College And Career Readiness

When it comes to the topic of attaining a college degree, most will readily agree that it is essential to securing a successful career post-graduation. Whereas some are convinced that a college degree does not guarantee entry into a career in one 's field of study nor does it determine success in one 's career, others maintain that a higher education is, in fact, the way to job security and financial success. What comes into question is whether the investment in a college education is truly worth it or not in order to accomplish a student 's goals of success. I think it could be said for most prospective college students that the reason for going to college is to gain the credentials required for most jobs today. What many of those potential students may not realize is the substantial percentage of graduates who do not acquire a job related to their majors, how much debt they will incur, and just how many students don 't graduate at all for reasons such as an overwhelming workload and a poor work/ life balance.

Getting from College to Career is written by Lindsey Pollak, who is a New York Times bestselling author. She is widely recognized as a millennial workplace expert who has audiences from over 200 corporations, conferences and universities. Her advice and opinions have appeared in numerous media outlets, showing her credibility in giving workplace and career advice to the next generation. (Ceniza-Levine, 2014) This book is beneficial for students who feel lost about their future and are afraid of graduating from college, just like me. “Real failure comes from never trying something in the first place” (Pollak, 2012) This is an essential piece of advice for the young generation who are afraid to take the first step as they fear failure, and it also resonates with me. I am afraid of being rejected and getting

First of all, the state wide definition of College and Career Readiness (CCR) is “level of preparation students’ needs to enroll and succeed in a credit-bearing, entry-level college courses (ACT, 2015).” The statics of Hispanics high school students passing math and reading is 22% (Moore, 2010). Hispanics students have a higher percentage when looking at the subjects individually with 37% in reading and 39% in math but this is not a true indicator demonstrating college completion (Moore, 2010). The overall degree attainment in Texas, was 32% of the total population of which only 16% were of Hispanic or Latino origin (Education, 2011). By no means was language a barrier nor performance deficits, leaving their white counter parts preforming at 53% in reading, 58% in math, and 40% overall in both subject areas (Moore, 2010). The downfall of this study is that the reporting system Texas uses is a multivariate in which factors cannot be separated individually in order to assess College Readiness standards (Moore, 2010). “Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-270) and CCR agenda focus on ensuring students are prepared for college and beyond (Achieve, 2013).” Of the ten policies, that institution of higher education has not been able to align the transferability of coursework since each school is truly unique in the composition and excicution of coursework being taught. This change CCR standards has lead to the, revamping of the

In the articles Experts Zero In on Nonacademic Skills Needed for Success and The Myth of the Tech-Savvy Student the authors both have a different view on how college and career readiness is defined. In Experts Zero In on Nonacademic Skills Needed for Success, the author Sarah D Sparks defines college readiness as not the educational value but the work ethic, teamwork, and perseverance when things get tough. In the article The Myth of the Tech-Savvy Student, the author Loyola University Maryland defines career readiness as knowledge about the online cultures that will be central in their lives. Different traits and knowledge have a handing in shaping someone for college and their careers.

The purpose of this paper is to inform the audience of two current trends that are affecting administrators, educators, and students within adult and career education. The topics that will be discussed throughout this paper are career and college readiness and online and blended learning. Both of these topics are very influential within our education today. The majority of our high school students are not prepared to go to college or begin a career and there are ways in which we, as teachers, can prepare our students to be ready for their futures. Also, online and blended learning is becoming more prominent within our education field. In blended learning classes the students are still able to attend classes but they have some aspects of the class to be completed online. Throughout this paper we will look at the philosophical, social, economic, political, demographic, and diversity of college and career readiness and online and blended learning.

Some of the obstacles I may encounter during my college career would be to be in dept., homesickness, and choosing a major. These obstacles may seem like nothing at the moment but once it happens it will be hard but not impossible to accomplish. Some obstacles are different to others because some people don’t get homesickness, or don’t have a problem choosing a major, some come from families that make enough money to pay for tuition so they don’t end up going into dept. like others. But all these obstacles can be solved within time.

It's finally time. The moment I choose what college I will be attending. This is the moment where my life changes and I start my college career. I knew I wanted to go to a community college and eventually transfer to a university after getting my degree. I had a list of options, Macomb Community College, Oakland Community College, and Mott Community College. Mott was the first one to get the boot. Mott doesn't have the exact program I was looking for. The career I am pursuing is a legal assistant or also known as a paralegal. Oakland Community College sounded like the school for me. I am moving to Rochester Hills after high school so the location was ideal. I know people who attend the school so I could get some extra help if needed, and It's not expensive. Once I did some research, I realized that Oakland's paralegal program is at

TNTP is ensuring that students have access to college and career pathways that prepare them for postsecondary success and life.

Lastly, Lombardi, A. R. et al (2012), in their article “College and Career Readiness Assessment: Validation of the Key Cognitive Strategies Framework,” examined the reliability and internal validity of the key cognitive strategies (KCS) within the College Career Ready School Diagnostic (CCRSD) proposed to evaluate the degree to which academic institutions offer college and career readiness opportunities for their students. The findings of the research study yielded satisfactory results as the KCS dimensions manifest suitable reliability and promising validity evidence. The findings are consistent with the earlier studies pertaining to the five-part KCS model, which depicts that problem formulation, research, interpretation, communication and

“College readiness is not an ISD problem. It’s not an HCC problem. It’s our problem as a community,” stated Catherine O’Brien, HCC’s Assistant Vice Chancellor for College Readiness.

My second Ah-ha moment was learning about the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards. I never knew that these standards even existed. Did TEA come up with the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards? If so, when? I do not recall them being discussed when I was in high school. What data are these standards based off of? Instead of forcing more work on the teachers, I strongly suggest that there should be mandatory required courses that Freshman and Seniors have to take, when entering high school and before graduating. This will allow for students to begin thinking about the direction in which they would like to go as far as a career and making decisions regarding their future educational plans. The Texas College and Career

“According to research college readiness and career readiness share many important elements, including study skills, time management skills, persistence, ownership of learning, problem solving, collecting and analyzing information, and communicating in a variety of ways (Conley & McGaughy, 2012)”. It is important that our students understand that knowing how to find information to solve a problem is a skill that they will carry with them for life. Compliment problem solving with persistence and soft skills our students will win every time. I teach junior and senior graphic design with a 1/1 ratio on computers. They are taught the Google platform from using the Drive to google docs and how to do advanced searches. They are also given skills

Often the concept of college and career readiness is limited to academic skills, but college and career readiness requires a rigorous blend of academic, technical and employability skills, as well as the ability to apply these skills in creditable career situations. In order for students to be career and college ready, and in turn, successful in the workplace, skills need to be acquired in an environment that is relevant to the legitimate workplace. By expanding the walls of the classroom with Work Based Learning, students are given the opportunity to connect classroom learning to practical hands on application in an industry relevant workplace experience. Work-Based Learning provides industry authentic workplace opportunities within the community

This information was gathered in an interview with Andrea Williams, Principal of Theresa Bunker Elementary School. The key objectives for this school are defined in the yearly district strategic plan. The district strategic plan states three key objective that all schools should achieve over the course of the school year. There is a key objective for literacy, numeracy, as well as college and career readiness. The literacy objective is for students to be proficient in reading by 3rd grade. The math objective is that elementary students will be proficient in math and be prepared to transition to the next grade. The final objective of college and career readiness is just that: Students will be college and career ready. The key objective this school uses to define college and career ready for their younger students is based on their social and academic behaviors as recorded through the school-wide system of PBIS. If the objective is to get them college and career ready then they must have positive social and academic behavior in order to be prepared for Jr. and Sr. High School and then college. The key objective defined in the school’s strategic plan for this area is that 85% of students will be served by the Tier I system of classroom management in the classroom while no more than 15% will be served on a Tier II or Tier III plan which provides more support and intervention to students who lack the social and academic skills to be successful in

Who am I? I'm an 18-year old community college student that has been given the unique opportunity to experience 30-days as an intern in Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality.