College and Career Resources

Things to do for the college application process

• • • Use this month by month timeline to help keep you on track

    • Review the Letter of Recommendation Process

    • Review the College Application Flowchart (UC, CSU, Common Apps and Directly to a school)

    • Attend:

      • • Watch Senior Classroom Presentation (to be updated soon)

        • Parents & Students attend Senior Information Night (to be updated soon)

        • Stay tuned for Ventura College Information Sessions for application, portal, and enrollment help (December)

        • Attend a College Presentations/Visits

        • Attend Financial Aid Nights

        • Attend Cash for College Workshops at Ventura College 

        • Attend a College Fair (see the calendar on the home page)

    • Helpful Handouts:

      • Review your Comparison Chart of College and Post-Secondary Options 

      • Master Checklist for application process

      • Review 30 ways to reduce college costs

Other Things to do:

• • Finish your community service

  • Apply for scholarships

Classroom Sessions Presentations: Career, College, My Ten Year Plan & Resume College Portion of Presentation

Session Handouts:

• • • Comparison Chart of College and Post-Secondary Options for juniors (upload to naviance)

    • Schools I am considering applying to chart (upload to naviance)

    • 30 ways to reduce college costs

    • Letter of Recommendation Process

    • Projected Careers Spreadsheet

  • Tasks done in class sessions:

    • Research high-demand/higher-wage careers  

    • Determine appropriate post-secondary options/pathways & Learn about college access and affordability

      • Update Comparison Chart of College and Post-Secondary Options 

      • Start your Schools I am considering applying to chart 

      • Add Colleges to your favorites in californiacolleges.edu

    • Update 10-year Life Plan (update in my10yearplan.com)

    • Draft/Update a Resume 

    • Draft an essay for college, scholarships, or a program in which you are interested

    • If you will need a recommendation, start completing your Brag Sheets

      • Teacher Brag Sheet

      • Counselor Brag Sheet

• Other Things to do:

  • Parents attend Junior Parent Information Presentation

  • Attend registration presentation (counselors come to the classroom)

  • Update your 4-year FTHS course plan 

  • College

    • Attend College Presentations/Visits

    • Attend a College Fair

    • Prepare for and take appropriate tests (SAT, ACT, PSAT (October) and/or AP in May)

    • Check if you are on track to complete your A-G requirements

  • Attend Career Speakers (Career day or during the year)

  • Work on your community service

  • Do a scholarship search

• Classroom Sessions Presentations: Career, College, My Ten Year Plan and Resume

  • Handouts: Reflection Page & 30 Ways to Reduce College Costs

  • Tasks done in class sessions:

    • Research high-demand/higher-wage careers

    • Update 10-year Life Plan (update in my10yearplan.com)

    • Draft a Resume 

    • Envision a productive future through autobiographical writing (English class assignment)

• Other Things to do:

  • Attend registration presentation (counselors come to the classroom)

  • Update your 4 year FTHS course plan 

  • Create a personal webpage to highlight your work (done in some History/English Classes)

  • College

    • Attend College Presentations/Visits

    • Add Colleges to your favorites in californiacolleges.edu

    • Attend a College Fair

    • Take Practice SAT/ACT Tests

      • PSAT (sign-up in August at the Student Store and take at school)

      • PLAN

  • Attend Career Speakers (Career day or during the year)

  • Work on your community service

Tasks done in the College & Career Seminar (CCS) Course 

• • • Intro to CaliforniaColleges.edu

    • 4 year FTHS course plan 

    • My Ten Year Life Plan (done in College/Career Seminar)

    • Resume

    • Interview preparation

    • Vocabulary--workplace

    • Financial literacy

    • Exploring Yourself

      • Boeing Work Styles survey

      • Strengths Explorer 

      • Career Interest Profiler 

      • Career Cluster Finder 

      • Add Career Clusters and Careers to your list 

    • College

      • Learn A-G requirements

      • College Research and information on different options 

      • Add to your "favorites" College list 

      • Test Preparation (SAT/ACT Question of the Day practice)

      • Vocabulary--college admissions

      • Vocabulary--financial aid

Other Things to do:

• • Parents attend 9th grade information night

  • Students attend registration presentation (counselors come to the classroom)

  • Students attend special program information sessions (Bioscience, Dtech, Journalism, ASB, AVID, etc.)

  • Attend College presentations/visits held in the media center

  • Attend Career Speakers during the year or on career day

  • Start your community service