1. Massachusetts College and Career Advising Professional Development
Title Slide
Massachusetts College and Career Advising Professional Development
Workshop 2 – Going Deep – All the Elements
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Higher Education
Executive Office of Education
Workforce Skills Cabinet
Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Massachusetts School Counselors Association

2. Welcome!
Introducing the Massachusetts College and Career Advising and MyCAP Initiative
Presented by: Public Consulting Group

3. Part 3: Examining the Quality of Your CCA/MyCAP Program
Agenda
Part 1: Designing Your High-Quality College and Career Advising and MyCAP Program
Part 2: Designing Your Scope and Sequence of College and Career Advising Units and Lessons
Part 3: Examining the Quality of Your CCA/MyCAP Program
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4. Learning Targets
Design a CCA program that is organized around units and a sequence of lessons that align to grade-level learning objectives and that address the three CCA domains.
Engage in courageous conversations about bias and how implicit bias can impact equitable access to education services, expressions of positive behavior, and one’s perception of student potential.
Produce a plan for partnering with families and community organizations to ensure access to quality CCA services for all youth.
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5. Part 1 Section Divider Part 1
Designing Your High-Quality College and Career Advising and MyCAP Program

6. Activity 1.1: Building Your CCA Program
Let’s review the CCA learning objectives you identified.
Remember you were tasked with identifying “what a student should know, understand and be able to do” for each grade level and that reflects the three CCA program domains:
Personal/Social
Career Development Education
Academic, College and Career Planning
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7. Activity 1.2: Review Characteristics of High- Quality CCA Program
A quality CCA program:
Is organized around “units” that consist of a sequence of CCA lessons.
Offers a range of lessons that address three CCA program domains: personal/social, career development education, and academic, college and career planning.
Incorporates classroom activities, online activities, and work- based learning opportunities.
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8. Activity 1.3: Impacting Students
Where we came from . . .
Who we are . . .
What we think . . .
What we feel . . .
What we know . . .
What we believe . . .
How we interact with others . . .
How do we influence the life of each student we encounter each day?

9. Break Slide
Let’s Take a Break
Back in 15 minutes

10. Part 2 Section Divider Part 2
Designing Your Scope and Sequence of College and Career Advising Units and Lessons

11. Activity 2.1: Identifying Lessons that Connect to Learning Objectives
What grade level are you going to focus on?
Use the Overview on page 10 in your Participant Guide for considerations for identifying CCA lessons at each grade level.
Keeping in mind your learning objectives for the grade level you have selected, use the materials provided to begin searching for lessons that you’d like to consider for your CCA/MyCAP program. p

12. Lunch Slide
Lunch
Back in 1 hour

13. Let’s debrief a few minutes How far did you get?
Activity 2.1 Continued
Let’s debrief a few minutes
How far did you get?
What are the challenges in creating this
program? Are there challenges in working
as a team?
Is there anything that would have helped
prepare you for the work today?

14. Activity 2.2: MyCAP Artifacts
For this activity, go back through the lessons you identified.
Explore what MyCAP artifacts may be automatically produced by your online career information system.
As a team, brainstorm what additional written exercises or culminating activity could be uploaded into the MyCAP ePortfolio.
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15. Examining the Quality of Your CCA/MyCAP Program
Part 3 Section Divider
Part 3
Examining the Quality of Your CCA/MyCAP Program

16. Activity 3.1: Analyzing Your Program
Use the CCA Program Analysis Tool in your Participant Guide to examine whether and to what extent your lessons address the full range of CCA program domains.
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17. Activity 3.2: Connecting with Key Stakeholders and Ensuring Equitable Access
Further reflections…
How is your CCA program effectively engaging families, employers, community organizations, and higher education.
How well is your CCA program supporting key student demographic groups?
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18. Between now and our final Workshop
Activity 3.3: Next Steps #1
Between now and our final Workshop
Review your college and career online system to identify and learn about the organzing and reporting features that are available. This will help you be ready to track progress of your CCA program implementation.
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19. Activity 3.3: Next Steps #2
It is important that your team work with your school administration to determine:
How will your CCA program be implemented? Will you use advisory periods, subject course areas, or…?
How many classroom periods throughout the academic year will be made available for CCA lessons?
What is your plan for rolling out your CCA program?
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20. Participate in the Post-Workshop 2 Support Webinar
Activity 3.3: Next Steps #3
Participate in the Post-Workshop 2 Support Webinar
The purpose of the webinar is to help teams prepare for Workshop 3.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 from 2:30-3:30 pm
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21. Please Complete the Workshop Evaluation!
Session Evaluation
Please Complete the Workshop Evaluation!

22. MA ESE PCG Contacts Shailah Stewart Lisa Harney Robb Geier
Dr. V. Scott Solberg