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Universal Postsecondary Plan for High School Students
Aubrie Tossmann- Umoja Student Development Corporation
Nzinga West- Youth Job Center
Warm Up
Turn to a partner and share answers to the following questions:
What do you need to be "happy"? What steps do you do you need to
take to achieve happiness?
Our PartnershipUmoja Student Development Corporation (Umoja) equips young people to succeed in college and career and confidently claim their future. Umoja currently partners with 13 public high schools across Chicago and provides professional development and curricula with 50+ additional schools, nonprofits and districts across Chicago and beyond.
The Youth Job Center (YJC) has provided job training, career advising and employment support to youth ages 14 to 25. Currently the YJC serves two distinct populations; High school youth ages14 – 18 and out-of-school youth ages 18 – 25.
Vision for YJC and Umoja collaboration: To transform postsecondary preparation in Chicago public
high schools and beyond and prevent ‘opportunity youth’ by building a model for authentic engagement and support of students for both college and career planning and success.
Collecting Our Expertise
Draw your perfect 25 year old.
★ What should they have? ★ What makes them successful?
While engaging with grade-level Seminars, students will complete CPS’s Individual Learning Plan tasks in Naviance including Goal Setting, Career Surveys, College Research and Service Learning.
Students will complete modules to produce important career products including a career profile, visioning, career panels and
interviews
OUR INNOVATION: creating and capturing a highly individualized plan that reflects the experience that a young person wants to have in their life and captures the conversations that a young person has about that plan.
UNIVERSAL CAREER PLAN PORTFOLIOPROCESS. INNOVATION. EQUITY
UNIVERSAL CAREER PLAN PORTFOLIOPROCESS. INNOVATION. EQUITY
UNIVERSAL CAREER PLAN PORTFOLIOPROCESS. INNOVATION. EQUITY
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SENIOR TRANSITION PLAN❑ CONTACT INFORMATION❑ INTERESTS AND GOALS❑ CAREER PLAN❑ EMPLOYMENT: FULL OR PART-TIME POST-GRADUATION
JOB INFORMATION❑ LIFESTYLE: FULL OR PART-TIME POST-GRADUATION JOB
PLAN, POSTSECONDARY BUDGET❑ FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS❑ SOCIAL/LEISURE❑ EDUCATION AND TRAINING: POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
PLANS, FINANCIAL AID, COLLEGE FIT, MILITARY BOUND
CLOSING
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Senior Name: ________________________________________________
Birth Date (mm/dd/yyyy): _____________________
Home Phone: _________________________________ Cell Phone: _________________________________
Professional, NON-CPS Email Address (that you will check often):
_______________________________________________________
Parent/Guardian Name: ____________________________________P/G Phone:
_________________________________
P/G Street Address (include apartment #):________________________________________________________________
City, State: _______________________________________________ Zip Code: ________________________
What is the best way to keep in contact with you? Check two.
❑ Home Phone ❑ Cell ❑ E-mail ❑ Text Messaging ❑ Social Media ❑ LinkedIn
If you would like to be contacted via social media, please write your account name and platform (Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, etc):
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Emergency Contact Name: _________________________________________
Relation: ___________________________________ Phone: __________________________________
Email: ___________________________________________________________
Who is an adult at the school who supports you that want to keep in contact with?
________________________________________
INTERESTS AND GOALS ● What are your 5-year personal goals?
● What are your 5-year professional/educational goals?
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CAREER PLAN
● My top career choice right now is ___________________________________________________________ Note: be specific. Example: if you want to be a doctor, do not list “doctor, list the type of doctor you want to be e.g. dentist, cardiologist, psychiatrist, etc.
● Career’s Annual Income___________________________________________________________
● What are the duties and responsibilities of this career? __________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
● What education or experience do you need to become successful in this career? _____________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
● What are some skills you have or experiences you have had that make this career a good choice for you? _______________________________________________________________________________________________
● What college, trade school or other place would you attend to get the required education, certification and
experience in this field? ___________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
● What are the entrance or admission requirements to this college, school or training opportunity? _______________________________________________________________________________________________
● What would be an alternate to this career?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
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EMPLOYMENT
● What are some of your areas of interest? (check any that apply) ❑Art ❑Science ❑Writing ❑Math ❑Medicine/Health ❑Technology ❑Sports ❑Helping People ❑Being Outdoors ❑Mechanics/How Things Work ❑Public Speaking ❑Politics/Public Service
● What are some of your areas of skill or expertise? (check any that apply)
❑Creativity ❑Organization ❑Problem Solving ❑Critical Thinking ❑Working with hands ❑Leadership ❑Motivation
FULL OR PART-TIME POST-GRADUATION JOB INFORMATION Task Notes Date
Completed Researched Job
Picked up appropriate applications
Application reviewed by an adult
Finalized résumé
Set up interviews to inquire about a job
Spoke with adult in the field for advice/assistance
Job secured
How will you support yourself AND reach your career goal? In the next 90 Days,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
In the next 6 - 12 months,
What do you want to obtain?
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How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
In the next 2-5 Years,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
What volunteer or work experience do you have that has supported your interests or enhanced your skills/expertise?
Volunteer Work/ Work History Organization/Company Description of
Responsibilities Years Involved Hours Per Week/Weeks
Per Year
Please attach your résumé to the back of this packet.
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LIFESTYLE
Where will you live? How will you get around? Or other life necessities/responsibilities.
FULL OR PART-TIME POST GRADUATION JOB PLAN Task Notes Date
Completed Set up bank account
Benefits (health care, retirement, etc) filed/set up
Housing Plan
Researched certification/additional training options
POSTSECONDARY BUDGET Do you plan to live at home?
If you plan to move away, what are your anticipated moving expenses?
Expected monthly income: ___________ Expected Monthly Cost
Rent
Utilities
Transportation (Gas or CTA pass)
Cell Phone
School or work supplies
Food
Entertainment
Personal shopping (clothes, makeup, home items, etc.)
Please attach your draft W-4 Tax document to the back of this packet. In the next 90 Days,
What do you want to obtain?
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How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
In the next 6 - 12 months,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
In the next 2-5 Years,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
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FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS
What relationships do you want to create or maintain?
In the next 90 Days,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
In the next 6 - 12 months,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
In the next 2-5 Years,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
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SOCIAL/LEISURE
What do you need to be "happy"?
In the next 90 Days,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
In the next 6 - 12 months,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
In the next 2-5 Years,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
What education and/or training do you need to obtain your career goal and make a livable
wage?
In the next 90 Days,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
In the next 6 - 12 months,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
In the next 2-5 Years,
What do you want to obtain?
How will you obtain it?
When will you obtain it?
What are some obstacles you might face in reaching this goal? How will you overcome them?
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POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PLANS
Financial Aid Task Notes Date
Completed Completed FAFSA
Received Student Aid Report (SAR) and provided copy
Completed Verification (Copies of Income Tax or W2s requested by school/spec. circumstance)
Received and Reviewed Financial Aid
Award Letter (s) from Colleges/
Universities
Signed, Copied & Returned Financial
Aid Award Letter to the Financial Aid
Office
College/Program Attending (Name and Location): ________________________________________________________
Task Notes Date
Completed Signed & Sent Intent to Enroll Form to Admissions Office
Paid Enrollment Fee
Completed School’s Loan Counseling
Scheduled Orientation Date of Orientation:
Scheduled Placement Exam Date of Placement Exam:
Scheduled Appointment with Academic Advisor to Register for Classes or Registered for Classes
Sent Medical Records to the University, College, or Program
Sent Final Transcript to the University, College or Program
Complete if living on campus Task Notes Date
Completed
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Completed and Returned Housing Contract
Paid Housing Deposit (or Had Housing Deposit Waived or Deferred)
Received Notification of your Dorm
Room Assignment
Filed Roommate Information
Selected Meal Plan: 21 Meals, 15 Meals a week, or other?
Completed Necessary Immunizations
Confirmed transportation to school ❑Airplane ❑Bus ❑Train ❑Car
Confirmed Adult taking student to school
FINANCIAL AID PLAN FOR COLLEGE/PROGRAM OF CHOICE
Financial Aid Accepted Award Amount Renewable (and for how long)
❑YES LENGTH: ❑NO
❑YES LENGTH: ❑NO
❑YES LENGTH: ❑NO
❑YES LENGTH: ❑NO
TOTAL GRANT DOLLARS ACCEPTED:
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COLLEGE FIT BACK UP PLANS
Top 3 Colleges Financial Aid Amounts Offered
Affordable Received Grants Scholarships Work Study
Loans Unmet Need
❑YES ❑NO
❑YES ❑NO
❑YES ❑NO
TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS OFFERED (FROM ALL COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES):
What support do you still think you need to ensure that you make it to your first day of class?—(example: academic, financial aid, employment etc...)? Check all that apply. ❑Contacting me over the summer ❑Securing housing ❑Applying for Financial Aid
❑Traveling to school ❑Securing an Award Letter ❑Securing books/school/dorm supplies Other: _____________________________________________________________________________ Who are the students from your high school or neighborhood you know who are also attending your college? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
If you are not planning to enroll in a college or university immediately after high school, please check which of the following applies: _________ I do not feel academically prepared. _________ I need to help support my family. _________ I do not feel comfortable going right to college. I want to take time off. _________ I do not think college is the right choice for me. I think I will do better by getting a job. _________ I cannot afford college. _________ Other: ______________________________________________________________________
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MILITARY BOUND PLEASE WRITE IN DATES COMPLETED
❑ Reporting to the Military on ______________(date) enlisting in ________________________ (branch)
Task Notes Date Completed
Researched military forces
Researched ROTC options in top colleges
Completed ROTC application for at least two colleges
Spoke with adult in the field advice/assistance
Met with Recruiter
Registered for and completed ASVAB
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The following Umoja and YJC implemented their curricula and use Naviance to facilitate completion of the activities at each grade level.
9th Grade Post-Secondary Curriculum & Activities When Naviance Umoja YJC What would you do?
September ● Create an Academic Goal for the Current School Year
● Letter to My Future Self Lesson Begin: One on One Job Coaching, Career Advising, and Retention/Support Services Begin
October ● Complete Strengths Explorer
● Add Careers to My List
Unit 1: How to Do School Performance Task Students will write, illustrate, and publish the story of their lives leading up to high school using the genre of a children’s storybook.
YJC Work Preparedness Curriculum 1.0 ● Session 1: Introduction ● Session 2: Personal Values ● Session 3: Positive
Communication ● Session 4: Workplace Culture
& Etiquette ● Session 5: Career Interests &
Goals ● Session 6: Career Profile ● Session 7: Module Wrap Up
Supplement: Resume
November
January ● Complete the Academic Goal Mid-Year Survey
● Academic Check-In Lesson Unit 2: College and Career Performance Task In the culminating project, students will communicate a vision of their future selves by writing and performing a double voice poem that describes both their current identity and their future aspirations.
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9th Grade Post-Secondary Curriculum & Activities (con’t’d) When Naviance Umoja YJC What would you do?
February ● Complete Your Service Learning Plans Survey
● Transcript Review
Career Fair: Similar to a College Fair, professionals from various disciplines will be present to share with students their academic and career paths and answer any questions.
March Unit 3: Winning Behaviors Performance Task Students will demonstrate their understanding of the Solutionary problem solving tools they learned throughout the unit by applying them to address the problems of one of three fictitious teen characters.
Summer Hiring Events begin: ● YJC’s Summer Corp, work
experience program ● City of Evanston Mayor’s
Summer Youth Employment Program
● Chicago: 100,000 Opportunities
● Various employers
April
May ● Complete the Academic Goal End-of-Year Survey
Unit 4: Healthy Choices Performance Task The performance task for Healthy Choices requires students to write recipes for getting enough sleep, setting relationship boundaries, reducing stress, and eating nutritious food. Drawing from healthy food guidelines and from their ongoing work building new habits to accomplish our healthy living goals, students create a Healthy Living Book.
June Unit 5: Service Learning
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12th Grade Post-Secondary Curriculum & Activities When Naviance Umoja YJC What would you do?
September ● Create an Academic Goal for the Current School Year
Begin: One on One Job Coaching, Career Advising, and Retention/Support Services Begin
October ● Complete the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) Survey
● Upload Your Updated Personal Statement
Unit 1: How to Do School Performance Task The final outcome of My Legacy, Our Legacy, displays senior pennants, a visual symbol of every senior’s plan after high school. From this display, other students at school will see the graduating class poised to pursue a college degree or take advantage of a career opportunity. The seniors’ pennants will include their college or career choice, a saying that relates to achieving goals, and a symbol to represent their identity. Lastly, a gallery walk celebration and final group legacy activity will push the class to develop a single pennant representative of the class, a symbol of the senior seminar’s legacy as a whole. ● Personal Statement Toolkit
November ● Apply to at Least One College
● Apply for a Scholarship
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12th Grade Post-Secondary Curriculum & Activities (con’t’d)
When Naviance Umoja YJC What would you do?
December ● Complete Your FAFSA Completion Date Survey
January ● Complete the Net Price Calculator Survey
● Complete the Non-Credit Bearing Graduation Requirements Survey
● Complete the Academic Goal Mid-Year Survey
● Transcript Review
February Unit 2: College and Career Performance Task Seniors receive a letter 15 years from now inviting them to present to students at their former high school on Career Day. Students will create a 3-5 minute presentation including a poster board containing a description of career (duties, examples of typical workdays, places of employment, salary, etc.), requirements (education, qualifications, promotions or steps needed to attain this career, etc.), benefits and challenges to this career, opportunities for further advancement in this career.
Career Fair: Similar to a College Fair, professionals from various disciplines will be present to share with students their academic and career paths and answer any questions.
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12th Grade Post-Secondary Curriculum & Activities (con’t’d)
When Naviance Umoja YJC What would you do?
March ● Award Letter Review Meeting with Your Counselor
Summer Hiring Events begin: ● YJC’s Summer Corp, work
experience program ● City of Evanston Mayor’s
Summer Youth Employment Program
● Chicago: 100,000 Opportunities
● Various employers
April If College Going:
- Upload Your College Acceptance Letter
- Upload Your Financial Aid Award Letter
If Military Going:
- Upload Evidence of Military Enlistment
Unit 3: Winning Behaviors Performance Task Students prepare a presentation to showcase their post-secondary decision. Throughout the unit they collected most of the information they’ll need to present, for example, Decision Day-Final Fit Research. This is the students’ chance to share and celebrate their plan for the future. Teachers will plan a Decision Day Celebration for May 1st and students will present a poster display with the informed choice information.
Senior Cohort I All seniors attending senior seminar will participate in Senior Cohort, which will provide them the opportunity to take deeper dives into their career choices, including research, visioning, career panels, and interviews with professionals in their field(s) of choice. YJC Work Preparedness Curriculum 4.0
● Session 1: Introduction ● Session 2: My PSP: Career ● Session 3: My PSP: Education
& Training ● Session 4: My PSP:
Community ● Session 5: My PSP: Finances ● Session 6: Career Manifesto:
Final
May ● Complete the
Academic Goal
● End-of-Year Survey
Unit 4: Healthy Choices
Performance Task
The performance task for Healthy
Choices requires students to
identify 2-3 goal areas to
demonstrate understanding of
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● Complete the CPS
Graduation Survey
postsecondary success and
wellness. Students will select a
genre/medium, gather relevant
resources, and complete My Adult
Toolbox. The purpose of this
project is to produce something
that will be immediately useful to
students after graduation that
emphasizes successful adult living
practices. Throughout the unit,
students learned about a variety of
topics to help them care for
themselves such as how to
communicate effectively, resolve
conflict, handle money and credit,
and general habits of mind, heart,
and body. Students present their
postsecondary toolboxes to the
class and use the warm and cool
protocol to provide feedback to
their peers.
● Session 7: Topics in Workplace Culture & Etiquette
● Session 8: Module Wrap Up Supplement: Resume
June Senior Transition Form Finalized
For more information, contact: Karen Demorest, Executive Director Ted Christians, Chief Executive Officer
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