1. Guidance and Counseling PLN

3. Introductions This PLN today will be a success if… Neighbor
New Colleague
PLN
Regional Coordinators
Carl Perkins Staff
CAC Staff

4. Tomato, Tomahto

5. What’s the difference…
High School Graduation Check
Have I completed all the
requirements for graduation
from high school?
Now what do I do?

6. Perkins Programs of Study
What are the steps I need to take in order to be successful at my chosen career pathway?
Show the connection from high school to technology center to community college…
How do I keep track of what I’ve completed and what do I do ne?

7. Individual Career Plans
What courses have I taken and what courses do I need to take to reach my career goal?   
Certificate or License
Associates Degree/
Technical Program
Bachelor’s Degree
Professional Degree

8. Plans of Study But what about a ‘Plans of Study’???
To avoid the confusion of terms, we are dropping this terminology.

9. Career Major Plans of Study
But what about a Career Major Plans of Study???
A Career Major Plan of Study is simply a Career Major sequence of courses.

10. Carl Perkins Counseling and Advisement Basics

11. Carl Perkins Counseling and Advisement Basics
Based on state and/or local guidance and counseling standards
What standards does your program use?
National Career Development Guidelines, American School Counselor Association National Model, Guidance Team Self Study, Community College model, etc.

12. Carl Perkins Counseling and Advisement Basics
Ensure that guidance, counseling and advisement professionals have access to up-to-date information about Programs of Study offerings to aid students in their decision making
Discussion point: Tell and share about the professional development that has assisted you in aiding students to make better career decisions

13. Carl Perkins Counseling and Advisement Basics
Offer information and tools to help students learn about postsecondary education and career options
Discussion point: What tools have you discovered to help student learn about postsecondary education and career options?

14. Carl Perkins Counseling and Advisement Basics
Discussion point: What resources do you use to help students identify their career interests and aptitudes for career planning?
Offer resources for student to identify their career interests and aptitudes and to select appropriate Programs of Study

15. Carl Perkins Counseling and Advisement Basics
Discussion point: how do you provide information and resources for parents to help their children prepare for college and careers?
Provide information and resources for parents to help their children prepare for college and careers, including workshops on college and financial aid applications

16. Carl Perkins Counseling and Advisement Basics
Last discussion point: What web-based resources and tools do you use to help students with career development and for obtaining student financial assistance?

17. Powerful new online tool available for Oklahomans- students and adults- to explore and guide their future.
Provides:
Resources to strengthen the connection between school and careers.
Improves transition.
Increases student engagement.

18. Within OK Career Guide Users will: Take assessments
Tie their interests, skills and values to occupations
Research Schools
Locate Scholarships
Utilize Job Search Tools
Create an Individual Career Plan

19. www.okcareerguide.org Show how to log in, create student accounts
Show one page report
Education Plans/Plans of Study/ICP
Peterson’s

20. What can Administrators Do?
Pull Reports of Assessment Results:
Core Reports & Advanced Reports
Usage & Exploration Reports
Activity Reports-
Registration, Assessments, Education Plans, & Job Preparation Tools

21. Additional Tools & Resources:
Direct Your Future
Peterson’s Test Prep Packages
Webinars and handouts
Trainings

22. Roberta Douglas OK Career Guide Coordinator roberta.douglas@careertech.ok.gov

23. I Survived… Now Next Year…

24. Growing Great Services for Student Outcomes
How do you take things to the next level or know where to start?
What has prompt you to make improvements to the school counseling or student services program?
What tools have you used?
Student Services Rubric
CSCORE – (Center for School Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation) Surveys

25. Tools for Program Improvement
Self Evaluations
Advisory Committees
Time Analysis
Carl Perkins Monitoring

26. Tools Self Evaluations
Guidance Team Self Study
SPARC
OSCAR
CSCORE (Center for School Counselor Outcome Research and Evaluation.)
SCPIS (School Counseling Program Implementation Survey)

27. Tools
Advisory Committee
Why?
Who?
What?
When?

28. Tools
Time Analysis
Categories
EZ Analyze
Google Docs

29. Carl Perkins Strategies for Improvement- Guidance and Counseling
Carl Perkins Monitoring
Preparation Document
Reviewer's Rubric
About
State Agency
Divisions
Federal Legislation Assistance
Carl Perkins
Resources

30. Monitoring Rubric Describe your school counseling program?
Guidance Team Self Study
SPARC
OSCAR
How do your share information with teachers and staff?
Advisory Committee

31. Monitoring Rubric
What is your process to assist CTE students with the creation of their individual career plan?
How do you review and update?
OK Career Guide
Teachers As Advisors
Enrollment night
Fall and Spring Meeting

32. Monitoring Rubric
How does your school counseling program involve the student, parent, counselor and instructors in disseminating course information and sequences, both academic and technical?
Enrollment nights
Transition Interventions MS, HS
Parent s grouped by graduation year
Parent Signature
Teacher As Advisors

33. Monitoring Rubric
Explain how your school counseling program identifies assessments and provides interpretation to help students develop their individual career plan.
OK Career Guide
Paper Pencil Inventories

34. Monitoring Rubric
What efforts has your school utilized to strengthen transitions between MS, HS, Tech Centers, and Colleges?
How do you ensure parental involvement is strong and evident?
MS Transitions
Staffing
Tours
Enrollment
Orientation
Advisory Committee
HS Transitions
Teachers As Advisors
Post-Secondary Transitions
FAFSA Night
Career and College Events
National Signing Day

35. Monitoring Rubric
Is your school providing students with guided career exploration and planning experiences?
Labor Market?
Career Information
Career Class 9th grade
Utilize OK Career Guide 6th grade
Career Development Audit 9th-12th, 6-8th , K-5
Technology Center Tours
College Campus visits
College and Career App Week

36. Tools
How do you communicate the effectiveness, process and outcomes of your school counseling program to stakeholders?
SPARC
OSCAR
Guidance Team Self Study
Visual
Piktochart
Advisory Committee
Time Analysis

37. Contact us: Erica Harris, Advisement Specialist
Kelly Arrington, CAC Manager
Tommi Leach, Academic Coordinator
Roberta Davis, Career Development Specialist