Getting It Done - College Support and Planning for At Risk Students
Location
Garden Terrace
Focused Area
Improving School Climate for Youth-At-Risk
Relevance to Focused Area
Assisting at-risk students with college planning and college application resources change
Primary Strand
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Relevance to Primary Strand
The best remedy to a struggling student is assisting with creating viable future plans. Our college application boot camp program provides the support needed and the confidencebuidling activities that engage students in school and provide hope for their futures.
Brief Program Description
You need a college application boot camp!
Our presentation will include steps to creating a program that assists with changing mindset and normalizing help seeking behavior - two key elements of a college prep program. We will share our best practices and resources for school interested in creating their own college application boot camp.
Summary
Our program aims to change the mindset of at-risk students and their families regarding college. Too many students have been told or believe that they are not college material and many families believe that they cannot afford it. Through school programming and evening meetings including community organizations we have assisted 2 cohorts of students with completing applications and attending 2-4 year colleges.
Our presentation will include steps to creating a program that assists with changing mindset and normalizing help seeking behavior - two key elements of a college prep program. We will share our best practices and resources for school interested in creating their own college application boot camp.
Evidence
The practices we have implemented have motivated our students and have improved their attendances and engagement in school. Through strategic planning and program design we have incorporated community members and organizations that will support the students through applications, financial aid forms and their entire college career.
We have improved our college application and attendance rate to 96%
Format
Poster Presentation
Biographical Sketch
Jessica Baxter has 14 years of experience as an ESL teacher and Assistant Principal of Schools; Andrea Dinan has 19 years of experience working in teaching and guidance; Christine Carbone has 12 years of experience teaching History and ESL All work at Princeton High School and have developed, implemented and enhancedthe theESL Instructional Program, the ELL Summer Program and the ELL After School Program.
Start Date
10-26-2017 4:45 PM
End Date
10-26-2017 5:45 PM
Recommended Citation
Dinan, Andrea; Carbone, Christine; and Dinan, Andrea, "Getting It Done - College Support and Planning for At Risk Students" (2017). National Youth-At-Risk Conference, West (2015-2017). 14.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_vegas/2017/2017/14
Getting It Done - College Support and Planning for At Risk Students
Garden Terrace
You need a college application boot camp!
Our presentation will include steps to creating a program that assists with changing mindset and normalizing help seeking behavior - two key elements of a college prep program. We will share our best practices and resources for school interested in creating their own college application boot camp.
