Place Bridge Academy Counseling Program

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Place Bridge AcademyCounseling Program Ms.
Tobey

• Personal/Social Academic
  College/Career

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Place Bridge Academy

• School Counseling and Guidance Program
• Classroom Guidance
• (Results sample High School Success)

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National Standard Academic Standard A

• Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge,
  and skills that contribute to effective learning
  in school and across the life span.

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Student Competency

• AA3 Achieve School Success
• AB2.6 Understand the relationship between
  classroom performance and success in school.

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Guidance Curriculum

• All 8th Grade Students (53 students, was not
  conducted with our 2 MI students)
• March 2010
• Understanding Credits and Transcript Awareness
• What are credits
• How many credits do you need to earn in order to
  graduate from high school
• What are required classes
• How many credits do you need to earn in each
  school year in order to be in the next grade
  level

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(No Transcript)
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What do they KNOW? Pre Post

• 0 of students
• Demonstrated
• knowledge of the number of credits needed to
  graduate from a DPS school

• 100 of students
• Demonstrated
• knowledge of the number of credits needed to
  graduate from a DPS school

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What do they KNOW? Pre Post

• 0 of students
• Demonstrated
• knowledge of the number of credits needed to
  become a sophomore

• 98 of students
• Demonstrated
• knowledge of the number of number of credits
  needed to become a sophomore

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What do they KNOW? Pre Post

• 0 of students
• Demonstrated
• knowledge of how many credits a year-long high
  school class is worth.

• 96 of students
• Demonstrated
• knowledge of how many credits a year-long high
  school class is worth.

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What do they KNOW? Pre Post

• 9 of students
• Demonstrated
• knowledge of a specific class you take in your
  freshman year that is required for graduation.

• 98 of students
• Demonstrated
• knowledge of the number of a specific class you
  take in your freshman year that is required for
  graduation.

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Pre-Post Test Results
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Next Steps

• Lessons appear to be contribute to students
  knowledge about what is required to graduate high
  school
• Next year it would seem useful to conduct an
  additional lesson on GPA and college
  requirements.
• To hear back from high school counselors to see
  if PBA 9th graders seemed more prepared in this
  area.

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• The school counseling program is contributing in
  a meaningful way to the academic achievement of
  all students.
• Thank you for your support of the school
  counseling program.

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The End