Education Plans: Map Out Counseling Strategies

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Education Plans Map Out Counseling Strategies

• Aldine ISD, Houston, TX
• Regional Counselors Network Workshop Corpus
  Christi, Texas October 2008

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Presenters

• Franklin Higgins
• Director of Career and Technical Education
• 281-985-6646 ? fhiggins_at_aldine.k12.tx.us
• Angela Whorton
• Program Director for Career and Technical
  Education
• 281-985-6652 ? awhorton_at_aldine.k12.tx.us
• Joseph Lopez, Counselor
• MacArthur High School ? jlopez_at_aldine.k12.tx.us
• Sabrina McLemore, Counselor
• Teague Middle School ? srmclemore_at_aldine.k12.tx.us
  
• Michael Rogers, Counselor
• Aldine 9th Grade School ? mrogers_at_aldine.k12.tx.u
  s

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Presentation Outline

• Education Plans in Aldine ISD A Historical
  Perspective
• Implementation of Education Plans
• The Impact of Education Plans

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Aldine ISD ? Houston, TX

• 111 square miles in north Harris County
• 61,000 students on 72 campuses
• Ethnic Composition
• Hispanic 64.34
• African American 30.16
• White 3.54
• Asian/Pacific Islander 1.88
• Native American 0.08

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CTE in Aldine

• Offers 15 Programs
• Agriculture, Automotive, Building Trades,
  Business, Computer Aided Drafting, Computer
  Maintenance, Cosmetology, Criminal Justice,
  Family Consumer Sciences, Health Science, HVAC,
  Marketing, Military Science, Technology Education
• Serves 15,000 students Grades 9 12
• Serves 26 of Aldine students

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Education Plans in Aldine ISD A Historical
Perspective
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Role of the 8th Grade Counselor

• Process begins in 8th grade
• Education Go Get It
• 9th Grade Counselors visit 8th Grade Classes
• Students take career assessments using Bridges
  Career Education Planning software
• Career Finder
• Major Finder
• Cluster Finder

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Role of the 8th Grade Counselor

• Career Cluster chosen based on survey results
• Counselors determine Education Plan/Course
  Selection Guide
• Counselors assist students with course selection
  for Year 1 of Education Plan

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Role of the 9th Grade Counselor

• Plan Codes are entered into SASI prior to
  distributing copies to teachers
• 9th grade students take Career Connections
• Students take inventories to identify interests
  and aptitude determining Career Cluster
• Counselor, Career Connections teacher, and
  student complete Years 2 4 of Plan

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Completed Education Plan
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Role of the 9th Grade Counselor

• Completed Education Plans are sent to parents for
  review and signature
• The 9th grade school counselors verify the
  accuracy of course selections
• High school counselors ensure that students
  receive a Course Verification Form and
  preliminary schedule indicating course selections
  for the next school year

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Students receive verification of course
selections for the next school year
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Students receive a preliminary schedule of course
selections for the next school year
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Role of the High School CounselorPlan
Maintenance - Grades 10-12

• Counselors share responsibility of plan
  maintenance (alpha breakdown)
• Maintain and update Plan as needed
• Verify Plan Codes have been entered in SASI
• Enter changes made to Plan Code (at student
  request or based on coursework)

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Plan Maintenance (contd)

• Work with new students to select career choice
  and complete plan
• Use Plan to determine student schedules
• Plan codes used to determine CTE staffing needs
• of Health Plans additional teacher
• Expansion of Criminal Justice Courses offered

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Plan Maintenance (contd)

• Used as a tool for academic and career counseling
• Students understand the process and request to
  see Plan during conferences
• Verification letters issued through teachers
  provides opportunity for teachers to discuss
  Plans with students

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How Do We Make It Happen?
Middle and high school campuses are on a
scheduling timeline
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EDUCATION PLAN CODING PROCESS
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Education Plan Coding

• Students completing course within the Education
  Plan - Coherent Sequence
• Data - PEIMS How do they become 2s and 3s

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A. Campus counselors enter the educational
career plan number of the students chosen
pathway in Career 1. This is done upon
completion of the 4-year educational career plan
form.
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B. Upon actual entry into the coursework of the
coherent sequence of the selected educational
career plan, the campus counselors enter the plan
number in Career 2. The student must be able to
earn a minimum of 3 credits from the Pathway
Course Options before a code is entered in the
Career 2 field.
A. Campus counselors enter the educational
career plan number of the students chosen
pathway in Career 1. This is done upon
completion of the 4-year educational career plan
form.
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C. The Student Services department (who manages
the software and processes PEIMS) queries a PEIMS
code of 2 or 3 into the Career/Tech field for
those students with an appropriate educational
plan number in the Career 2 field. 1s are
automatically entered into PEIMS depending upon
the student being currently enrolled in a CT
class (if not already a 2 or 3). For example a
student who is enrolled in BCIS and has no code
in Career 2 will be coded a 1 for PEIMS.
B. Upon actual entry into the coursework of the
coherent sequence of the selected educational
career plan, the campus counselors enter the plan
number in Career 2. The student must be able to
earn a minimum of 3 credits from the Pathway
Course Options before a code is entered in the
Career 2 field.
A. Campus counselors enter the educational
career plan number of the students chosen
pathway in Career 1. This is done upon
completion of the 4-year educational career plan
form.
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Codes in Career/Tech field used for both PEIMS
and TAKS pre-coding
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Impact On Counseling

• Students course selections are determined by
  Education Plans
• Schedule changes are very limited once school
  begins
• Used as a working document for counselors
• Helps counselors be more effective and efficient
  with scheduling students
• Creates a more organized and less hectic opening
  of school

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Impact on the District

• All students in Grade 9 12 have an
  Education/Career Plan
• CTE Program Growth (Criminal Justice, Health
  Science, Computer Maintenance)
• CTE Staffing
• Master Scheduling
• Creates a more organized and less hectic opening
  of school
• Aligned with AchieveTexas

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Questions