This document summarizes a White House convening around strengthening school counseling and college advising. It discusses the need to increase college and career readiness, strengthen support for entering students, and create greater student access. Specific strategies mentioned include linking educational systems, redesigning counselors' roles to be more proactive, implementing strategic plans with accountability, and using data collection. It also outlines Mt. San Jacinto College's efforts to engage K-12 students early through activities like dual enrollment, educational planning, and targeting support for specific student populations to improve access, equity and success in college.

1. WHITE HOUSE
CONVENING
November 2-4, 2015 • University of North Florida
MEASUREMENT, MOBILIZATION, MOVING FORWARD
STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COUNSELING AND COLLEGE ADVISING

2. College and Career Readiness…Really!
Educational Mal Practice in Action
Basic Skills
Scorecard
Silo’s
AP/IB
Nationally
& Globally
Competitive
Re-educating
Political Correctness
Elitism
Shared Governance

3. Regional Alignment and Reform

4. Regional Alignment and Reform
Counseling…Serving the “Neglected Majority”
• Envision a New Model
 Access, Equity, & Success
 Scalable Efforts
 Sustainability
• Link Educational Systems
 Unify Federal, State, County, and Local Efforts
 Align Resources
• Redesign the Counselors Role
 Graduation - College and Career Ready
 Reactive - Proactive
 Retraining - Redirecting
• Implementation and Oversight
 Strategic Planning, Marketing, and Communication
 Mentoring
• Data Collection

5. Mobilization Requires a Plan
Increase college and career readiness
Strengthen support for entering students
Create greater student access
 Common Vision
 Shared Resources
 Training & Mentoring
 On-Going Communication
 Accountability
• 2020 Vision
• Student Success
Initiative (SSTF)
• MSJC’s Strategic Plan
• K-12 Common Core
Standards

6. K-12 Early Engagement & Measurement:
Mt. San Jacinto College Transition Counselors Role
K-12 Pre-Enrollment Activities
Matriculation & Counseling
 Application
 Assessment
 Orientation
 Advising
 Career Exploration (challenging)
 Abbreviated Educational Plan
 Long Range Educational Plans
Target Audience
 General Student Population
 Black Students
 Foster Youth
 ESL
 Special Education
 Dependents of Veterans
K-12 College & Ready
Dual Enrollment & Remediation
 Access
 Equity
 Success
 Retention & Persistence
 College Credits awarded
 College Cost Savings
 Successful Transition to
MSJC
 Success at MSJC
 Improved Time To Degree
Completion

7. Equity Effort
Imagine the Hope & Possibilities
MSJCCollegeTransition
Counselors College Access
Remediation
Intervention
Financial
Support
• African American Students
• Foster Youth
• ESL
• Special Education
• Dependents of Veterans
• Pre-Enrollment
Activities
• Dual Enrollment
• Educational Planning
• College Ready
Registration
• Curriculum
Alignment
• Multiple
Measurement?
• Remediation
Planning
• “
• “Race to Submit”
Bridge to MSJC
Special Populations
• AP/IB
• Articulation
• EAP
• ERWC
• FAFSA
Workshops

8. Looking Forward
MSJC Counseling & K-12 Partnerships In Action
A New Foundation of Support
(Access, Equity, & Success)
Common Core
AP & IB/ Dual
Enrollment/
Articulation
(Access)
SAT & ACT
AP
EAP
Accuplacer
Curriculum
Alignment
Multiple
Measurements
(Remediation)
College Transition
Counseling
(Educational
Planning)
College & Career
Ready
College Ready Registration Model
(places students based on college readiness not units completed)
Purposeful & Targeted Efforts