Increasing Awareness, Access & Success for College Readiness

1. Increasing Awareness, Access & Success for College Readiness Tyler Dixon, Emmanuel Patiño, Anamaria Rosales, Jonathan Senecal & Andre Wallace teamASAP Captains Beth A. Arey College & Career Coordinator Amber Bolden Greer Professional School Counselor Dale G. Leibforth Mathematics Teacher/Instructional Coach AP Recruitment & Retention Coordinator Evanston Township High School District #202 - Evanston, IL

2. ETHS School Profile September, 2013 Total Enrollment: 3,120 Low-Income: 41.4% Asian: 3.9% Black or African American: 30.9% Hispanic/Latino: 16.6% Two or more races: 4.8% White: 43.4% College Bound (Class of 2012): 72% 2 Year Colleges: 16% 4 Year Colleges: 55%

3. High School & Post-High School

4. Objectives: • To provide overview of counseling curriculum • To offer examples of collaboration within ETHS to develop effective student-centered programming • To provide an opportunity for colleagues to reflect on current curriculum, programming, practices and how student needs are being met

5. Counseling Staff

6. Major Opportunities to Focus on Access • Freshman Transition • Junior Post-Secondary Planning

7. How do we support freshmen transition? • Access ETHS • Freshman Orientation • Freshman Advisory Study Hall Program • Introduction to High School Seminar • Individual Freshman Conferences • Course Selection Group Sessions

8. Access ETHS Overview • 1 credit summer course • Activities and skills based learning • Collaborative

9. Access ETHS Goals • Acquire test-taking, note-taking, research and organizational skills • Gain an awareness of resources, supports and skills necessary for a successful transition to high school • Become familiar with ETHS culture, procedures, building and campus • Develop a high school success plan with short & long-term goals • Build community among the class

10. Freshman Orientation • Approximately two hours • Begins with a brief welcome session in the auditorium • Concludes with freshmen and their parents/guardians exploring the high school

11. Freshman Advisory Study Hall Program *Students’ Six: Six Teaching Strategies that Work for Students of Color, Greg Meyer: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Chapel Hill, NC

12. Community Building Social/Emotional: Students will learn to communicate effectively Academic Supports Academic and Social/Emotional: Students will know where the various supports, beyond class are located and when they are offered Students will understand the process of taking advantage of supports offered Students will become better self-advocates when seeking out supports What is your GPA? Understanding your Transcript Introduction to Naviance College/Career: Students will receive additional college information Students will receive additional career and vocational information Students will more fully utilize Naviance during their freshman year Check-ins Student/counselor relationship building FASH Programming withSpecific Outcomes

13. Introduction to High School Seminar • Small group sessions • Discussion of graduation requirements • Overview of four-year plan • Present scenarios highlighting the significance of grades and accessing supports • Encouragement of extracurricular involvement

14. Individual Freshman Conferences • Progress update • Review of interim grades and four-year plan • Discussion of possible interventions • Check-in of extracurricular involvement

15. Course Selection Group Sessions • December • Course information days • January • Small group information sessions • Student submission of course requests

16. Scheduled for each student; parents are invited December 1st - April 30th Discussion Current plan Colleges Major/career interest Graduation plan Grades/GPA/Rigor of curriculum Test scores Action Plan Create a list of schools Define wants Determine needs Use Naviance and other search engines Refine list Visit schools FAFSA/Fin Aid/Scholarships Compile activities/awards/accomplishments Q & A Junior Post-Secondary Planning Conferences

17. A Paradigm Shift: College Eligible vs. College Ready Admission vs. Graduation

18. It’s never too early! • PreK-16 partnerships • Goals • Academics • Careers • Campus exposure • Financial aid • Transition • School-wide/city-wide coordination

19. Traditional College Readiness Predictors Grades Achievement Tests College Matriculation Predictors Application Completion FAFSA Completion Secondary Course Placement Post-Secondary Course Placement College Matching (or fit)

20. Where can improvements be made? StudentsPeople Pre-High School Local Partnerships Teen Parents Engaging Families Student-Athletes Academic Departments Community College Advising Minority Advising Groups Special Education ProgramsPromotions Financial Aid Education General School Events College Representative Visits Athletic Events College Campus Tours Fine Arts Events Standardized Test Score Interpretation Media/Communications

21. Deliberate:adj. intentional. Strategy:n. a plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.

24. College Success Research Hargrove, L., Godin, D., & Dodd, B. (2007) College Outcomes and the AP Experience: Does the AP Grade “2” Matter? Paper presentation at American Educational Research Association, April 2007, Chicago, IL. Keng, L., & Dodd, B. (2007) An Investigation of College Performance of AP and Non-AP Student Groups. Paper presentation at American Educational Research Association, April 2007, Chicago, IL. Bowen, W.G., Chignos, & M.M., McPherson, M.S. (2009) Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

25. College Success Research Outcomes • An AP exam score of 2 correlates with better college performance than students who did not take an AP course or took the course and skipped the exam. • An AP exam score of 2 had higher four-year graduation rates than AP courses alone, and other non-AP courses. • AP students had higher first-year and fourth-year GPAs than those who did not take AP courses in high school.

26. Historical Performance on AP Exams 2012-13 1927 Exams 850 Students 2013-14 948 Students

27. Enrollment in Advanced Placement • Enrollment 290 in 1995 948 in 2014 • Percentage in grades 11/12 40% in 2006 68% in 2014 • Percentage change for Black, Latino and White Black: 13% in 2007 38% in 2014 Latino: 22% in 2007 58% in 2014 White: 61% in 2007 82% in 2014

28. Number of Graduates in One or More AP Courses 506 out of 693 = 73%

29. Percent of Graduates One or More AP Course

31. ETHS Total Number of AP Scores Grade 3 or Higher

32. Percent of Students Proficient (3 or higher) on AP Exams 65% in 2011 67% in 2013

33. Restructuring of Freshman Year Earned Honors Humanities 2011-2012 (English/History & Social Sciences) Earned Honors Biology 2012-2013 Pathways to Advanced Placement Awareness, Access & Success Work

34. Restructuring of Freshman Year – Earned Honors • Increasing Access & Success in AP Committee • Pathways to AP Forum/Pathways Documents • 27 AP Classes in 6 Departments • Adding new AP courses FORUM

35. ETHS Advanced Placement Classes 2013-2014 (27 Total Classes in Six Different Departments) English Language and Composition Literature and Composition Fine Arts Art History Portfolio/Studio Music Theory History & Social Sciences European History Psychology United States History Mathematics Calculus AB Calculus BC MV Calculus/Linear Algebra Computer Science Statistics Science Biology Chemistry 3 Chemistry/Physics 4 Chemistry/Physics Environmental Science Physics B (Physics 1 & Physics 2) Physics C World Languages 5 French 4 German Latin 4 Spanish Heritage Literature & Language 4 Spanish Literature & Language 5 Spanish Literature & Language Advanced Spanish Language Career & Technical Education Government & Politics: United States

36. teamAccess & Success in AdvancedPlacement • Monthly Meetings • Mentoring • Tutoring • Inform, Inspire & Encourage • Leadership • Story Videos • Fish Bowl

37. teamAccess & Success in AdvancedPlacement Year 3

38. AP Summer Bridge Courses

39. AMAPS –AMAPSupport • Targeted Review Sessions • Review Book Drive • “I GOT THIS” Pencils • Support & Resource Website - tinyurl.com/teamasap

40. Additional ETHS Supports AM Support Wildkit Academy AVID – Advancement Via Individual Determination Academic Intervention Team Project Excel STAE – Steps Toward Academic Excellence Data-Based & Trained Advisors Departmental Study Centers/Media Centers Homework Center Media Centers One-on-One Tutoring Classroom and School Environment Interventions Behavioral Interventions Continued Teacher Professional Development & Vertical Teams

41. Having a strong Freshman experience and early awareness starts ETHS students on a rigorous pathway toward access and success in AP courses to help ensure readiness and retention for college & career.

42. Beth A. Arey areyb@eths.k12.il.us www.eths.k12.il.us/ccc Dale G. Leibforth ethsap@eths202.orgwww.eths.k12.il.us/ap Amber Bolden Greer boldena@eths.k12.il.us www.eths.k12.il.us/student_services/counselors Tyler Dixon Anamaria Rosales Andre Wallace Emmanuel Patiño Jonathan Senecal http://tinyurl.com/teamasap