Guide to Navigation 101 - Ninth Grade

1

Getting Acquainted

  • Introductions
  • Explain advisory
  • Explain portfolio
  • Share 8th grade grades
  • Begin colors activity
  • Portfolio handout
  • 9th grade portfolio checklist
  • Notebooks
  • Grades from 8th grade
  • Colors stuff

2

PSAT

  • Presentation by one of the counselors; all ninth graders together for this session
  • Update Grade Tracking
  • PSAT materials from counselor
  • Grade Tracking (in portfolio)

3

Citizenship

  • Finish colors
  • Discuss extracurricular activities at LCHS
  • Complete Citizen Goal Worksheet
  • Introduce Grade Tracking and complete for first grade check
  • Colors stuff
  • List of extracurricular activities
  • Citizen Goal Worksheet

4

Improving Academically

  • Field questions about Skyward
  • Discuss academic performance so far; hand out 8th grade WASL scores
  • Complete Annual Academic Goals Worksheet
  • Annual Academic Goals Worksheet
  • Current grades
  • Grade Tracking Sheet (for year)
  • 8th grade WASL scores

5

Introduction to the Student Led Conference

  • Turn in Annual Academic Goals Worksheet w/ parent signature and comment
  • Discuss SLC and portfolios
  • Hand out SLC rubric and review
  • View a taped SLC and evaluate
  • Annual Academic Goals Worksheet
  • SLC rubric
  • DVD of a SLC

6

Improving Academically

  • Update Grade Tracking
  • Respond to Annual Academic Goals Prompt #1 in journal (spiral notebook kept in portfolio)
  • Grade Tracking
  • Prompt #1
  • journal (spiral notebook)

7

Exploring Careers

  • Introduce students to Kuder (handout)
  • Use projector/computer to navigate around Kuder
  • Assist students to log in and begin to explore Kuder
  • Introductory Handout to Kuder
  • Access to Kuder
  • Log-in information

8

Kuder

  • Assist students to log in to Kuder and begin to complete the Career Search with Person Match and the Skills Assessment; may have to finish on own time
  • Students must print their One-Page Summary Report and their Interests and Skills Composite Report by the next Nav. meeting
  • Access to Kuder
  • Log-in information
  • Sample One-Page Summary Report
  • Sample Interests and Skills Composite Report

9

Portfolio

  • Review portfolio requirements
  • Review best work samples and reflections
  • Portfolio work time
  • Portfolios
  • Best Work Samples
  • Reflection Sheets

10

Planning for Life After High School

  • Resume handouts
  • Sample resumes

11

Planning for Second Semester and Life After High School

  • Update Grade Tracking
  • Review Annual Academic Goals Worksheet from first semester
  • Complete an Academic Goals Worksheet for second semester
  • Review the High School & Beyond Plan
  • Complete the High School & Beyond Plan
  • Grade Tracking
  • Annual Academic Goals Worksheet (first semester)
  • Annual Academic Goals Worksheet (for second semester)
  • High School & Beyond Plan Worksheet

12

Portfolio and Planning for Next Year

  • Distribute and discuss new high school course requirements and pathways handouts
  • Distribute Four-Year Plan Worksheet and assist students to complete the credit evaluation for the pathway they have selected
  • Work time to update portfolio
  • Portfolios
  • Best Work Samples
  • Reflection Sheets
  • High School Course Requirements/Pathways Handout
  • Credit Evaluation Worksheet

13

Planning for Next Year

  • Review course requirements based on the pathway chosen
  • Revisit the Four-Year Plan Worksheet and using a Curriculum Guide, help students to complete their Four-Year Plan
  • Introduce course registration process
  • High School Course Requirements/Pathways Handout (from last meeting
  • Four-Year Plan Worksheet
  • Curriculum Guide

14

Planning for Next Year - Forecasting

  • Review Four-Year Plans
  • Review and begin course registration process
  • Completed Four-Year Plans
  • Curriculum Guide
  • Course registration packets

15

Student-Led Conference Planning

  • Review Student Led Conference
  • Explain logistics and evaluation
  • Begin planning SLC
  • Planning a Student-Led Conference Handouts
  • Conference Evaluation Rubric

16

Student-Led Conference Planning

  • Review SLC (format, logistics, evaluation)
  • Continue planning; complete Planning a Student-Led Conference Handouts
  • Planning a Student-Led Conference Handouts
  • Conference Evaluation Rubric

17

Student-Led Conference Practice

  • Students practice their SLCs in pairs or small groups
  • Planning a Student-Led Conference Handouts
  • Conference Evaluation Rubric

18

Making the Transition

  • Portfolios
  • Nav. and SLC Reflection