Increasing Awareness, Access & Success for
College Readiness
Tyler Dixon, Emmanuel Patiño, Anamaria Rosales,
Jonathan Senecal & Andre Wallace
teamASAP Captains
Beth A. Arey
College & Career Coordinator
Amber Bolden Greer
Professional School Counselor
Dale G. Leibforth
Mathematics Teacher/Instructional Coach
AP Recruitment & Retention Coordinator
Evanston Township High School District #202 - Evanston, IL
ETHS School Profile
September, 2013
Total Enrollment: 3,120
Low-Income: 41.4%
Black or African
American
Hispanic/Latino
Two or more
races
Asian
White
Asian: 3.9%
Black or African American: 30.9%
Hispanic/Latino: 16.6%
Two or more races: 4.8%
White: 43.4%
College Bound (Class of 2012): 72%
2 Year Colleges: 16%
4 Year Colleges: 55%
Success
Access
Awareness
High School & Post-High School
Awareness
Access
Success
Objectives:
•To provide overview of counseling curriculum
•To offer examples of collaboration within ETHS to
develop effective student-centered programming
•To provide an opportunity for colleagues to reflect
on current curriculum, programming, practices and
how student needs are being met
Awareness
Access
Counseling Staff
Success
Awareness
Access
Success
Major Opportunities to Focus on Access
• Freshman Transition
• Junior Post-Secondary Planning
Awareness
Access
Success
How do we support freshmen transition?
•Access ETHS
•Freshman Orientation
•Freshman Advisory Study Hall Program
•Introduction to High School Seminar
•Individual Freshman Conferences
•Course Selection Group Sessions
Awareness
Access
Access ETHS Overview
• 1 credit summer course
•Activities and skills based learning
•Collaborative
Success
Awareness
Access
Success
Access ETHS Goals
• Acquire test-taking, note-taking, research and
organizational skills
• Gain an awareness of resources, supports and
skills necessary for a successful transition to high
school
• Become familiar with ETHS culture, procedures,
building and campus
• Develop a high school success plan with short &
long-term goals
• Build community among the class
Awareness
Access
Success
Freshman Orientation
• Approximately two hours
• Begins with a brief welcome session in the
auditorium
• Concludes with freshmen and their
parents/guardians exploring the high school
Freshman Advisory Study Hall Program
*Students’ Six: Six Teaching Strategies that Work for Students of Color, Greg Meyer: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools,
Chapel Hill, NC
Awareness
Access
Success
FASH Programming with
Specific Outcomes
• Community Building
– Social/Emotional: Students will
learn to communicate effectively
• Academic Supports
– Academic and Social/Emotional:
Students will know where the
various supports, beyond class are
located and when they are offered
– Students will understand the
process of taking advantage of
supports offered
– Students will become better selfadvocates when seeking out
supports
• What is your GPA?
• Understanding your Transcript
• Introduction to Naviance
– College/Career: Students will receive
additional college information
– Students will receive additional career
and vocational information
– Students will more fully utilize Naviance
during their freshman year
• Check-ins
– Student/counselor relationship building
Awareness
Access
Success
Introduction to High School Seminar
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Small group sessions
Discussion of graduation requirements
Overview of four-year plan
Present scenarios highlighting the significance
of grades and accessing supports
• Encouragement of extracurricular involvement
Awareness
Access
Success
Individual Freshman Conferences
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Progress update
Review of interim grades and four-year plan
Discussion of possible interventions
Check-in of extracurricular involvement
Awareness
Access
Success
Course Selection Group Sessions
• December
– Course information days
• January
– Small group information sessions
– Student submission of course requests
Awareness
Access
Success
Junior Post-Secondary Planning Conferences
• Scheduled for each student;
parents are invited
• December 1st - April 30th
• Discussion
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Current plan
Colleges
Major/career interest
Graduation plan
Grades/GPA/Rigor of
curriculum
– Test scores
• Action Plan
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Create a list of schools
Define wants
Determine needs
Use Naviance and other
search engines
Refine list
Visit schools
FAFSA/Fin Aid/Scholarships
Compile
activities/awards/accomplish
ments
Q&A
Awareness
Access
Success
A Paradigm Shift:
College Eligible vs. College Ready
Admission vs. Graduation
Awareness
Access
It’s never too early!
• PreK-16 partnerships
• Goals
• Academics
• Careers
• Campus exposure
• Financial aid
• Transition
• School-wide/city-wide coordination
Success
Awareness
Access
Success
Traditional College Readiness Predictors
Grades
Achievement Tests
College Matriculation Predictors
Application Completion
FAFSA Completion
Secondary Course Placement
Post-Secondary Course Placement
College Matching (or fit)
Awareness
Access
Success
Where can improvements be made?
Students
People
Pre-High School
Teen Parents
Student-Athletes
Community College Advising
Special Education
Local Partnerships
Engaging Families
Academic Departments
Minority Advising Groups
Programs
Promotions
Financial Aid Education
College Representative Visits
College Campus Tours
Standardized Test Score Interpretation
General School Events
Athletic Events
Fine Arts Events
Media/Communications
Awareness
Access
Success
Deliberate: adj. intentional.
Strategy: n. a plan of action intended
to accomplish a specific goal.
Awareness
Access
Success
Awareness
Access
Success
College Success Research
Hargrove, L., Godin, D., & Dodd, B. (2007) College Outcomes and the AP
Experience: Does the AP Grade “2” Matter? Paper presentation at American
Educational Research Association, April 2007, Chicago, IL.
Keng, L., & Dodd, B. (2007) An Investigation of College Performance of AP and
Non-AP Student Groups. Paper presentation at American Educational Research
Association, April 2007, Chicago, IL.
Bowen, W.G., Chignos, & M.M., McPherson, M.S. (2009) Crossing the Finish Line:
Completing College at America’s Public Universities. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press.
Awareness
Access
Success
College Success Research Outcomes
• An AP exam score of 2 correlates with better college performance
than students who did not take an AP course or took the course and
skipped the exam.
• An AP exam score of 2 had higher four-year graduation rates than
AP courses alone, and other non-AP courses.
• AP students had higher first-year and fourth-year GPAs than those
who did not take AP courses in high school.
Historical Performance on AP Exams
Number
Number of Test Takers and Number of Exams
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1800
2012-13
1927 Exams
850 Students
1551
1312 1311 1382
1059
526
630
623
618
681
766
# AP Exams
# AP Tested
2013-14
948 Students
Enrollment in Advanced Placement
• Enrollment
290 in 1995
948 in 2014
• Percentage in grades 11/12
40% in 2006
68% in 2014
• Percentage change for Black, Latino and White
Black:
13% in 2007
38% in 2014
Latino: 22% in 2007
58% in 2014
White: 61% in 2007
82% in 2014
Number of Graduates in One or More AP Courses
Black
2012
79
2013
94
2014
102
Latino
White
Total
48
282
437
52
292
497
74
278
506
506 out of 693 = 73%
100
Percent of Graduates
One or More
AP Course
90
80
70
60
Black
Latino
White
Total
50
40
30
2012
2013
2014*
ETHS Percentage of Non-White AP Students
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
2001-2002 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2011-2012 2012-2013
ETHS Total Number of AP Scores
Grade 3 or Higher
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
1027
1008
1253
1293
Percent of Students Proficient
(3 or higher)
on AP Exams
65% in 2011
67% in 2013
Restructuring of Freshman Year
Earned Honors Humanities 2011-2012
(English/History & Social Sciences)
Earned Honors Biology 2012-2013
Pathways to Advanced Placement
Awareness, Access & Success Work
• Restructuring of Freshman Year – Earned Honors
• Increasing Access & Success in AP Committee
• Pathways to AP Forum/Pathways Documents
• 27 AP Classes in 6 Departments
• Adding new AP courses
FORUM
ETHS Advanced Placement Classes 2013-2014
(27 Total Classes in Six Different Departments)
English
Language and Composition
Literature and Composition
Fine Arts
Art History
Portfolio/Studio
Music Theory
History & Social Sciences
European History
Psychology
United States History
Mathematics
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
MV Calculus/Linear Algebra
Computer Science
Statistics
Science
Biology
Chemistry
3 Chemistry/Physics
4 Chemistry/Physics
Environmental Science
Physics B (Physics 1 & Physics 2)
Physics C
World Languages
5 French
4 German
Latin
4 Spanish Heritage Literature & Language
4 Spanish Literature & Language
5 Spanish Literature & Language
Advanced Spanish Language
Career & Technical Education
Government & Politics: United States
team Access & Success in Advanced Placement
• Monthly Meetings
• Mentoring
• Tutoring
• Inform, Inspire & Encourage
• Leadership
• Story Videos
• Fish Bowl
team Access & Success in Advanced Placement
Year 3
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Recruitment and Support
Students
Peer One-on-One Tutoring
Tutoring Within Classrooms
Tutoring Within Larger
Groups
Mentors
Wildkit Academy
Biology AP
Sophomore English
Junior English AP
AB Calculus AP
Homework Center
Study Groups
2
Recruitment
Events
3
Recruitment & Support
Technology
4
Recruitment
Structural
5
Recruitment
Design Team
6
Support
Workshops
teamASAP Monthly
Facebook
Administrative
Biographies
Time Management (5Meetings
Twitter
Conversations
I AM Poems
Minute Timer)
Pathways to AP Forum
Vine
Adding AP Courses
H-Hall Bulletin Board College Application Process
12/11
Instagram
Data Study
T-Shirts & Gear
College Scholarship Process
AP Winter Combine 1/25 teamASAP Support Website Serve on Increasing Access &
Posters
Becoming a College Reader
AP Spring Training 3/8
AP Testimonials
Success in Advanced
Banners
& Writer
AP Summer Camps August
Videos/You Tube
Placement Committee
Pencils
Parent Workshops
Wildkit Academy Sessions
Google +
Present to Building
Review Sessions
Upload Notes from Class
Leadership Team
Mock AP Exams
ETHS Announcements
Present to All Staff
Boltwood Cafe Present to
AP Review Websites
Freshman
FASH Videos
E-Ban Parents Meeting
Announcement Videos
Latino Advisory Committee
Meeting
Parents Engaged Meeting
Freshman Advisory Study
Halls
Conference Presentations
AM AP Supports
Dance
Movies
AP Party
Petting Zoo
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Recruitment & Support
Parents
8
Support
Teachers
9
Support
Relax & Party
PUT IN OTHER
CATEGORY
Share Stories
Stress/Workload
Assessment Retakes
Together Educator And
Mentor
AKA AP Buddies
PUT IN OTHER
CATEGORY
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Recruitment & Support
Fundraising/Community
Service
Student Ambassadors
AP Review Books
Parent Ambassadors
AP Test Pencils
Latino Quest
Fundraising Sales
Minority Student Achievement
Grants
Network
AP Exam Success Incentives
Students Organized Against
Racism
NAACP
Community Service Club
ETHS Grads Who Teach at ETHS
STAE
AVID
Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers
Project Excite
Summer Geometry
Northwestern University
Parent Communication
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Recruitment & Support
Collaboration
Sunshine
Caroline V.
Caroline V. (Facebook)
Kevin
Sunshine
Caroline V.
Sunshine
Sunshine
Rebecca C.
Rebecca C.
Brittanie G. (E-Ban)
Sunshine
Brittanie G. (Instagram)
Nick M. (Face/Twitt)
Ben F.
Nick M.
Sarah W.
Nick M.
Nick M.
Elliot G.
Olivia W.
Nick M.
Rebecca C.
Sarah W.
Nick M.
Lauren R.
Ben F.
Olivia W.
Ben F.
Adrianna C. (Vine)
Suzanne H (ASAP Comm)
Kelsey S.
Suzanne H.
Tessa S.
Nick M. (STAE)
Fidak K.
Valeria S.
Sarah W.
Deyon K. (Review Websites)
Francesca F.
(Facebook/Instagram)
Nathaniel Bernstein
Nathaniel Bernstein
Aly S.
Nick M.
Kelsey S.
Kai J. (SOAR/Project Excite)
Deyon K.
Jon S. - Bavis
Madeleine R.
Lauren R.
Adrianna C.
Deyon K.
Fidak K.
Lauren R.
Molly L.
Deyon K.
Jill K.
Suzanne H (Amb)
Deyon K. (AVID)
Jill K. (Amb)
Olasumbo B. (amb)
Francesca F. (AVID/AVID
Ambassador)
Nick M.
Fidak K.
Dorie R.
Abby C
Olasumbo B.
Francesca F.
Nick M.
Tessa S.
Maggie S.
Aly S.
Elliot G.
Molly L.
Fidak K.
Adrianna C.
Kai J.
Suzanne H.
Erika C.
Deyon K.
Abby C.
Olasumbo B.
Francesca F.
Jon S.
Nick M.
Tessa S.
Maggie S.
Ryan K.
Fidak K.
Sullivan F.
Suzanne H.
Deyon K.
Olasumbo B.
Sarah W.
Nick M.
Jill K.
Jon S. - forum
Abby C.
Julia S.
Francesca F.
Jon S.
Jon S.
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Supports
Athletics
Athlete's Sub Club
Women & STEM in Sub
Club
Oli J.
AP Summer Bridge Courses
• AMAPS – AM AP Support
• Targeted Review Sessions
• Review Book Drive
• “I GOT THIS” Pencils
• Support & Resource Website - tinyurl.com/teamasap
Additional ETHS Supports
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Wildkit Academy
AVID – Advancement Via Individual Determination
Academic Intervention Team
Project Excel
STAE – Steps Toward Academic Excellence
Data-Based & Trained Advisors
Departmental Study Centers/Media Centers
Homework Center
Media Centers
One-on-One Tutoring
Classroom and School Environment Interventions
Behavioral Interventions
Continued Teacher Professional Development & Vertical Teams
Having a strong Freshman
experience and early awareness
starts ETHS students on a rigorous
pathway toward access and
success in AP courses to help
ensure readiness and retention
for college & career.
Beth A. Arey
Dale G. Leibforth
areyb@eths.k12.il.us
ethsap@eths202.org
www.eths.k12.il.us/ccc www.eths.k12.il.us/ap
Amber Bolden Greer
boldena@eths.k12.il.us
www.eths.k12.il.us/student_services/counselors
Tyler Dixon
Emmanuel Patiño
Anamaria Rosales
Jonathan Senecal
Andre Wallace
http://tinyurl.com/teamasap