1. Cultivating a College Going Culture
Jesse Bethel Law Academy
Katrina Rice and Chrystal Johnson

2. Overview College Culture Quiz College Culture Pillars College Lessons
Career Web/Vision Banner
Mentor Sessions
Mock Admissions Week
College Tours
Collegiate Curriculum
Dual Enrollment
Celebrations

3. College Going Quiz
Do the students in your academy know what colleges their teachers attended?
Yes, for most of the teachers.
Maybe.
Not really.
I’m not sure if students in my academy know that their teachers went to college.

4. College Going Quiz
Do the students in your academy visit a variety of colleges during their high school career?
Yes! We make sure that they visit UCs, CSUs and Private Institutions.
Yes, they visit a couple of different colleges.
No, they only visit one type of college.
Our students don’t take college tours.

5. College Going Quiz
Do the students in your academy have opportunities to take dual-enrollment classes at the local community college?
Yes! All of our students have the option of taking their academy elective class at the local college.
Students that are interested in taking college classes can sign up for them on their own.
None of our students are currently enrolled in dual-enrollment classes.
What is dual-enrollment?

6. Results
Mostly As -- You are definitely cultivating a college going culture within your academy! You could easily lead this workshop featuring your academy.
Mostly Bs -- You are doing a great job of teaching your students about college! Just a few more steps to truly have a college-going culture within your academy.
Mostly Cs -- You have some work to do to move your academy to a college-going culture, but you are on the right track!
Mostly Ds -- You came to the right workshop! You will definitely learn some strategies that will help you begin to cultivate a college going culture within your academy.

7. College-Going Culture Pillars1
Desire
Developing a desire to graduate from high school and go to college. 2
Knowledge
Teaching them what they need to know about college and how to get into college. 3
Experiences
Creating collegiate experiences that allow the students to see themselves in college.

8. College-Going Culture Pillars: Desire, Knowledge, Experiences
Which of these pillars is the strongest in your academy?
Which of these pillars is the weakest?

9. College Shirt Day (Desire/Knowledge)
Every Wednesday
Monday is academy t-shirt day
Friday is school colors day
Students and teachers participate
When teachers have on their college shirts, they tend to share college experiences

10. College Lessons - Career Web (Desire)
10th grade Assignment
Career Development

11. College Lessons - Vision Banner (Desire)
10th grade assignment
Goals, Values, Identity
Lifelong timeline
Dream/Match/Safety Colleges
Career Goals (taken from the Career Web)

12. College Lessons - Benefits of a College Degree (Desire)

13. College Lessons - Benefits of a College Degree (Desire)

14. Mentor Sessions (Desire)
Juniors
Four sessions
1st session - Perspectives on the Legal Profession; Mentor Introductions; What Are Goals; Begin Discussing Goals, Student Interaction
2nd session - Nuts and Bolts of Becoming a Lawyer; The Written Goals: The 1 Year Plan, 3 Year Plan, and 10 Year Plan; College and Career Planning
3rd session - Other Careers in the Law, Resumes
4th session - Interview Skills, Assess Progress; Future Planning/Goals
Special Affinity Group Mentor Sessions for all grades
Ex. African American Males

15. College Lessons: Mock Admissions Week (Knowledge)
November of their Junior Year
Paper application is passed out on Monday, due by 3:00pm on Friday!
Common App
Brag Sheet
Recommender Forms
SAT/ACT Registration Ticket
2 Personal Insight Questions

16. College Tours (Knowledge/Experience)
1-2 tours per year
Visit a combination of UCs, CSUs, Private Institutions, Community Colleges
9th -- Stanford
10th -- UC Berkeley, Santa Clara University
11th -- UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz
12 -- Holy Names, CSU East Bay, Solano Community College
College tour worksheet
Meet with college students that are majoring in the academy theme

17. Collegiate Curriculum (Experiences)
Academic Experiences
Inquiry Based Learning
Socratic Seminars
Mock Trials
Debates
Research Projects (Capstone)
Advocacy Projects
Science Labs
Claim/Evidence/Reasoning
VCUSD Graduate Profile
Effective Communicator
Skilled Collaborator
Critical and Innovative Thinker
Responsible Professional
Effective User of Digital Media and Technology
Global Learner and Contributor

19. Dual Enrollment for Seniors (Experiences)
Fall Semester
PLSC - 001: Intro to Political Science
Tues/Thurs from 1:00p - 2:15p
Study Sessions every Wednesday at school
Academy Lead/CTE teacher attends class with the seniors
Replaces academy elective and Government
Open to all Law Academy students
Spring Semester
PLSC - 016: American Legal Systems
Tues/Thurs from 1:00p - 2:15p
Study Sessions before each exam
Academy Lead/CTE teacher checks in with professor occasionally
Replaces academy elective
Open to all Law Academy students that passed PLSC - 001

20. Other Opportunities (Experiences)
Upward Bound/Ser Latino
On-campus tutoring
College tours and trips
Buck Institute
Chicano/Latino Youth Leadership Program
CloseUp Trip to DC
**All opportunities are ed to all students district accounts**

21. Celebrations! Academy honor roll College Acceptance Assembly
Senior Dinner
Alumni return as guest speakers to speak to current academy students

22. Questions? Reach out to us! https://jbhs-vcusd-ca.schoolloop.com/law
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