College and career readiness high school

By: The Daring English Teacher As a high school English teacher, I feel that it’s important to make sure my students are ready for life outside of high school. I usually teach freshmen and sophomores, but this year is my first year teaching senior-level English, and it is eye-opening. My students are so aware, so mature, and so afraid. In several short months they will receive their high school diplomas and walk their last steps on the high school campus which they’ve called home for the…

How many times do we skip over the "career development" aspect of our roles as high school counselors because it seems too tedious, or we feel like we don't

Deciding what to do after high school can be a difficult decision, and doesn't always have to include college. Here are 5 options for after high school:

College & career planning: A printable guide for high school students. These career planning worksheets will help high school students in career preparation activities during career education for high school. #careerpath #careereducation #collegeprep

These career activities are perfect for high school students who are just beginning to persue career exploration. These ideas will help them narrow down choices

These three podcasts are an easy way to include career exploration for high school students into your English or ELA classes.

Choosing a college major is a challenge. By using a career assessment for high school students it can be easier. Here are a few to try.

College and Career Readiness - Savvy School Counselor

Make heading back to school for college and career readiness fun with these fun and engaging ice breaker activities. Spend the first couple days using a collection of ice breakers that will help your students get to know you and their classmates while becoming engaged about the class. I have included 8 ice breakers activities along with an answer key. These NO PREP activities are focused on college and career readiness topics and can be done as an icebreaker, game, a quick entry/exit ticket…

After attending a session at a school counselor's conference about increasing college-going rates, I took the ideas back to my Principal and we began the steps to creating a college-going culture at our high school. There are many ideas and resources available to help do this in any school. This high school I previously worked at is a very rural high school with a low percentage of college-going high school graduates. The principal made this idea one of his goals for the year and…