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Building Your Student Success Plan Day 3. ACES Professional Development. Clarification & Review. Welcome new folks!! Revisiting information from sessions 1 & 2 Sharing: Online examples of other schools’ plans Online resources listed in the wiki Insights, shortcuts, lessons learned so far
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Building YourStudent Success PlanDay 3 ACES Professional Development
Clarification & Review • Welcome new folks!! • Revisiting information from sessions 1 & 2 • Sharing: • Online examples of other schools’ plans • Online resources listed in the wiki • Insights, shortcuts, lessons learned so far • Reviewing the spreadsheet
Homework Check! Come with a list of 15 ways to measure the success of the elements in your plan. Share one or two measures with the group.
THE STUDENT! Who does most of the work of creating the Student Success Plan?
SMART Goals Specific - Measureable - Achievable - Relevant - Timely
Electronic Management Systems • Each of 4 vendor’s Software Packages originated from a different perspective • RP: Curriculum/standards/rubrics/ student work • K: Career guidance perspective • CC: Career development perspective • N: College search/admissions approach • All vendors are currently re-naming/re-packaging their modules • All, except Richer Picture, have official adoptions in some states
ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSCOMMON FEATURES • Web-based • Password protected • Direct integration w S-I-S • MS rollover to HS • Responsive Tech Support • Good PD • Tracks credit history • Tracks completed grad requirements • E-mail w/school & parents
ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSCOMMON FEATURES • Parent Access • Portfolio stores student work • Create/store surveys • Notes function • 4 year course planner • Supports SMART goals • E-Docs • College Search • College Applications
ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSCOMMON FEATURES • Saves $ in postage/paper/staff • Test prep • Financial Aid • Scholarships • Standardized Test Results • Career Assessments • Resume builder • 21st Century Skills
ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSCOMMON FEATURES • Tasks w due dates • Monitor task completion • Learning Styles Inventory • Personality Assessments • Journal feature • Alumni access • Report generator • Document library • Links to other Databases
www.ideasconsulting.com • AStudent Success Plan & e-portfolio assessment system linked to rubrics & larger goals” • Founded by David Niguidula, EdD (Brown’s Coalition of Essential Schools) • Smallest of vendors • Primarily in RI & elementary schools in NH • Used in Stonington HS (N for careers + LSI), Ledyard HS, Tourtellotte HS (Thompson) • Curriculum mapping > standards > store & track student work
www.kuder.com • Dr. Frederick Kuder’s pioneering work began in 1930’s/ later Kuder-Ross • Career Development Process - 3 legged stool: Interests/Skills/Work values • “Probably go deeper in Career Development than any other vendor” • “Many schools have Navianceand us.”
www.careercruising.com • Spanish version • 1300 interviews with workers about careers • Some schools feel career piece is deeper than N • Used throughout CT Vo-Tech System • Used by Meriden, ACES
www.naviance.com • “World’s most widely adopted college & career readiness provider” • Used by 5,000,000+ students/1300 districts/ 5500 schools/ 47 states • Dominant software package in CT including ACES member schools • ACES will be offering training tailored to district/ school’s Naviance needs
Homework Alert! • Finish your spreadsheet. • Bring a list of gaps you have identified and a sense of how you will address them. • Does your school principal use a common format when writing a report to the Superintendent or the Board? If so, bring that outline as a guide for next time.