SYSTEMATIC COUNSELING SERVICES, PLACEMENT, AND FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURES SHOULD BE USED.

​​​​​​​5.1 PRE-ADMISSION PROGRAM ADVISEMENT    

Prior to program admission, a student should be counseled regarding automotive careers.                                                            

A. Describe how students are advised on truck career opportunities and career exploration activities prior to program admission. Highlight access to the career process and student services available, as cited in catalog or other materials.

School counselors visit all Freshman and Sophomore classrooms and deliver a curriculum about college and career planning.  Sample educational plans are shared with students based on educational and career interests.  An internet-based college and career planning tool, called Naviance, is introduced to all students.  Freshman complete the Career Interest Inventory and Sophomores complete the Strengths Explorer survey.  Both surveys are found in Naviance.  Naviance houses career information about automotive including required interest, skills, education, job requirements, salary and different automotive paths. Individual career counseling services are available to all students annually to review educational and career interests.

5.2 PLACEMENT 

A student placement process should be used to assist students in obtaining employment in industry, related to their training.

A. ​​​​​​​Describe the placement process used to assist students obtain employment or work-based learning in the industry. Link any documentation

  This service is offered informally through relationships built between school personnel, students and local employers.  Our ASE Advisory Committee is     one place where these relationships are built.  Through this committee, we conduct annual mock interviews to prepare the students for employment          opportunities.  

  ASE Committee Interviews - Autos III students 

  Students are given the opportunity to earn ASE Entry level certifications, professional certifications, and all data certifications to make them more                     marketable in the industry.  All certifications are listed on their transcripts.  See sample transcript.

5.3 ANNUAL GRADUATE FOLLOW-UP

A follow-up system should be used to determine graduates' employment location and for feedback regarding the efficiency, effectiveness, and appropriateness of training.  The follow-up procedure should be designed to assure feedback regarding needed additions to or deletions from the training program including instruction, tools, and equipment. Follow-up of graduates employed outside of the automobile industry should indicate reasons for non-automobile service employment.  When applicable, this information should be used to modify the training quality and/or content.

​​​​​​​ A. Describe annual formal follow-up system used to determine graduates' employment or continuing education.

     Feedback is reported as an agenda item at our Advisory Committee meetings.  The purpose of soliciting feedback is to improve our training methods       and curriculum.  One example of was the acquisition of a thermal camera to be used to diagnose multiple automotive systems.  We were given a                demonstration by a Service Advisor from St. Charles Toyota, brands were recommended for the classroom.  A purchase request was made and                  approved.  

B.  Link the annual follow-up procedure/survey used to obtain the graduates assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of their training.

       STCE ASE Graduated Student Surveys and Results 

C. Show how the follow-up procedure/survey provides feedback needed for additions or deletions to the training in the following areas.

St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 routinely goes through a CAI process in which current instruction is analyzed, resources are      evaluated including survey data and results, and necessary revisions and/or changes are made to instructional programs.  "The Department of Curriculum members lead teams of teachers through the curriculum design and development process as well as identifies supporting resources in all subject areas when going through the curriculum-mapping/development process.  The District 303 curriculum process is multi-step, ongoing, and cyclical process.  Our purpose is to ensure that all students in D303 receive a valid and reliable curriculum that contributes towards their personal and academic learning and development, while supporting access to innovative learning experiences."  

In addition to the CAI process, the CAI Team, comprised of District Level Administration, Building Level Administrators, and Classroom Teachers         review and utilize survey data from graduates of St. Charles East and particularly those students who participated in the autos program during their tenure at East High School.   

1.instruction 

St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 as part of the CAI profess works hand-in-hand with teachers to elicit feedback from teachers and draw      on their professional expertise as it pertains to instructional best practices in their respective disciplines.  The auto courses are no different.   Currently     we are not in a curriculum review process with autos, however, when we get to this point, we certainly will work closely with our two autos teachers.  

2. program/skills learned

St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 as part of the CAI profess works hand-in-hand with teachers to elicit feedback from teachers and       draw on their professional expertise as it pertains to instructional best practices in their respective disciplines.  The auto courses is not different.  Currently we are not in a curriculum review process with autos, however, when we get to this point, we certainly will work closely with our two                         autos teachers.  

3. tools and equipment

District 303 goes through a yearly budgetary process where instructional programs are analyzed and feedback provided by the Principal and     Assistant Principal for Instructional Programs to ensure that teachers have the needed instructional resources that aligns to the learning      standards that they need as well as additional resources included, but not limited to tools, equipment, service publications, and/or additional     resources that may be needed to support individual classes/programs.  This would include the automotive program.  Dr. Monica Boehle,                      District 303 Associate Director of Curriculum 9-12, has been critical in supporting the Autos Program at both St. Charles East and North High                  Schools in her role.  She proactively networks with community businesses/leaders and provides resource support for professional learning and     tools/equipment in order to ensure autos classes are appropriately equipped. 

   District 303, and more specifically, St. Charles East High School utilizes student survey data to make informed decisions with regards to the           curriculum and what tools and equipment are needed in order to ensure that it's autos program/courses remain current in the 21st Century.    

D. Show how the follow-up procedure/survey provides information from program graduates who are employed outside of the truck industry.

    STCE ASE Graduated Student Surveys and Results 

Survey results indicate whether or not students decide to pursue studies post-high school outside of the autos industry.  If they choose to pursue          something outside of this industry, not all students indicate what their post-secondary plan is.  Whether students indicate what their plan is or not, our  survey does not account for a way for us to follow up further with them and track this data.    

E. Describe how information from the follow-up procedure/survey is used to modify the training program.

          The ability to use the information from the Graduate Student survey depends on the response rate to the survey.  The number of graduates responding   fluctuates.  We continue to consider the best approach to graduated students.  Student records (i.e. email and physical addresses) are not updated                after graduation.