CONEWAGO VALLEY

SCHOOL DISTRICTGUIDANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL

MAY 12, 2014

KEY STAKEHOLDERS NEEDED TO IMPACT ACADEMIC AND

CAREER MATURITY OF ALL STUDENTS AND TO DESIGN A

K-12 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM

Parents/Guardian

Business/

Community Post-Secondary

Educators/Administrators

Students

WHAT DATA COULD WE PROVIDE THAT WOULD BE

HELPFUL IN GUIDING OUR FUTURE GOALS?

Some of the questions asked in the fall:

� What is available for students – guidance issues resources available?

� Attendance data?

� Post HS data: Who went to college/to training?

Who stayed in program?

� How did our HS prepare or fail to prepare students for post high school studies or work?

� Did the students feel that they had the social skills, time management skills, communication skills, writing skills, etc. to be successful?

� What are the demographics we are working with?

� What does our at risk data look like?

� Who is dropping out? Why?

� Graduates- e-mails –What are you doing now?

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURVEY

RESULTS(BASED UPON CVSD PARENT SURVEY)

Students graduating from NOHS are well

prepared for college:

� Strongly Agree = 8.6%

� Agree = 44.9%

� Disagree = 5.2%

� Strongly Disagree = 0.4%

� Don’t Know = 41%

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURVEY RESULTS(BASED UPON CVSD PARENT SURVEY)

Students graduating from NOHS are well

prepared to enter the workforce:

� Strongly Agree = 8.2%

� Agree = 46.7%

� Disagree = 4.8%

� Strongly Disagree = 0.7%

� Don’t Know = 39.7%

# OF COMPUTERS IN STUDENT

HOMES(BASED UPON CVSD PARENT SURVEY)

No computer in the home =

5%

At least 1 computer in the

home = 95%

1 computer in the home 36 %

2 computers in the home 35 %

3 computers in the home 16 %

4 computers in the home 7 %

5 or more computers in the home 5 %

DEMOGRAPHICS CVSD

Total enrollment = 3875

Male 1958 Female 1917

� 37.2% are economically disadvantaged

� .054%American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.08%

� 1.91% Black or African American,

� .32% Asian

� 12.17% Hispanic

� .05 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not hispanic

� 1.26% Multi-racial

� 84.01% White

� 2.94% Gifted

� Currently we have 14 different languages spoken by our student population (ELL - .

� 11% of our students have a language other than English spoken at home.

(October Pennsylvania Information System (PIMS)

ATTENDANCE RATES

2012 - 2013

Building Rate

NOHS 93

NOMS 95

CVIS 96

NOE 96

CTE 96

TRANSIENT EFFECT

High School New Students Withdrawals

2012/2013 136 137

2011/2012 118 184

2010/2011 140 146

2009/2010 156 189

NOMS New Students Withdrawals

2012/2013 68 54

2011/2012 49 52

2010/2011 69 47

2009/2010 54 68

TRANSIENT EFFECT

CVIS New Students Withdrawals

2012/2013 103 95

2011/2012 68 69

2010/2011 98 86

2009/2010 97 62

CTE New Students Withdrawals

2012/2013 74 90

2011/2012 117 102

2010/2011 72 72

2009/2010 97 99

TRANSIENT EFFECT

NOE New Students Withdrawals

2012/2013 69 65

2011/2012 64 61

2010/2011 84 64

2009/2010 71 69

DROP OUT DATA

GRADUATION RATE CALCULATION IS AS

FOLLOWS…….

# of students entering 9th grade + entries –

withdraws

= cohort (graduating class)

then # of students who graduate / cohort

= graduation rate

GRADUATION RATE

(EARN DIPLOMA WITHIN 4 YEARS)

90.32 % (2010-2011)

91.04 % (2011-2012)

90.55 % (2012-2013)

3 YEAR AVERAGE POST SECONDARY

ATTENDANCE RATES

Overall 76%

4 Year college 39%

2 Year / Trade / Tech 32%

Military 6%

Apprenticeship 1%

Work 23%

MOST POPULAR SCHOOLS FOR NOHS STUDENTS TO

ATTEND (BASED UPON 2012/2013 NOHS GUIDANCE)

School Name # of students who chose to

attend this school

HACC 44

York College 14

PSU Mont Alto 6

PSU 6

Shippensburg University 6

Bloomsburg University 5

Antonelli Institute 4

Pennsylvania College of

Technology

4

Stevenson University 4

YTI 3

West Chester University 3

Pittsburg Technical Institute 3

MOST NOHS STUDENTS GO TO SCHOOLS WITHIN A 200

MILE RADIUS

NOHS STUDENTS SEND THEIR

TRANSCRIPTS TO……

DOMAINS

� Career - The Career Development Domain addresses the investigation of careers, strategies for career success, and the relationship between personal qualities, education, and work. PA has developed and adopted the PA Academic Standards for Career Education and Work, which define career development by addressing career awareness and planning, job acquisition, job retention, and entrepreneurship.

� Academic - The Academic Development Domain addresses skills for learning, skills for school success, and skills for life success.

� Personal/Social- The Personal/Social Developmental Domain addresses the respect for self and others, goal setting attainment skills, and survival and safety skills.

ASCA National Standards (Campbell and Dahir, 1997)

NOE

2014 CAREER

DAYWhat I want to be when I grow

up…….

Service

Helping

Undecided

Agriculture

Medical

Technical Creati

ve A

rts

Sports

Labor

Business

Educators

CTE

2014

ENTREPRENEUR

DAY

A look at our local businesses

CONEWAGO VALLEY INTERMEDIATE

SCHOOL

GRADES 4, 5, & 6

Career Exploration

GRADE 4

� One lesson per cycle - entire school year

� 7 lessons devoted to Career Exploration

� Goal #1: To increase awareness of self interests

and talents

� Goal #2: To expose students to vocational

choices

GRADE 4 LESSONS

� Job awareness

� Self-knowledge

� Career clusters

� Budgeting/Finances

� Work environment

� Vocational exploration

� Cumulating project (career brochure)

GRADE 5

� Career Day

� Goal #1: To identify careers of interest

� Goal #2: To be exposed to two careers through

presentations

GRADE 5

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

� One lesson per cycle - entire school year

� Lessons based on the Junior Achievement

BizTown curriculum

� Entire curriculum is correlated to PA state

standards in English/Language Arts, Math, and

Career Education & Work

� Goal #1: To expose and provide opportunities for

application of work-readiness, citizenship,

entrepreneurship, and financial literacy skills.

� Goal #2: To use critical thinking skills to

enhance understanding of economic concepts and

free enterprise.

NOMS-GRADE 7

Young Men’s/Women’s Leadership Conference

• Positive Choices

• Goal Setting

• Community Leaders

Hot Topic Lessons

• Soft Skills

NOMS- GRADE 8

Education Planner/O’Net Online

• Holland Interest Inventory

• Career Cluster

• My Planner-Academic Career Plan

Tech Prep Presentations

• Diesel Mechanics

• Culinary Arts

• Criminal Justice

• Allied Health

NOHS CAREER

� Grade 9 – Students complete a career research paper along with completing a Holland based interest inventory. Guidance works with the English Department. (Guidance Interview)

� Grade 10 – Students attend a Career Fair at Gettysburg College sponsored by the Adams County in March. Students choose three different speakers to attend. (Guidance Interview)

� Grade 11 – Students are required to complete an on-site Career Shadowing experience through their English class. (Guidance Interview)

� Grade 12 – Students attend senior interview in Guidance. Seniors and parents have the opportunity to attend 3 presentations (Senior/Parents, FAFSA, Practical Financial Aid)

JOB SHADOWING

Successfully Completed Percentage Strongly Agree

Found Career Shadowing

helpful

65%

Experience confirmed career

choice is a fit

36%

Experience confirmed career

choice is NOT a fit

50%

Experience made me consider

other career choices

16%

Found easy to locate and

schedule experience in New

Oxford Area

51%

GRADUATION PROJECT

• Graduation Project Points (current Class of 2014

through Class of 2016)

• Career Portfolios (current Class of 2017 and

beyond)• Learn workforce skills (resume and cover letter writing,

interview skills, time management, etc.)

• Begins in intermediate grades

• Goal of Career Portfolio – to have something that

can be used when entering the workforce

immediately after school or after post-secondary

education.

FUTURE MEETINGS

October 20, 2014May 11, 2015