21Portfolio Work February 28Portfolio Work March 7Sayles—Transition from One Learning Level to the Next March 14Military Options March 21Evaluation of 21 st Century Skills March 28Holiday April 4Evaluation of 21 st Century Skills April 11Sayles—Preparing for Success April 18Time Management and Registering for College Classes Senior Advisement Schedule

Infinite Campus Students should have a username and password to access IC! It allows you to see your: current grades in every class attendance record schedule transcript

How do you log on? Go to the Jasper County Schools website. Go to the PARENTS link. Go to IC-PARENT PORTAL Let’s pay a visit: Your login should be: 679(student’s lunch number) Your password should be: initials/birth month/birth date/birth year (make sure you put a zero if the date is a single digit) ex. mz Take a minute and login!