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Administrator buy-in: Gaining administrator support to advantage your students

Learn concrete tips and strategies to gain counselor and administrator support in providing access to high school students. Share ideas and support each other.

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Administrator buy-in: Gaining administrator support to advantage your students

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  1. Administrator buy-in: Gaining administrator support to advantage your students Kentucky ACAC Annual Conference Bob Bardwell March 15, 2017

  2. GOALS OF THE SESSION • To understand the challenges of secondary schools in providing access to high school students • To learn concrete tips and strategies to gain counselor and administrator support to meet with students • To share ideas and support one another

  3. WHO IS HERE? • Secondary School Counselors • School Counseling Directors/Administrators • Admission counseling staff • CBO/Non-profit counselors • Graduate Students • Other

  4. Whately MA Map

  5. WHY ARE YOU HERE? • You have awesome school counseling program but are not happy with your college visit program • You have not so great administrators who do little-to-nothing to advantage your students • You are an admission counselor who often gets frustrated when your access to high school students is limited • You love high school visits except when you are stuck in the cafeteria at lunch • You have no where else to be during this session

  6. THINK-PAIR-SHARE • Why is college admission counselor access to high school students an issue? • Why do high school administrators not support college counseling efforts?

  7. THINK-PAIR-SHARE RESPONSES

  8. SECONDARY SCHOOL CHALLENGES • NCLB/ESSA mandates • Administrator/counselor demands on time and other responsibilities • Teachers not willing to let students out of class due to accountability concerns • Lack of understanding of the college search and information gathering process • Too many college visit requests to easily manage the process • Lack of time

  9. COLLEGE ADMISSION CHALLENGES • Meeting institutional goals/expectations • Not feeling valued by secondary schools • Limited opportunities to meet with students • Not being able to meet with a counselor • Fewer students graduating from high school • Fewer students attending college fairs • Ineffective opportunities • Lunch tables • Activity Periods • Only on Fridays

  10. SOLUTIONS • Create a college going culture which supports post-secondary programs and initiatives • Get administrator buy-in • Create a school or district task force • Build community partnership • Start a School Counseling Advisory Council • Build rapport and gain administrator support for your program and goals • Create an Annual Agreement • Create regular meeting schedule • Share relevant data • Set yearly post-secondary focused goals

  11. SOLUTIONS (continued) • Build relationships • Admission staff attend school events - career day, college signing, college application week events, financial aid workshops • Create dialogue opportunities between high school academic departments and college faculty • Create formal (e.g.: in writing) partnership opportunities • Collect and analyze data which will support your needs and goals • Inquiry, application and matriculation rates • Remediation rates • Graduation rates

  12. SOLUTIONS (continued) • Seek support from other secondary school and college admission colleagues • Attend counseling association meetings or professional development opportunities • Reach out through email groups/resources • Share examples/data from successful school partnerships • Offer resources/opportunities for your secondary school partners • College tour opportunities • Swag • Speakers • Campus events

  13. HOW? LET’S TALK RELATIONSHIPS

  14. WHAT NEXT • Action Plan • Make a commitment (or two) • Find a partner at this conference to move this work forward

  15. QUESTIONS & CONVERSATIONS • What is not clear? • What more do you need? • How can we help each other? • Who wants to share a school counselor success in your school/district?

  16. FOR MORE INFORMATION Bob Bardwell School Counselor & Director of School Counseling Monson High School 55 Margaret Street Monson, MA 010157 413.267.4589x1109 www.bobbardwell.com bardwellr@monsonschools.com bardwellr

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