Goal 2: Ensure all students graduate college and career ready.
**please note that this goal is geared towards HS due to the number of required metrics for high school**
Provide opportunities for students to learn about college, understand what it takes to be college-ready, and support students in preparing for college.
Academic Counseling: the counselor will provide academic counseling for all students in grades 7-12 to assist students in understanding what it takes to be college ready. The counselor will also help to increase a-g course offerings and a-g completion rates and support dual enrollment opportunities with Mendocino College and Santa Rosa Junior College.
Senior Advisor: A 0.17 FTE Senior Advisor will oversee all aspects of the Senior Project graduation requirement and provide one-to-one college advising for seniors to navigate through college application processes, student financial aid applications and scholarship applications.
A-G Completion Improvement: Implement, monitor and evaluate A-G Completion plan.
A-G qualification: process beginning in fall 2023 with art and music (by Aug 2023) and on-going with six month review. Align as many courses as possible with A-G. Use expanded on-line opportunities to serve extension course work through course provided such as Eduinity.
Careers Course: Provide CCS100, a dual enrollment course, through Mendocino College that prepares students for creating a 10-year plan for high school, post-secondary education and career. This course will be taken during an AVHS student’s sophomore year. (Beginning Fall 2023)
Sustain and enhance Career Pathways and provide career education, exploration, and opportunities to prepare students for high-skill, high-need and high pay careers. Provide and expand on Career Technical Education courses at the high school level. Leverage local and grant funding to offer comprehensive career education opportunities for all students. Develop the CTE Academy at AVHS to create a career-focused graduation pathway, funded through the Strong Workforce Program Grant and other grant resources.
Create meaningful school/work mentorship connections for real-world work experiences. Create real world campus-based opportunities for work experience with the student apparel store, vending machine projects, opportunities for partnership with off-site college courses delivered by Mendocino College for coursework such as the auto mechanics program and other career oriented projects.
By Fall 2023, update CTE pathway progression and document student participation in the scheduling process through revamped PLP process.
Prepare students to be college and career ready when they leave AVUSD.
Personal Learning Plans: Implement 6 year Personal Learning Plans for each AVJSHS student.
PLP Process occurs twice annually
Beginning with the Fall of 2023, revamp the PLP process at Junior/Senior High to include stable advisory cohorts for Junior High (2 years) and Senior High (4 years) with an on-going cumulative learning document that shows course and pathway progression. In addition, by fall 2023 revamp documentation shared with parents/students to include four year plans/transcript review. Develop a plan for the transition of JH to HS PLP adviser.
PLP Advisors meet with students to work on short and long term goals, prepare digital portfolios, receive additional academic support, and prepare for student-parent-teacher PLP conferences.
Ensure HS Personal Learning Plans and the meetings review four year plans, information on CTE pathways, including how to complete a CTE Pathway, and the courses that meet the a-g requirements. Ensure all students are college and career ready and have a process and plan to achieve their goals.
Include students and parents in the scheduling process with the new PLP form and the transcript review as a part of the PLP.
PLP document updated to show pathway of A-G and CTE completion.
A-G Alignment: Align Career Technical Education and requirements for graduation with A-G courses, giving students increased opportunities to be A-G Completers upon graduation.
College and Career Counseling (Career and College Center): Provide ongoing college and career counseling information and activities for students and parents. Provide resources, presentations and informational sessions to students and families in regards to the UC/CSU A-G requirements, Career Pathways, and scholarship opportunities. Begin student and parent education in the Elementary grades. Create annual career fair.
Careers Course: Provide CCS100, a dual enrollment course, through Mendocino College that prepares students for creating a 10-year plan for high school, post-secondary education and career. This course will be taken during an AVHS student’s sophomore year.
Senior Seminar: Continue to offer the Senior Seminar course that prepares 12th grade students for the successful completion of a capstone Senior Project, assists with college and career support and counseling services, and prepares students for post secondary college and career opportunities.
Activities: During Fall 2023 and beyond, provide College and Career Exploration activities for grades 7-12 (field trips, presentations, speakers)
Advisory: Revamp Advisory Period to focus on PLP relationship and Project Based Learning
Explore with students and families what college and career readiness looks like at the elementary level.
Family education and engagement around :
Attendance
Academic Success
Student behavior
Interest & Career Exploration opportunities