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Build pathways that turn learning into college and career opportunities.
Build pathways that turn learning into college and career opportunities.
Strong early college pathways connect high school coursework, industry credentials, and college credit to students’ goals. Level Up helps schools, colleges, and education partners strengthen those connections through planning, process improvement, and professional learning.
Whether you are developing a new initiative or improving an existing program, we work with your team to identify priorities and create practical plans, resources, and procedures.
Pathway Planning
Pathway Planning
Connect available opportunities to clear programs of study.
Connect available opportunities to clear programs of study.
We help partners examine how dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, industry credentials, and Credit for Prior Learning can support progress toward college certificates and degrees.
Support may include:
Reviewing existing college-credit opportunities and identifying gaps in student access.
Mapping high school coursework and industry credentials to college programs.
Aligning course sequences and schedules with student goals.
Reviewing instructor qualifications and exploring course delivery options.
Developing student outreach, advising, and registration strategies.
Identifying funding options that help reduce student costs.
Possible deliverables: An opportunity analysis, pathway maps, a prioritized implementation plan, an annual planning timeline, or student and family resources.
Who this supports: District leaders, CTE directors, counselors, early college administrators, and college academic leaders.
CPL Implementation
CPL Implementation
Make approved college-credit opportunities easier to navigate.
Make approved college-credit opportunities easier to navigate.
Credit for Prior Learning recognizes learning gained outside traditional college coursework. We help institutions and their partners develop clear processes for identifying opportunities, coordinating reviews, and guiding students through the steps required to receive credit.
Support may include:
Identifying industry credentials for potential college-credit review.
Coordinating faculty and partner input into equivalency review processes.
Clarifying responsibilities for review, approval, verification, and student requests.
Developing procedures, forms, and tracking tools.
Creating student communications and staff guidance.
Planning reporting that helps teams monitor use and identify improvements.
College-credit determinations and awards remain the responsibility of the institution and its authorized faculty and staff.
Possible deliverables: A process review, workflow maps, review templates, credential trackers, student communication materials, or an implementation guide.
Who this supports: College academic leaders, faculty teams, CPL coordinators, records and advising staff, and school partners.
Professional Learning
Professional Learning
Prepare your team to put pathways into practice.
Prepare your team to put pathways into practice.
We design professional learning around your organization’s goals and the responsibilities of the people doing the work. Sessions combine relevant information, guided planning, and resources participants can apply.
Support may include:
Workshops for educators, counselors, administrators, and college partners.
Facilitated planning sessions across schools and colleges.
Training on early college options and credential-based CPL pathways.
Student and family information sessions.
Ongoing advising for implementation teams.
Stakeholder research and assessment to inform planning and improvement.
Possible deliverables: Customized workshops, planning sessions, training materials, implementation tools, stakeholder findings, or evaluation plans.
Who this supports: School and college teams, education organizations, students, and families.
Sample Workshop Topics
Sample Workshop Topics
Workshops combine practical information, guided planning, and resources participants can use. Each session can be customized to your audience, goals, and local school–college partnerships.
Expanding General Education Pathways
Expanding General Education Pathways
Audience: Community college early college administrators, academic deans, and department chairs; high school administrators, counselors, scheduling teams, and curriculum leaders.
Explore how dual and concurrent enrollment can help students make meaningful progress toward college degrees. Participants examine course selection, degree and transfer applicability, scheduling, and student access to identify opportunities for strengthening general education pathways.
Participants leave with: Priorities for expanding access and practical next steps for course planning, scheduling, and student guidance.
Making Informed Early College Choices
Making Informed Early College Choices
Audience: High school students, families, and counselors.
Explore opportunities to earn college credit through dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, AP exams, and approved industry credentials. Participants consider how each option connects to students’ goals, including college certificates, degrees, transfer, and careers. The session addresses costs, readiness, workload, and questions to ask before choosing a pathway.
Participants leave with: A planning checklist and questions to guide conversations with high school counselors and college advisors.
Connecting CTE to College Credit
Connecting CTE to College Credit
Audience: High school and CTED administrators, CTE directors, and program leads; community college occupational deans, department chairs, and program directors.
Explore how high school CTE coursework and industry credentials can connect to college certificates and degrees through dual enrollment and Credit for Prior Learning. Participants examine potential credit connections, college partnerships, and opportunities to strengthen student outreach and advising.
Participants leave with: An initial pathway outline and next steps for confirming credit opportunities with college partners.
How We Work Together
How We Work Together
Understand your starting point. We discuss your goals, review existing practices and resources, and identify the challenge you want to address.
Define the project. Together, we establish deliverables, responsibilities, timelines, and a manageable scope of work.
Develop and implement. We work with your team to create plans and tools, facilitate collaboration, and support agreed-upon implementation activities.
Review and refine. We use feedback and available data to assess progress and recommend adjustments.
Engagements may include a focused project, a workshop or series of sessions, or ongoing implementation advising.
Discuss Your Priorities
Discuss Your Priorities
Planning an early college initiative, strengthening credential pathways, or preparing your team for implementation?
Contact Level Up to discuss your goals and identify a useful starting point.
New consulting engagements available beginning May 2027.
Schedule an Introductory Consultation
Email: megan.garvy@levelup-edupathways.com
Phone: 480.208.2147
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