Sophomore Advisement 2013-2014

Class of 2016

AGENDA: *Advisement Purpose*Infinite Campus*Syllabus

Why have advisement?

How can you take care of your

“To Do” list if you don’t even know what should be

on the list?

All students should know:-graduation requirements

-how to access your IC information

-career choices/pathways

-post-secondary school choices

-habits that help ensure future success

Why have advisement?

A signed syllabus is required

for advisement and will be your first

grade for advisement!!

Infinite Campus

*Sophomores will be given a username and password to access IC!

It allows you to see your:-current grades in every class-attendance record-schedule-transcript

How do you log on?• Go to the Jasper County Schools website.• Go to the PARENTS link.• Go to IC-PARENT PORTAL

This link will take you into infinite campus where you will be asked to log on with a username and password.

These will be provided to you ASAP so that you can have access to IC!

Let’s pay a visit: http://www.jasper.k12.ga.us/

AGENDA*Importance of high school*Graduation Requirements*Pathways

Importance of your high school career

*Tenth grade will set you on the path you will follow to whatever future lies ahead.

This is not earth-shattering news is it? But its true!*List a few differences between ninth and tenth

grades.*You have ONE life to live-you are not a cat! You do not

get NINE chances to end up where you want to be! *Imagine your advisor in high school. What was he/she like?

Graduation Requirements• You will earn 1 unit for each class you take in high school!

• You must earn a MINIMUM of 23 units to graduate. Twenty-eight units are BEST!!!!

(4 years x 7 units = 28 units)

• Your core classes are REQUIRED units!• (Required High School Curriculum or RHSC courses)

• NO one is “placed” in a grade because of age, # of absences, etc. You earn your way through by passing your classes!

CTAE Career

Clusters

• There are seven• You are expected to complete your chosen pathway –

this will better prepare you for life after high school• You are expected to complete the required courses for

each pathway IN ORDER!!!

Agricultural Mechanics Basic Ag, Ag Mechanics 1, Ag Mechanics 2

Administrative-Information Support

Computer Applications 1, Computer Applications 2, Business communications

Interactive Media Comp. Modern World, Fund. Web Design, Adv. Web Design, Intro to Animation

Financial Management-Accounting

Business Essentials, Accounting 1, Accounting 2

Early Childhood Education

Human Growth & Dev., Intro to Early Childhood Care and Ed, Health, Safety and Nutrition for the Young Child

NursingIntro to Healthcare, Apps. of Therapeutic Services, Nursing Essentials

Engineering Foundations of Engineering, Engineering Concepts, Engineering Applications

Career, Technical, & Agriculture Education Pathways

Pathway/Student Organization Affiliations

Agricultural Mechanics - FFAAdministrative-Information Support-FBLAInteractive Media-FBLA Financial Management-Accounting-FBLAEarly Childhood Education -FCCLANursing-HOSAEngineering-TSA

• GACollege411

• Portfolio Checklist

GA College 411

• This site is a great tool for planning your future!

• In advisement this year we will update your account.

GA College 411

https://secure.gacollege411.org/default.aspx

• You can explore the site and do some:Career planningHigh school planningCollege planningFinancial aid planning

What is a freshman index?• It is a number calculated by combining the high

school grade point average (GPA) with the highest earned SAT or ACT scores. It is used when admitting freshmen into some post-secondary schools.

Your GPA• You GPA is calculated from the grades earned

in the 17 Required High School Curriculum (RHSC) courses.

Average First time “Freshmen Indexes” for some schools you might recognize…(2008)

• UGA (Go Dawgs!) 3104• Savannah State 2234

• GCSU 2810

• Fort Valley State 2267

• GA Tech 3229• Valdosta State 2528

Calculating a freshman index…

Freshman index = (500 x your GPA) + SAT Critical Reading + SAT Math

Or

Freshman index=(500 x your GPA) + (ACT composite score x 42) + 88

Freshman index = (500 x your GPA) + SAT Critical Reading + SAT Math

• Calculate the freshmen index for the following students:

Bobby SAT Reading: 480 SAT Math 420 GPA: 2.5

Raven SAT Reading: 600 SAT Math 300 GPA: 3.5 Could these students become a BULLDOG if they

wanted with the freshman indexes you calculated?

Teachers click on the G below for inspirational music while students work on answers!

Answers:

Bobby’s FI is 2150.

He would NOT be considered at UGA but could get into a smaller university such as Fort Valley or Valdosta. His FI is on the low end for these schools!

Raven’s FI is 2650.

She is below the average FI for freshman at UGA but she is above the minimum FI of 2500.

She will have A LOT of competition for getting one of those freshman BULLDOG slots!

Answers:

Portfolio Checklist For SophomoreDigital or Scrapbook?

(It’s not what you think! It has changed from previous years!)

Everybody Portfolio Checklist 4 out of 7 Mr. Sayles

Journal entries 4 out of 6 Report

Card/Progress Report Reflections

4 Year Plan Red Ribbon Week Activity Career Day Summary 2 Integrity Activities

Sophomore Checklist GPA Calculator 3 pieces of evidence from

each 9th grade class 3 GAcollege411 activities