Students should have multiple opportunities to reflect on their futures and engage in meaningful experiences regarding their postsecondary choices. In addition, families should feel welcome and supported to engage in conversations that foster their children’s success.
Engaging Students & Families
Tool Sets: Engaging Students & Families
Tool Set
Supporting Student Identity
Tool Set A showcases different ways to support students as they integrate their identities into the context of college and career planning.
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Tool Set
Making Postsecondary Plans
Postsecondary planning should begin earlier than senior year. In order to ensure equitable outcomes for all students, postsecondary planning activities should also be adapted to meet students at their current stage of adolescent development as well as addressing their specific needs.
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Tool Set
Organizing School-wide Events
When Counselors involve a broad range of educators to implement school-wide postsecondary events, they leverage the social capital of the school to better serve students.
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Tool Set
Exploring College Affordability
College success is underscored by college affordability. Counselors and other educators should use Tool Set D with students during the college application process.
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