CONEWAGO VALLEY
SCHOOL DISTRICTGUIDANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL
MAY 12, 2014
KEY STAKEHOLDERS NEEDED TO IMPACT ACADEMIC AND
CAREER MATURITY OF ALL STUDENTS AND TO DESIGN A
K-12 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM
Parents/Guardian
Business/
Community Post-Secondary
Educators/Administrators
Students
WHAT DATA COULD WE PROVIDE THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL IN GUIDING OUR FUTURE GOALS?
Some of the questions asked in the fall:
� What is available for students – guidance issues resources available?
� Attendance data?
� Post HS data: Who went to college/to training?
Who stayed in program?
� How did our HS prepare or fail to prepare students for post high school studies or work?
� Did the students feel that they had the social skills, time management skills, communication skills, writing skills, etc. to be successful?
� What are the demographics we are working with?
� What does our at risk data look like?
� Who is dropping out? Why?
� Graduates- e-mails –What are you doing now?
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURVEY
RESULTS(BASED UPON CVSD PARENT SURVEY)
Students graduating from NOHS are well
prepared for college:
� Strongly Agree = 8.6%
� Agree = 44.9%
� Disagree = 5.2%
� Strongly Disagree = 0.4%
� Don’t Know = 41%
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURVEY RESULTS(BASED UPON CVSD PARENT SURVEY)
Students graduating from NOHS are well
prepared to enter the workforce:
� Strongly Agree = 8.2%
� Agree = 46.7%
� Disagree = 4.8%
� Strongly Disagree = 0.7%
� Don’t Know = 39.7%
# OF COMPUTERS IN STUDENT
HOMES(BASED UPON CVSD PARENT SURVEY)
No computer in the home =
5%
At least 1 computer in the
home = 95%
1 computer in the home 36 %
2 computers in the home 35 %
3 computers in the home 16 %
4 computers in the home 7 %
5 or more computers in the home 5 %
DEMOGRAPHICS CVSD
Total enrollment = 3875
Male 1958 Female 1917
� 37.2% are economically disadvantaged
� .054%American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.08%
� 1.91% Black or African American,
� .32% Asian
� 12.17% Hispanic
� .05 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not hispanic
� 1.26% Multi-racial
� 84.01% White
� 2.94% Gifted
� Currently we have 14 different languages spoken by our student population (ELL - .
� 11% of our students have a language other than English spoken at home.
(October Pennsylvania Information System (PIMS)
ATTENDANCE RATES
2012 - 2013
Building Rate
NOHS 93
NOMS 95
CVIS 96
NOE 96
CTE 96
TRANSIENT EFFECT
High School New Students Withdrawals
2012/2013 136 137
2011/2012 118 184
2010/2011 140 146
2009/2010 156 189
NOMS New Students Withdrawals
2012/2013 68 54
2011/2012 49 52
2010/2011 69 47
2009/2010 54 68
TRANSIENT EFFECT
CVIS New Students Withdrawals
2012/2013 103 95
2011/2012 68 69
2010/2011 98 86
2009/2010 97 62
CTE New Students Withdrawals
2012/2013 74 90
2011/2012 117 102
2010/2011 72 72
2009/2010 97 99
TRANSIENT EFFECT
NOE New Students Withdrawals
2012/2013 69 65
2011/2012 64 61
2010/2011 84 64
2009/2010 71 69
DROP OUT DATA
GRADUATION RATE CALCULATION IS AS
FOLLOWS…….
# of students entering 9th grade + entries –
withdraws
= cohort (graduating class)
then # of students who graduate / cohort
= graduation rate
GRADUATION RATE
(EARN DIPLOMA WITHIN 4 YEARS)
90.32 % (2010-2011)
91.04 % (2011-2012)
90.55 % (2012-2013)
3 YEAR AVERAGE POST SECONDARY
ATTENDANCE RATES
Overall 76%
4 Year college 39%
2 Year / Trade / Tech 32%
Military 6%
Apprenticeship 1%
Work 23%
MOST POPULAR SCHOOLS FOR NOHS STUDENTS TO
ATTEND (BASED UPON 2012/2013 NOHS GUIDANCE)
School Name # of students who chose to
attend this school
HACC 44
York College 14
PSU Mont Alto 6
PSU 6
Shippensburg University 6
Bloomsburg University 5
Antonelli Institute 4
Pennsylvania College of
Technology
4
Stevenson University 4
YTI 3
West Chester University 3
Pittsburg Technical Institute 3
MOST NOHS STUDENTS GO TO SCHOOLS WITHIN A 200
MILE RADIUS
NOHS STUDENTS SEND THEIR
TRANSCRIPTS TO……
DOMAINS
� Career - The Career Development Domain addresses the investigation of careers, strategies for career success, and the relationship between personal qualities, education, and work. PA has developed and adopted the PA Academic Standards for Career Education and Work, which define career development by addressing career awareness and planning, job acquisition, job retention, and entrepreneurship.
� Academic - The Academic Development Domain addresses skills for learning, skills for school success, and skills for life success.
� Personal/Social- The Personal/Social Developmental Domain addresses the respect for self and others, goal setting attainment skills, and survival and safety skills.
ASCA National Standards (Campbell and Dahir, 1997)
NOE
2014 CAREER
DAYWhat I want to be when I grow
up…….
Service
Helping
Undecided
Agriculture
Medical
Technical Creati
ve A
rts
Sports
Labor
Business
Educators
CTE
2014
ENTREPRENEUR
DAY
A look at our local businesses
CONEWAGO VALLEY INTERMEDIATE
SCHOOL
GRADES 4, 5, & 6
Career Exploration
GRADE 4
� One lesson per cycle - entire school year
� 7 lessons devoted to Career Exploration
� Goal #1: To increase awareness of self interests
and talents
� Goal #2: To expose students to vocational
choices
GRADE 4 LESSONS
� Job awareness
� Self-knowledge
� Career clusters
� Budgeting/Finances
� Work environment
� Vocational exploration
� Cumulating project (career brochure)
GRADE 5
� Career Day
� Goal #1: To identify careers of interest
� Goal #2: To be exposed to two careers through
presentations
GRADE 5
GRADE 5
GRADE 6
� One lesson per cycle - entire school year
� Lessons based on the Junior Achievement
BizTown curriculum
� Entire curriculum is correlated to PA state
standards in English/Language Arts, Math, and
Career Education & Work
� Goal #1: To expose and provide opportunities for
application of work-readiness, citizenship,
entrepreneurship, and financial literacy skills.
� Goal #2: To use critical thinking skills to
enhance understanding of economic concepts and
free enterprise.
NOMS-GRADE 7
Young Men’s/Women’s Leadership Conference
• Positive Choices
• Goal Setting
• Community Leaders
Hot Topic Lessons
• Soft Skills
NOMS- GRADE 8
Education Planner/O’Net Online
• Holland Interest Inventory
• Career Cluster
• My Planner-Academic Career Plan
Tech Prep Presentations
• Diesel Mechanics
• Culinary Arts
• Criminal Justice
• Allied Health
NOHS CAREER
� Grade 9 – Students complete a career research paper along with completing a Holland based interest inventory. Guidance works with the English Department. (Guidance Interview)
� Grade 10 – Students attend a Career Fair at Gettysburg College sponsored by the Adams County in March. Students choose three different speakers to attend. (Guidance Interview)
� Grade 11 – Students are required to complete an on-site Career Shadowing experience through their English class. (Guidance Interview)
� Grade 12 – Students attend senior interview in Guidance. Seniors and parents have the opportunity to attend 3 presentations (Senior/Parents, FAFSA, Practical Financial Aid)
JOB SHADOWING
Successfully Completed Percentage Strongly Agree
Found Career Shadowing
helpful
65%
Experience confirmed career
choice is a fit
36%
Experience confirmed career
choice is NOT a fit
50%
Experience made me consider
other career choices
16%
Found easy to locate and
schedule experience in New
Oxford Area
51%
GRADUATION PROJECT
• Graduation Project Points (current Class of 2014
through Class of 2016)
• Career Portfolios (current Class of 2017 and
beyond)• Learn workforce skills (resume and cover letter writing,
interview skills, time management, etc.)
• Begins in intermediate grades
• Goal of Career Portfolio – to have something that
can be used when entering the workforce
immediately after school or after post-secondary
education.
FUTURE MEETINGS
October 20, 2014May 11, 2015