ABC SCHOOL COUNSELING CORE CURRICULUM ACTION PLAN

11th Grade

Lesson Topic

Junior Time
Line

Lesson Will
Be
Presented In
Which
Class/
Subject

Advisory

ASCA
Mindsets
and
Behaviors

MS: 1-6
B: LS 1,
3-4, 7-9
B: SM 5,
6
B: SS: 1,
3, 5

Curriculum and
Materials

Student
Transcripts
Credit/Grad
Checklist
College
Pathway
Planner

Projected
Start/End

Sept
2015

Process Data
(Projected
number of
students
affected)

All 11th
Grade
Students
One 40 min
session

Perception Data
(Type of surveys/
assessments to
be used)

# of Jr Students
on Track
Pre/Post TestKnowledge:
% of students
who are able to
identify school
graduation
requirements
and course
requirements
for college
admissions.
Skills:
% of students
who can
accurately read
the student
transcript

Outcome Data
(Achievement,
attendance and/or
behavior data to be
collected)

Expectations:
100% of juniors
can identify course
and graduation
requirements for
their
postsecondary
plans.
Increased
knowledge of
activities and
experiences that will
help an individual
successful planning
for graduation.
Increased
knowledge of
requirements for
coursework/credits
for graduation and
college admissions.
Achievement:
Students will be able
to accurately identify
where they are at on
their four year plan,
and what areas they
may need to focus
on. Students will

Contact
Person

Dena

Implications

93% of
students were
able to identify
course and
graduation
requirements
Some students
are unable to
interpret school
graduation
requirements
without
assistance
Not all students
are meeting
core course
requirements
for graduation
Not all students
are able to
accurately
interpret a
transcript
document
without
assistance
Increased
participation in

demonstrate that
they are able to
interpret their
transcript with the
counselor.

schedule
planning
Increased
ability to
establish
relationship
between high
school courses
and
postsecondary
career/college
planning

AR: Course
completion rates for
graduation on time
Attendance Rates

Increased
understanding
of importance
of continued
high school
success.
Increase in
course
completion
rates on time
for graduation
Increased
attendance
rates.
Getting Into
CollegeApplying &
Essays

American
Literature

MS: 1-6
B: LS: 1-5
B: SS 1, 8

College
Checklist
Timeline Prezi
How to Write a
College
Entrance
Essay Activity

Oct
2015

All 11th
Grade
StudentsOne 40 min
lesson

Number of
College
Applications
Submitted
College
Practice Essay
Skills:
% of students
who can
develop a

Expectations:
100% of students
can complete a
college application
Increased
comprehension of
how to accurately
complete a college
application.
Increased ability to
identify important

Lindsay

83% of
students were
able to
complete an
application
Not all students
are attending
college after
high schoolmake sure to
note
importance of

professional
college
entrance essay
or application

information to
address in college
entrance essay
according to
entrance
requirements.
Increased number of
applications/essays
submitted
successfully and
accepted by
students preferred
college choice.
Achievement:
Students will be able
to identify key
information that
should be included
in a college entrance
essay. In
corporation with the
Literature teacher,
students will
complete a sample
essay, college
and/or job
application and have
it reviewed for
accuracy.
Increased number of
College Applications
Submitted

job application
as well
Not all students
understood
college
entrance
requirements
per school
Provide
additional
resources in
counseling
office on state
college
entrance
requirements
Increased
ability to see
connection of
high school
academic
success and
extracurricular
involvement to
college
entrance
acceptance.
Increased
ability to
identify college
entrance
requirements
Increased
number of
college
applications
submitted
Increased

number of
college
acceptances

Test-Taking
Skills

American
History

MS: 2-3,
5-6
B: LS 3-4,
6, 8
B: SM 1-8
B: SS 1-2,
6-7

Test-Taking
Checklist
Test Skills
Lesson &
Group Activity

Nov
2015

All 11th
Grade
StudentsOne 40 min
lesson

Pre/Post Test
Attitudes:
% of students
who believe
that using study
strategies will
help them
succeed in
successfully
taking exams.
Knowledge:
% of students
who can
identify three
studying or test
taking
strategies.
Number of
College
Entrance
Exams

Expectations: 100%
of students can
identify the testtaking strategy that
works best for
them.
Achievement:
Students will build on
their own test taking
skills by sharing with
others and
determining what
method works best
for them.
Number of College
Entrance Exams
State standardized
scores
SAT/ACT scores
GPA

Lisa

88% of
students were
able to identify
a test-taking
strategy that
works for
them.
Not all students
could identify
proper test
taking
strategies
Not all students
saw value in
the lesson
Increased use
of proper study
skills
Increase in
scores on tests
in courses
Increased
amount of
college
entrance
exams
completed
An increase in
scores on
college
entrance
exams

Increase in
overall GPA

Getting Into
CollegeTesting

American
History

MS: 2,4
B: LS 3,
5, 7
B:SM 1-8

Entrance
Exam
ACT/SAT/
COMPASS
handouts
Intro to Online
Practice Tests
Request for
Accommodatio
ns form

Nov-Dec
2015

All 11th
Grade
StudentsOne 40 min
lesson

Number of
Entrance
Exams
Completed
Knowledge:
% of students
who know what
and where to
register and
take the college
entrance exam
for their college
of choice.

Expectations: 100%
of students will
identify what exam
to take and where to
register for the
entrance exam of
their college of
choice.
Increased awareness
of the requirements
to register and
complete a college
entrance exam.
Increased
understanding of how
to practice for
entrance exams.
Ability to identify how
to request and ask for
accommodations if
needed.
Achievement:
Students will
participate in the
Online Practice Portal
for College Prep
Exams, and will
independently
schedule testing
dates. Students will
demonstrate how to
connect with the
professional school
counselor to request
accommodations.

Ayla

93% of
students
planning to
attend
postsecondary
training could
identify where
to register for
their college
entrance
exam.
Not all students
have
postsecondary
plans that
require taking a
college
entrance exam,
which was
considered in
survey results
Not all students
are able to
independently
complete the
requirements
for registering
Increased
interest in
postsecondary
training
opportunities
Increased
ability to
request

accommodation
s for testing

Number of College
Entrance Exams
Completed

Increased
amount of
college
entrance
exams
completed
An increase in
scores on
college
entrance
exams

Job
Readiness
Hard Skills

American
Literature

MS: 2, 4, 6
B: LS 3, 5,
7, 10
B: SM 3
B: SS 1-3,
5-9

Job Readiness
Skills UnitHandout
Guide to JobSeeking Skills
Group Activity
Sample
Application
Computer Lab
Sample
Resume
Interviewing
Activity

March- April
2016

All 11th
Grade
Students- 4
sessions
40
minutes
each

Number of
Resumes/
Cover Letters
submitted
Pre/Post Test
Attitudes:
% of students
who believe
that part-time
employment is
the first step to
long term
vocational
success.
Knowledge:
% of who can
identify the
different types
of job search
tools (resume,
cover letter, job
application) and
how to obtain
employment in
the community.

Expectations: 100%
of students will be
able to identify the
proper steps to
obtaining
employment.
Increased
understanding in how
to search for jobs in
the community
through the traditional
and nontraditional
approaches.
Increased completed
and submitted
applications for parttime employment in
the community.
Achievement:
Students will
complete an
application and
develop a resume in
collaboration with
their 11th Grade

Lindsay

93% of
students were
able to identify
the proper
steps to obtain
employment.
Not all students
can use a
computer
properly
Not all students
saw the value
of using certain
job search tools
in the job
search
Increased
ability to see
connection
between
employment in
high school and
long term
employment
success

Skills:
% of students
who can
develop a
resume and
participate in an
interview
professionally
and accurately.

Developing
ProblemSolving and
DecisionMaking
Skills

Advisory

MS: 1-2,
5-6
B: LS 1,
7-9
B: SM 7,
10
B: SS 2-3,
5-6

IDEAL
Strategy
handout
Lesson &
Prezi
Interactive
Group ActivityCollege/ Work
Scenarios

April
2016

All 11th
Grade
StudentsOne 40-min
session

Pre/Post Test
Attitudes:
% of students
who
understand that
good decisions
are made by
establishing a
procedure to
resolve
problems.
Skills:
% of students
who can apply
the five-step
IDEAL strategy
as a problemsolving skill and
develop an
action plan.
Knowledge:
% of students
who know how

English class
assignments.
Students will also
participate in mock
interviews for
requirements of
professional
communication by
the end of their senior
year.

Expectations:
100% of students
will to develop a
postsecondary
action plan using
the five-step
problem solving
approach.
Increased ability to
resolve problems by
using a decisionmaking model
process.
Achievement:
Students will be able
to identify an action
plan for
postsecondary goals.
They will identify the
current occupations
or pathways that they
are wanting to take,
all possible options or
solutions, review the

Increased
interest in
getting a parttime job
Increased
obtainment in
part-time
employment

Ayla

Increased
knowledge in
the traditional
and
nontraditional
job search and
tools process
90% of
students were
able to
complete a
postsecondary
action plan.
Not all students
understand the
difference and
implications of
good decisions
vs poor
decisions
Increased
ability to
identify steps to
take to develop
a
postsecondary
action plan
Increased
ability to
identify the

to seek out
assistance for
help.

positive and
negatives, and
develop a result.
Number of students
who have identified
postsecondary plans
to incorporate in their
senior year

skills that lead

to increased
success
academically
and throughout
the life span.
Increased
number of
students who
complete
postsecondary
plans to follow
their senior
year