Postsecondary Advising Toolkit
Welcome to Kentucky Advising Academy's Advising Toolkit!
This toolkit is designed to be a resource hub for all advisors in Kentucky. This toolkit includes a comprehensive collection of tools and resources that will help advisors gain a better understanding of foundational elements of effectively advising high school students. In particular, advisors can use the toolkit to gain more insight into topics such as career and academic advising, student development, student belonging, and more. By utilizing the resources in this toolkit, advisors will be able to provide better guidance to their students, helping them to succeed in their academic and professional endeavors.
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How to Navigate the Toolkit
On this page, you will find the list of six topics that the toolkit is organized around. Each topic will provide a brief description, a list of helpful resources, and downloadable Quick Guides that the KAA team has created. The Quick Guide documents include the most important pieces of information, as identified by KAA staff members, that educators need to know when advising students. These resources are curated so they can easily be shared with other practitioners, students, and family members.
KAA Full Set of One-Pagers.pdfAccess all of the Quick Guides here or find them in the main page of each topic. Check out the Table of Contents and Glossary of Terms for additional helpful information.
Help students identify potential career paths, find job opportunities, and gain skills for success.
Explore options after high school, including military, college, and career opportunities. Find additional resources about early postsecondary opportunities, CTE pathways, and college match and fit.
Build students networks and sense of belonging through identity formation activities and find opportunities to strengthen professional and social support networks to help students succeed and achieve their goals.
Support students in their journey to becoming financially literate. Explore various financial aid opportunities to help make college affordable such as grants, scholarships, and other forms of financial assistance.
Find resources on how to reduce summer melt and ensure seamless transitions for students, including summer bridge programs and college orientation information.
Learn more about leveraging data in advising and explore the various data resources to support advising efforts.
Kentucky's Early Postsecondary Opportunities Toolkit contains tools and resources that practitioners across Kentucky can use to gain a better understanding of early postsecondary opportunities.