PERSONALIZING:

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• PERSONALIZING
• CURRICULUM-DELIVERED ADVISORIES

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WHY NAVIGATION?

• Equalize opportunity
• Encourage student engagement
• Enhance student achievement
• Involve parents and guardians
• Strengthen community

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FIVE KEY ELEMENTS
1. Personalizing Curriculum-Delivered Advisories
2. Planning Portfolios
5. Evaluating Data
3. Demonstrating Student-Led Conferences
4. Empowering Student-Driven Scheduling
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ADVISORIES

• Advisories are regular meetings with
  educator-advisors
• Small advisory group is personalized for
  students needs
• Navigation curriculum is based on ASCA model
• Academic What have I accomplished this year?
• Career What do I want to do in the future?
• Personal/Social Who am I?
• OSPI has developed lesson plans for grades 6-12

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ADVISORY LOGISTICS

• Grades 6-12
• Bi-monthly or more frequent meetings
• Educator-led

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STANDARDS

• Essential Academic Learning Requirements
  (Grade-Level Expectations)
• National Career Development Guidelines
• American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
  National Model
• Academic Development
• Career Development
• Personal and Social Development

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ASCA STANDARDACADEMIC DEVELOPMENTWhat have I
accomplished in school this year?

• Portfolios help students organize and reflect on
  their work
• Course selection and postsecondary planning
  engage students in school
• Academic Inventories are prepared each year

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ASCA STANDARDCAREER DEVELOPMENTWhat do I want
to do in the future?

• Aptitude and interest surveys help students set
  goals and consider options for the future
• Students explore educational needs for careers
• Workplace experience through job shadows,
  internships, and research

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ASCA STANDARDPERSONAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTWho
am I?

• Community-building and leadership within the
  school and in the larger community
• Student-led conferences to help students share
  their progress with their parents
• Service-learning opportunities and tools to help
  students organize 12th grade Culminating Projects

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SCOPE SEQUENCE

• 20 lessons for each grade level (6-12)
• Numbered order is recommended sequence, but can
  be re-sequenced
• Lessons can be scheduled more frequently or
  farther apart

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LESSON PLANS

• Each lesson plan is one page in length
• Lesson plans list goals, essential questions,
  materials needed, and activities
• Needed handouts are included

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APPLIED GOAL SETTING

• Goals are developed over time in each ASCA area
• Goal setting is carefully linked to planning
• Goal setting will strengthen plans for school and
  for life after high school

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SCAFFOLDING

• Built-in support for younger students
• Scaffolding helps older students accomplish
  more independently
• Students make gradual progress

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ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT

• Advanced (gatekeeper) courses a key factor in
  student success
• Four-year plans link to career plans, help push
  students
• Advanced courses give students 21st century skills

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POSTSECONDARY PREP

• Navigation meets HS Beyond graduation
  requirement
• Based on students goals and their plans for high
  school and life after high school
• Students start in 6th grade so their plans will
  be robust by senior year

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CULMINATING PROJECT

• An OSPI graduation requirement
• Student-led conferences help students learn to
  present themselves
• Navigation incorporates student planning and
  presentations into Senior Projects

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HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITION

• Transition into 9th grade is crucial to student
  success
• Navigation provides structure to the start of 9th
  grade
• 8th grade presentation assists with transition
  from middle school

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RESOURCE GUIDES

• One Resource Guide per grade level
• Specifically targeted to lead advisors and
  building coordinators
• Provide logistical and professional development
  support

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STRONG PARTNERSHIPS

• Strong connections to apprenticeships and other
  career preparation opportunities
• Strong connections to postsecondary planning help
• Strong connections to community groups

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PARENT INVOLVEMENT

• Student-led conferences draw parents into school
• Navigation engages parents in students plans
• Parents can be part of their childrens dreams
  and plans

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HOW DO I START?

• Download lesson plans from OSPI web site
• Resource Guides, videos, Power Point
  presentations also available

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FIVE KEY ELEMENTS
1. Personalizing Curriculum-Delivered Advisories
2. Planning Portfolios
5. Evaluating Data
3. Demonstrating Student-Led Conferences
4. Empowering Student-Driven Scheduling
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