College and Career Readiness: Initiative, Strategy, and Programming Asset Mapping Tool
Directions
This tool contains three parts:
1) A table to map your existing initiatives, strategies, and programming to support college and career readiness (pages 1-4)
2) Questions to prompt your analysis of current strengths and gaps (page 5)
3) A place to document your big take-aways in order to prepare for developing next steps (page 5)
Refer to the integrating college and career readiness road map rubric for ideas for the types of things you can include in your asset map, and to
assist with thinking through your strengths and gaps.
Part 1: Complete the table to map your existing initiatives, strategies, and programming to support college and career readiness:
 In column A, list the initiative, strategy, or program name that relates to increasing college and career readiness for students in your district
or region.
 In column B, select the tier (from a tiered system of support model, such as MTSS) that best fits the objective of this program/initiative.
o Tier I = the strategy or program is core / universal (intended for 100% of students in a district or school)
o Tier II = the strategy or program is supplemental / targeted (intended for about 5-10% of students in a district or school)
o Tier III = the strategy or program is intense / individualized (intended for about 1-4% of students in a district or school)
 In column C, select which college and career readiness domains the strategy or program addresses
o Academic (A) –
o Workplace Readiness (W) –
o Personal/Social (P) –
 In column D, check off all of the Massachusetts college and career readiness targets that the strategy or program addresses:
o Increasing the five-year graduation %
o Increasing the MassCore completion %
o Increasing the # of students that enroll in postsecondary education
o Reducing the # of students who enroll in developmental coursework in postsecondary education
o Increasing the participation of students in career development
 In column E, write in other local priorities that your district or organization is focused on (e.g., attendance) and then mark off if the strategy
or program addresses these other local priorities.
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Organization:
Date:
Completed by:
A, P
X
Tier 2
A, P
X
X
X
Tier 1
A, W, P
X
X
X
Workplace
readiness
(W)
E
Alignment with Other
Priorities
Increasing the participation of
students in career development
Tier 3
Tier 3 = intense
/ individualized
Academic (A)
Reducing the # of students who
enroll in developmental
coursework in postsecondary ed
College and Career Readiness Targets Addressed
Personal/
Social (P)
Tier 2 =
supplemental /
targeted
Example 1: Mentoring Program for
D
Increasing the five-year
graduation %
Tier 1 = core /
universal
C
College and
Career
Readiness
Domains
Addressed:
Increasing the # of students that
enroll in postsecondary
education
B
What tier is
this strategy/
program?
Increasing the MassCore
completion %
A
College and Career Readiness
Initiative, Strategy, or Program
Name
X
students at high risk
Example 2: High School Graduation
Coaches
Example 3: Senior capstone project
X
X
2
Workplace
readiness
(W)
Personal/
Social (P)
E
Alignment with Other
Priorities
Increasing the participation of
students in career development
Tier 3 = intense
/ individualized
Academic (A)
College and Career Readiness Targets Addressed
Reducing the # of students who
enroll in developmental
coursework in postsecondary ed
Tier 2 =
supplemental /
targeted
D
Increasing the # of students that
enroll in postsecondary
education
Tier 1 = core /
universal
C
College and
Career
Readiness
Domains
Addressed:
Increasing the MassCore
completion %
B
What tier is
this strategy/
program?
Increasing the five-year
graduation %
A
College and Career Readiness
Initiative, Strategy, or Program
Name
3
Workplace
readiness
(W)
Personal/
Social (P)
E
Alignment with Other
Priorities
Increasing the participation of
students in career development
Tier 3 = intense
/ individualized
Academic (A)
College and Career Readiness Targets Addressed
Reducing the # of students who
enroll in developmental
coursework in postsecondary ed
Tier 2 =
supplemental /
targeted
D
Increasing the # of students that
enroll in postsecondary
education
Tier 1 = core /
universal
C
College and
Career
Readiness
Domains
Addressed:
Increasing the MassCore
completion %
B
What tier is
this strategy/
program?
Increasing the five-year
graduation %
A
College and Career Readiness
Initiative, Strategy, or Program
Name
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Part 2: Assess current strengths and gaps:

Are all tiers being adequately addressed by college and career readiness programming? If not, where are the gaps?

Are all college and career readiness domains being adequately addressed? If not, where are the gaps?

Do we have programming, initiatives, or strategies that address all of the college and career readiness targets?

How well do our college and career readiness initiatives align with other priorities in the school/district/WIB/institution/etc.?
Part 3: What are the big take-aways to prepare for developing next steps:

What is the biggest strength or asset in our district/community/region?

What is our biggest challenge in our district/community/region?
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