Does your school struggle to define the role of school counselors within your academy? This session provides details on what counselors need to know about the NAF model and how it relates to their daily work. Learn about developmental guidance with a focus on how to connect career counseling with work-based learning. Hear from fellow counselors across the country on how to support students in college and career readiness. This session is crucial for all counselors and school leaders! Presenter: Maria Alutto, Paxton/Patterson

1. School Counselors:
Change Agents for College and Career Readiness
Maria Alutto
Educational Consultant, Paxton/Patterson

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Welcome School Counselors!
 Agenda
KWL (Know – Want to know – Learn)
Teach us about your school & the role counselors play
Academy Development: Personalized Environment
Think, Group, Share
Work-based Learning: Provides a WBL Plan
Defining Format
Video: The Internship
Work-based Learning: Students’ Career Goals
Taxonomy
KWL (Know – Want to know – Learn)
What 2 ideas will I bring back to my school?

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KWL Know – Want to know - Learn
KNOW WANT TO KNOW LEARN
Share out:
What is your
role within
your
academy?
Objective:
What would
you like to
learn more
about during
this session?
NAF Next in
general?

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American School Counseling Association (ASCA):
National Model, School Counseling
• Academic
• Personal/Social
• College/Career Domain
Where do we spend the majority of our time?
How can we become better equipped to prepare
students for college & CAREER success?

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Academic Support & Scheduling
NAF ACADEMY ASSESSMENT
Element 1. Academy Development and Structure
Standard 2. Personalized Environment
Strategic Actions
a. Academy students are scheduled as a group into NAF theme courses as well as in two or more core
academic courses such as language arts, math, science, or social studies.
b. A 3- to 4-year academy serves as the organizational structure in a four-year high school program of study.
By design, it links core courses with technical content at each grade level, with a minimum of 4 NAF courses.
c. There is a weekly common planning time or other formal collaboration time for the academy team of more
than three staff members, so that integrated learning, student supports and individualized student
assessment can occur across disciplines and grade levels.
d. All academy students receive career-themed guidance on college exploration and college choices based on
their individual interests

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Personalized Environment
Think – Group – Share
Group 1: Cohort scheduling, approaches/solution
Group 2: POS Alignment, core & technical
Group 3: Individual Student Supports
Group 4: Weekly common planning time
Group 5: Career-theme guidance, college exploration
COUNT OFF!

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Academic Support & Scheduling
School Counselors help students by:
•Developing a high school educational plan and annually reviewing it.
•Assisting students in developing and implementing post-secondary
educational and career plans.
•Promoting positive youth development through individual, group, and
classroom guidance and counseling.
•Providing student support services to remove barriers to academic, social,
and emotional success.
School Counselors assist school staff by:
•Providing students with academic support and learning style assessment to
help students academically.
•Identifying at-risk students and implementing interventions to enhance
success.
•Developing portfolios, providing recommendations, and assisting students in
school-to-work transition.
•Conducting classroom guidance lessons on post-secondary preparation, study
skills and career development.
School Counselors help families by:
•Encouraging and supporting active parental involvement in the planning of
student programming.
•Providing advocacy and assistance in communication with academic
teaching and administrative staff and organizing of parent teacher
conferences.
•Conducting college, career, financial aid and scholarship information
sessions for families.
•Assisting in the school to work / college transition and preparation.
School Counselors assist the community by:
• Assisting in referrals to community resources, services, and outside agencies.
•Seeking partnerships with colleges and community businesses for the
purpose of providing opportunities outside of school for students.
•Identifying appropriate job shadowing, work-based learning, part-time and
summer jobs, and internships / co-ops.
•Working with post-secondary institutions in identifying potential students,
and providing adequate support for students in college application process
and transition to college.

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CASN, Resources
College & Career Academy Support Network
• Website: http://casn.berkeley.edu/resources.php
• Resources include:
 Planning Guide for Career Academies
 Developing POS
 Scheduling Guide, SLC & CA
 Step by Step guidelines for building the schedule
 Many more…

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Work-Based Learning, Support
NAF ACADEMY ASSESSMENT
Element 4. Work Based Learning
Standard 1. Provides a WBL Program - All students complete a sequenced
set of work-based learning experiences as defined by the Internship Gold Standards.
Strategic Actions
a. A three- to four-year series of coordinated and sequenced work-based learning
experiences that could include job shadowing, professional dress opportunities, career
fairs, and interview forums guarantee that students are provided with learning
opportunities that build in sophistication, duration, and intensity and ultimately prepare
them for compensated internships.
b. Academy work-based learning experiences reinforce NAF and core curricula and
emphasize the 21st Century skills needed for future success in college and the
workforce, including creativity, problem solving, communication, collaboration, and
critical thinking
c. A continuous evaluation process is in place to assess the effectiveness of the work-based
learning program and to plan for future refinement and implementation.

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Work-Based Learning Support
 Defining Format Activity
o Worksheet to be completed within your group
o This activity is designed to allow greater understanding
of new terms/ideas and construct and communicate the
meaning in a way that participants can relate to and
become more familiar with.
TERM CATEGORY CHARACTERISTICS
An Academy Assessment An evaluation method Evaluates and measures
the extent to which an
academy meets NAF
standards in 4 major
categories.

11. Term Category Characteristics
Job Shadow Professional Experience An introductory professional experience, typically taking
place in a single day with students of earlier developmental
levels.
Internship Professional Experience A culminating WBL experienced, sequenced appropriately
based on students’ aptitudes and interests as well as
successful completion of previous WBL experiences.
Compensation Professional Experience Professional experiences may be compensated for with
money, scholarships, stipends, academic credits, service
learning hours, gifts or other means of ‘payment’.
WBL Plan Curriculum Series of coordinated and sequenced experiences including
activities with career awareness, exploration and
preparedness building in sophistication, duration and
intensity.
21st Century Skills Curriculum Team work, effective communication, initiative, problem
solving, self-direction, career development
Evaluation Program Supports Ensuring programmatic effectiveness through data collection
and self-report measures by all stakeholders
College/Career Path Developmental Guidance,
Academic & Career Domain
Academic & Career focused curriculum delivered by School
Counselor, follow-up with individuals on case load
Work-Based Learning, Support

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What Has To Happen To
Improve Student Learning?

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www.naf.org
Search:
Guide to Work-
Based Learning
Or
http://naf.org/se
arch/node/Guide
%20to%20Work
%20Based%20Le
arning
All tools are
linked within the
Guide
NAF Guide to Work-Based Learning

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Video: The Internship

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Work-Based Learning, Support
NAF ACADEMY ASSESSMENT
Element 4. Work Based Learning
Standard 3. Students' Career Goals - Students, teaching staff and internship providers collaborate to support
the student's career goals.
Strategic Actions
a. Internship experiences are linked to students' future career goals in order to make learning more engaging
and relevant.
b. Written, individualized student learning and college/career plans allow for differentiated skills levels, and
alignment with student interests, personalized internship experiences and targeted debriefing, reflection and
evaluation.

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College and Career Readiness
• Taxonomy Activity
How many terms in the college and
career readiness category can you come
up with at your table?
1. For 2 minutes work alone
2. Then share out to complete the chart
Who will have the most?
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How do we get started?
 Individual Learning Plans
 Career Goals
 Programs of study (course sequence)
 Interest inventories
 Postsecondary plans
 Work-based learning experiences
 Resumes
 Test Scores
The Career Pathways Effect, Career Guidance & Counseling
Reference: (Ch. 12)
American School Counseling Association
(ASCA):
National Model, School Counseling

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KWL Know – Want to know - Learn
KNOW WANT TO KNOW LEARN
Outcome: What
did you learn
during this
session that
you will take
back to your
school?

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Let’s change the conversation…
Maria@paxpat.com
Educational Consultant, Paxton/Patterson