BE READY!
Annual Update
Granite District Board of Education
January 7, 2014
Comprehensive Guidance and
Counseling Program adopted by GSD
Board, April 1992
Board Adoption and Approval
Counselors are Scaling Up the
CCR-Planning process
• Process now begins in 7th grade (53A1a-106)
• More guidance and support for all students
in planning for high school graduation,
college, career and life
• Process guided by Eight Components of CCR
(College Board)
• Process involves parents as critical
participants
Update
• 80% of secondary students had at least one individual
CCR-Plan meeting with their counselor
• Four junior high schools at 90% or higher
• Three high schools at 90% or higher
• 40% parent attendance at secondary CCR-Plan meetings
• Six junior highs at 50% or higher
• Two high schools at 50% or higher
CCR-Plan Meetings
• High School Graduation
• College and Career Readiness
• Positive Behavior and Mental
Health
Feeling the impact . . .
GRADUATION
We want all students to commit to
graduate from high school no
matter what it takes or how hard
it gets; and we want them to
graduate ready for college, career
and life!
100%
90%
+18% to reach
80%
90% by 2017
70%
60%
71%
50%
40%
Utah Grads
GSD Grads
90% in 2017
30%
20%
10%
0%
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
GSD 2013 Graduation Rate 71%
Students will
leave Granite
School District
prepared for
college, career
and life in the
21st century
world.
• Skills
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Critical thinking
and problemsolving
• Creativity and
innovation
• Attributes
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•
Responsibility
Initiative
Flexibility
Perseverance
College and Career Readiness
6000
5000
HS Graduates
4000
AP Exams
3000
FAFSA Completion
2000
Concurrent
Enrollments
College
Enrollments
1000
0
2011
2012
2013
College and Career Readiness
Indicators
• FAFSA Completion Project (all high schools)
• College Application Week Pilot (Cottonwood, Kearns,
Taylorsville)
• AVID (14 secondary schools)
• Latinos in Action (13 secondary schools)
• College Access Advisors (6 high schools)
• Utah System of Higher Education MOU
College and Career
Readiness Supports
• Elementary Counseling Grant
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Awarded October 2012
Five schools (Hillsdale, Redwood, Oquirrh Hills, Taylorsville, Academy Park)
Full-time counseling professional in each grant school
Emphasis on positive behavior and mental health
• Suicide Prevention
• USOE licensing requirements
• School based training (social workers, psychologists, counselors)
• UMTSS Grant
• Principal PD
• School-wide PD
• Positive Behavior and Bully Prevention
Positive Behavior and Mental Health