Increasing Awareness, Access & Success for College Readiness

Tyler Dixon, Emmanuel Patiño, Anamaria Rosales, Jonathan Senecal & Andre Wallace

teamASAP Captains

Beth A. AreyCollege & Career Coordinator

Amber Bolden GreerProfessional School Counselor

Dale G. LeibforthMathematics Teacher/Instructional CoachAP Recruitment & Retention Coordinator

Evanston Township High School District #202 - Evanston, IL

ETHS School Profile September, 2013

Total Enrollment: 3,120

Low-Income: 41.4%

Asian: 3.9%Black or African American: 30.9%Hispanic/Latino: 16.6%Two or more races: 4.8%White: 43.4%

College Bound (Class of 2012): 72%2 Year Colleges: 16%4 Year Colleges: 55%

High School & Post-High School

Objectives:•To provide overview of counseling curriculum•To offer examples of collaboration within ETHS to develop effective student-centered programming•To provide an opportunity for colleagues to reflect on current curriculum, programming, practices and how student needs are being met

Counseling Staff

Major Opportunities to Focus on Access

• Freshman Transition

• Junior Post-Secondary Planning

How do we support freshmen transition?•Access ETHS•Freshman Orientation•Freshman Advisory Study Hall Program•Introduction to High School Seminar•Individual Freshman Conferences•Course Selection Group Sessions

• 1 credit summer course

•Activities and skills based learning

•Collaborative

Access ETHS Overview

Access ETHS Goals• Acquire test-taking, note-taking, research and

organizational skills• Gain an awareness of resources, supports and

skills necessary for a successful transition to high school

• Become familiar with ETHS culture, procedures, building and campus

• Develop a high school success plan with short & long-term goals

• Build community among the class

Freshman Orientation

• Approximately two hours

• Begins with a brief welcome session in the auditorium

• Concludes with freshmen and their parents/guardians exploring the high school

Freshman Advisory Study Hall Program

*Students’ Six: Six Teaching Strategies that Work for Students of Color, Greg Meyer: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Chapel Hill, NC

FASH Programming withSpecific Outcomes

• Community Building– Social/Emotional: Students will

learn to communicate effectively

• Academic Supports– Academic and Social/Emotional:

Students will know where the various supports, beyond class are located and when they are offered

– Students will understand the process of taking advantage of supports offered

– Students will become better self-advocates when seeking out supports

• What is your GPA?

• Understanding your Transcript

• Introduction to Naviance– College/Career: Students will receive

additional college information– Students will receive additional career

and vocational information– Students will more fully utilize Naviance

during their freshman year

• Check-ins

– Student/counselor relationship building

Introduction to High School Seminar

• Small group sessions • Discussion of graduation requirements• Overview of four-year plan• Present scenarios highlighting the significance

of grades and accessing supports• Encouragement of extracurricular

involvement

Individual Freshman Conferences

• Progress update• Review of interim grades and four-year plan• Discussion of possible interventions• Check-in of extracurricular involvement

Course Selection Group Sessions

• December– Course information days

• January– Small group information sessions– Student submission of course requests

Junior Post-Secondary Planning Conferences• Scheduled for each student;

parents are invited

• December 1st - April 30th

• Discussion– Current plan– Colleges– Major/career interest– Graduation plan– Grades/GPA/Rigor of

curriculum– Test scores

• Action Plan– Create a list of schools – Define wants– Determine needs– Use Naviance and other

search engines– Refine list– Visit schools– FAFSA/Fin Aid/Scholarships– Compile

activities/awards/accomplishments

– Q & A

A Paradigm Shift:

College Eligible vs. College Ready

Admission vs. Graduation

It’s never too early!• PreK-16 partnerships

• Goals• Academics• Careers• Campus exposure• Financial aid• Transition

• School-wide/city-wide coordination

Traditional College Readiness Predictors Grades

Achievement Tests

College Matriculation PredictorsApplication Completion

FAFSA CompletionSecondary Course Placement

Post-Secondary Course PlacementCollege Matching (or fit)

Where can improvements be made?Students PeoplePre-High School Local PartnershipsTeen Parents Engaging FamiliesStudent-Athletes Academic DepartmentsCommunity College Advising Minority Advising GroupsSpecial Education

Programs PromotionsFinancial Aid Education General School EventsCollege Representative Visits Athletic EventsCollege Campus Tours Fine Arts EventsStandardized Test Score Interpretation Media/Communications

Deliberate: adj. intentional.

Strategy: n. a plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.

College Success ResearchHargrove, L., Godin, D., & Dodd, B. (2007) College Outcomes and the AP Experience: Does the AP Grade “2” Matter? Paper presentation at American Educational Research Association, April 2007, Chicago, IL.

Keng, L., & Dodd, B. (2007) An Investigation of College Performance of AP and Non-AP Student Groups. Paper presentation at American Educational Research Association, April 2007, Chicago, IL.

Bowen, W.G., Chignos, & M.M., McPherson, M.S. (2009) Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

College Success Research Outcomes

• An AP exam score of 2 correlates with better college performance than students who did not take an AP course or took the course and skipped the exam.

• An AP exam score of 2 had higher four-year graduation rates than AP courses alone, and other non-AP courses.

• AP students had higher first-year and fourth-year GPAs than those who did not take AP courses in high school.

Historical Performance on AP Exams

2012-131927 Exams

850 Students

2013-14948 Students

Enrollment in Advanced Placement• Enrollment

290 in 1995 948 in 2014• Percentage in grades 11/12

40% in 2006 68% in 2014• Percentage change for Black, Latino and White

Black: 13% in 2007 38% in 2014Latino: 22% in 2007 58% in 2014White: 61% in 2007 82% in 2014

Number of Graduates in One or More AP Courses

2012 2013 2014Black 79 94 102Latino 48 52 74White 282 292 278Total 437 497 506

506 out of 693 = 73%

Percent of GraduatesOne or More

AP Course

ETHS Total Number of AP Scores Grade 3 or Higher

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

1027 1008 1253 1293

65% in 2011 67% in 2013

Percent of Students Proficient(3 or higher)on AP Exams

Restructuring of Freshman YearEarned Honors Humanities 2011-2012

(English/History & Social Sciences)

Earned Honors Biology 2012-2013

Pathways to Advanced PlacementAwareness, Access & Success Work

• Restructuring of Freshman Year – Earned Honors

• Increasing Access & Success in AP Committee

• Pathways to AP Forum/Pathways Documents

• 27 AP Classes in 6 Departments

• Adding new AP courses

FORUM

ETHS Advanced Placement Classes 2013-2014(27 Total Classes in Six Different Departments)EnglishLanguage and CompositionLiterature and Composition

Fine ArtsArt HistoryPortfolio/StudioMusic Theory

History & Social SciencesEuropean HistoryPsychologyUnited States History MathematicsCalculus ABCalculus BCMV Calculus/Linear AlgebraComputer ScienceStatistics

ScienceBiologyChemistry3 Chemistry/Physics4 Chemistry/PhysicsEnvironmental SciencePhysics B (Physics 1 & Physics 2)Physics C World Languages5 French4 GermanLatin4 Spanish Heritage Literature & Language4 Spanish Literature & Language5 Spanish Literature & LanguageAdvanced Spanish Language

Career & Technical EducationGovernment & Politics: United States

• Monthly Meetings

• Mentoring

• Tutoring

• Inform, Inspire & Encourage

• Leadership

• Story Videos

• Fish Bowl

team Access & Success in Advanced Placement

team Access & Success in Advanced PlacementYear 3

1 Recruitment and Support

Students

2 Recruitment

Events

3 Recruitment & Support

Technology

4 Recruitment

Structural

5 RecruitmentDesign Team

6 Support

Workshops

7 Recruitment & Support

Parents

8 Support Teachers

9 Support

Relax & Party

10 Recruitment & Support

Collaboration

11 Recruitment & SupportFundraising/Community

Service

12SupportsAthletics

Peer One-on-One TutoringTutoring Within Classrooms

Tutoring Within Larger Groups

MentorsWildkit Academy

Biology APSophomore English

Junior English APAB Calculus AP

Homework CenterStudy Groups

teamASAP Monthly Meetings

Pathways to AP Forum 12/11

AP Winter Combine 1/25AP Spring Training 3/8

AP Summer Camps AugustWildkit Academy Sessions

Review SessionsMock AP Exams

Boltwood Cafe Present to Freshman

E-Ban Parents MeetingLatino Advisory Committee

MeetingParents Engaged MeetingFreshman Advisory Study

HallsConference Presentations

AM AP SupportsDanceMovies

AP PartyPetting Zoo

FacebookTwitter

VineInstagram

teamASAP Support WebsiteAP Testimonials

Videos/You TubeGoogle +

Upload Notes from ClassETHS AnnouncementsAP Review Websites

FASH VideosAnnouncement Videos

Administrative Conversations

Adding AP CoursesData Study

Serve on Increasing Access & Success in Advanced

Placement CommitteePresent to Building Leadership Team

Present to All Staff

BiographiesI AM Poems

H-Hall Bulletin BoardT-Shirts & Gear

PostersBannersPencils

Time Management (5-Minute Timer)

College Application ProcessCollege Scholarship ProcessBecoming a College Reader

& WriterParent Workshops

PUT IN OTHER CATEGORY

Share StoriesStress/Workload

Assessment RetakesTogether Educator And

MentorAKA AP Buddies

PUT IN OTHER CATEGORY

Student AmbassadorsParent Ambassadors

Latino QuestMinority Student Achievement

NetworkStudents Organized Against

RacismNAACP

Community Service ClubETHS Grads Who Teach at ETHS

STAEAVID

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Project ExciteSummer Geometry

Northwestern UniversityParent Communication

AP Review BooksAP Test Pencils

Fundraising SalesGrants

AP Exam Success Incentives

Athlete's Sub ClubWomen & STEM in Sub

Club

Sunshine Caroline V. Caroline V. (Facebook) Kevin Sunshine Caroline V. Sunshine Sunshine Rebecca C. Oli J.

Rebecca C. Brittanie G. (E-Ban) Brittanie G. (Instagram) Ben F. Sarah W. Nick M. Olivia W. Rebecca C. Nick M. Ben F. Sunshine Nick M. (Face/Twitt) Nick M. Nick M. Elliot G. Nick M. Sarah W. Lauren R.

Olivia W. Ben F. Adrianna C. (Vine) Suzanne H (ASAP Comm) Kelsey S. Suzanne H. Tessa S. Nick M. (STAE) Fidak K.

Valeria S. Sarah W. Deyon K. (Review Websites) Nathaniel Bernstein Aly S. Nick M. Kelsey S. Kai J. (SOAR/Project Excite) Deyon K.

Nick M. Nick M.Francesca F.

(Facebook/Instagram) Jon S. - Bavis Madeleine R. Fidak K. Lauren R. Suzanne H (Amb) Dorie R. Tessa S. Tessa S. Nathaniel Bernstein Lauren R. Molly L. Deyon K. (AVID) Abby C

Maggie S. Maggie S. Adrianna C. Deyon K. Jill K. (Amb) Olasumbo B. Aly S. Ryan K. Deyon K. Jill K. Olasumbo B. (amb) Francesca F.

Elliot G. Fidak K. Abby C. Jon S. Francesca F. (AVID/AVID

Ambassador) Jon S. Molly L. Sullivan F. Julia S. Nick M. Fidak K. Suzanne H. Francesca F. Fidak K.

Adrianna C. Deyon K. Kai J. Olasumbo B.

Suzanne H. Sarah W. Erika C. Nick M.

Deyon K. Jill K. Abby C. Jon S. - forum

Olasumbo B. Francesca F.

Jon S.

AP Summer Bridge Courses

• AMAPS – AM AP Support

• Targeted Review Sessions

• Review Book Drive

• “I GOT THIS” Pencils

• Support & Resource Website - tinyurl.com/teamasap

Additional ETHS Supports• AM Support• Wildkit Academy• AVID – Advancement Via Individual Determination• Academic Intervention Team• Project Excel• STAE – Steps Toward Academic Excellence• Data-Based & Trained Advisors• Departmental Study Centers/Media Centers• Homework Center• Media Centers• One-on-One Tutoring• Classroom and School Environment Interventions• Behavioral Interventions• Continued Teacher Professional Development &

Vertical Teams

Having a strong Freshman experience and early awareness

starts ETHS students on a rigorous pathway toward access and

success in AP courses to help ensure readiness and retention

for college & career.

Beth A. Areyareyb@eths.k12.il.us

www.eths.k12.il.us/ccc

Dale G. Leibforthethsap@eths202.org

www.eths.k12.il.us/ap

Amber Bolden Greerboldena@eths.k12.il.us

www.eths.k12.il.us/student_services/counselors

http://tinyurl.com/teamasap

Tyler DixonAnamaria Rosales

Andre Wallace

Emmanuel PatiñoJonathan Senecal