Expecting Excellence:What Makes a Student College Ready? - 0 views
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Learning from Best-Practice High Schools
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Yan Suo on 21 May 09how to they help students prepare for college and make the transition successful.
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engaged in a range of practices designed to create a college-going culture.
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1. Automatically enroll students in CR program. 2. Post college acceptance letters prominently. 3. Award ceremonies focuse on students' academic accomplishments. 4. Require students to apply to at least one college. 5. Faculty advisors meet with students regularly to review grades, discuss course selection, develop strategies to overcome learning obstacles. 6. College counselor work with students, providing technical support related to college application, choice and financial aid. 7. Arrange multiple visits to college campuses. 8. Senior seminars (financial aid applications, encouragement and support)
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Principle 2: Align the Core Academic Program with College Readiness Standards
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1. Align course expectations, assignments, goals, and activities vertically across grades 9-12, using a set of college readiness standards as the reference point. 2. Require all students at a given grade level in a given subject to complete a common performance task (particularly important in schools with diverse students populations)
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Principle 3: Teach Key Self-Management Skills
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strategies and programs: collect, orgnize, and retain factual information; take better notes; time management; work in teams; reflect on the quality of work. e.g. students assemble work samples regularly->self-assess their performance using scoring guide->assess work and set goals with advisor and parents.
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Principle 4: Prepare Students for the Complexity of Applying to College
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1. Provide college information to students repeatedly and systematically during all four years of high school. 2. Require all students to take one or more college readiness tests. student advisors helped students interpret the results. 3. Extensive programs: financial aid program, visitation programs, dual enrollment courses.
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Principle 1: Create and Maintain a College-Going Culture
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Focus on four components of CR, learning from some best-practice high schools on students preparation for college and making their transition successful.
