2012-2013 Middle School PEP Deadlines by Grade-Level
Complete Q1 - Due Oct 29th
Complete Q2 - Due Dec 20
Complete Q3 – Due Mar 29th
Complete Q4 – Due Jun 4th
Goal Setting
Academic Planning
Career Exploration
•Complete Learning Styles Investory
•Connect Learning Style to Career
Interests
•Select Learning Strategiess to Use Based
on Learning Style
•Understand Holland's Career Types
•Complete College in Colorado Career
Keys Interest Survey
•Research Career Interests by Educational
Requirements and Earning Potential
Career Exploration
PS & Financial Planning
6
Academic Planning
•Introduce Student Portal
•Understand Terms or Semesters,
Standards-Based Report Cards, and
Characteristics of a Successful Learner
•Introduce Note-Taking and Other Study
Skills for Success in Middle School
•Intruduce PEP SMART Goals
•Review Student Data to Set Goals
•Discuss Personal Qualities for College
Readiness and Overcomming Barriers to
Achieve Goals
[PS & Financial Planning: College Invest Grant Matching Handout]
7
Academic Planning
•Evaluate College Readiness Using
Rubric (and Non-cognitive Factors)
•Assess Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
•Assess Internal Locus of Control
Goal Setting
•Review PEP SMART Goal
•Explore Extracurricular
Opportunities
•Complete College in Colorado
Resume
•Review Holland's Career Types
•Complete College in Colorado
Interest Profiler
•Research Career Interests by
Educational Requirements and
Earning Potential
•Introduce Post-Secondary Options
•Review "Education Pays"
Information
•Discuss Common College
Misconceptions
8
Career Exploration Part 1
•Explore Career Cluster Model
•Complete College in Colorado Career
Cluster Survey (by early Oct)
•Explore and Record Top Career Interests
by Cluster
Career Exploration Part 2
•Review and Select Top Career
Cluster and Insustry/Sector
•Introduce High School, College, and
Career Fair Representatives by
Cluster
•Review Schedule and Expectations
(prior to Oct Career Fair)
Academic Planning Part 1
•Present High School Magnet, Charter,
Traditional, and Pathway Options and
Exploration Opportunities (by mid Nov)
•Explore School-Specific Application
Processes and Deadlines
•ExploreSchool of Choice Process and
Deadline
[Transition and
Resiliency Survey
Transition
by end of Nov]
Goal Setting
•Set Post-Secondary and Workforce Goal
•Explore Plans of Study Related to Career
Interest
•Select Extracurricular, Service Learning
Goals and Elective/Career Path Courses
Related to Career Interests
Academic Planning Part 2
•Introduce Credits and Transcripts
•Introduce Graduation Requirements
•Understand and Practice Calculating
Grade Point Average
PS & Financial Planning
•Introduce Post-Secondaty Options
Relevant to Career Interests
•Explore College Costs
•Introduce Financial Aid Vocabulary
(Scholarships, Grants, Work Study, COF)
[8th Grade Transition Spreadsheet
by end of April]
2012-2013 High School PEP Deadlines by Grade-Level
Complete Q1 - Due Oct 29th
Complete Q2 - Due Dec 20
Complete Q3 – Due Mar 29th
Complete Q4 – Due Jun 4th
Career Exploration
PS & Financial Planning
Academic Planning
Goal Setting
•Complete College in Colorado Career
Cluster Survey
•Explore Interests and Research Career
Options
•Research Educational Requirements and
Earning Implications
•Explore College Options (CE/ASCENT/AP)
•Prepare for College EXPO
•Introduce College Cost and Financial
Planning (FAFSA forecaster, COF)
•Introduce Transcripts and Graduation
Requirements
•Introduce Naviance Course Planner
•Match Career and Educational Objectives
to Complete Naviance Career, PS, and 4Year Academic Plan (by end of March)
Goal Setting
Academic Planning
9
10
Career Exploration
•Complete Naviance (Generic) Career
Exploration Survey
•Research and Explore Career Options
•Research Educational Requirements and
Earning Implications
11
Academic Planning
•Review Transcripts and Graduation
Requirements
•Review Naviance Career, PS, and 4-Year
Academic Plan (by end of Nov)
•Review ACT/PSAT Prep Options and
Implications for National Merit
Scholarship and College Readiness
12
Goal Setting
•Review PEP SMART Goals and Naviance
Career, PS, and 4-Year Academic Plan (by
end of Sept)
•Review Skills for Post-Secondary
Readiness
•Complete College Essay and/or Personal
Statement in Naviance
•Use Rubric to Evaluate Post-Secondary
Readiness
•Update PEP SMART Goals
•Review Service Learning and
Extracurricular Opportunities and
Complete Resume in Naviance
PS & Financial Planning
•Review PEP SMART Goals in Helping
Overcome Barriers
•Review Implications of GPA, ACT,
Accuplacer, and Remediation
•Draft College Essay and/or Personal
Statement in Naviance
PS & Financial Planning
•Review Financial Plan and Apply to at
least 3 Scholarships (by April 1st)
•Introduce Federal Application For
Student Aid (FAFSA)
•Understand Admission Process and
Complete at least 1 College Application
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[Senior Contracts Due and Complete by End of September]
•Review Transcripts and Graduation
Requirements
•Review Naviance Career, PS, and 4-Year
Academic Plan (due by end of Feb)
•Introduce Credit Recovery Options
Goal Setting
•Review College Entrance Requirements
and Planning Timeline (include CE)
•Review Financial Aid Resources
•Complete Scholarship Search and
Practice Sholarship Application
Career Exploration
•Review PSWF Readiness Rubric
•Review Majors related to Career
Interests and Document in Naviance
•Review Resume and 21st Century Skills
•Introduce Post-Secondary Readiness
Rubric (and 21st Century Skills)
•Introduce PEP SMART Goal Setting
•Introduce Resume Building, Service
Learning, and Extracurricular
Opportunities
PS & Financial Planning
•Complete College Search
•Introduce College Entrance
Requirements (CE, HEARS, GPA/ACT
Index Score, and ACT Prep Options)
•Introduce Financial Aid Resources and
Requirements (DSF)
Career Exploration
•Explore Career Interests by College and
Major
•Document Colleges and Majors in
Naviance
•Use Resume to Collect 3 Letters of
Recommendation
Academic Planning
•College and PS Transition Lesson (e.g.
College Portal, Orientation, Registration,
Placement Testing, FAFSA Verification,
Financial Aid Award Letter, Loan Types
and Payment Options , etc)
•Review Senior Exit System
•Complete Senior Exit Survey