Curriculum Descriptors for School District 11 Secondary School Comprehensive and Developmental
Counseling Plan
Area/Grade
(Possible Activities)
Career
6
7
8
9
School to
Career Link
School to
Career Link
Career
Awareness
Career
Awareness
Linking Core
Academic to Career
Opportunity
**
Career Fair
Interest Inventories
Personality
Assessment
Link to Career
Possibilities
Secondary to
Post-Secondary
Introduction to
Secondary
Introduction to
Secondary
The development of
successful transitions
between Middle
School and High
School and between
High School and
post-secondary
education and the
world of work.
3 Year
Requirements and
Opportunities
Linking Performance
in MS to Options in
HS
Link between
Secondary and
PostSecondary
Introduction to
PostSecondary
Development of the
necessary skills and
attitudes for
successful transition
from school to work
or post-secondary
education.
Counselor
Guidance
The coordination of
ongoing systemic
activities designed to
assist individual
students and groups
of students in
establishing personal
goals and developing
future plans.
Guidance
Academic Support
Groups
 Academic
Planning
 Student Data
Folders
Time Management
Organization
Diversity Awareness
Safety: Mental and
Physical
Study Skills
Introduction to HS
Credits and
Graduation
Requirements
4 Year Plan
Linking Performance
in High School to
Options after High
School
CCHE requirements
Pre-Collegiate
Programs for First
Generation Students
10
Career Focus
11
12
Career
Investigation
Career
Investigation
Link Career to
Further Education or
Placement
Career Fair
AVP
Shadowing
**
Internships
**
PostSecondary
Focus and
Investigation
PostSecondary
Investigation
and Planning
PostSecondary
Planning and
Execution
College Visits and
Investigation
Through a Variety of
Sources
**
College Match
In-State College Fair
Out-of-Sate College
Fair
NCAA Registration
Going-to-College
Information Session
College/Tech
Schools Reps
**
College Applications
Resume Writing
Recommendation
Letters
Workshops:
 Essay Writing
 Private
Colleges
 Financial Aid
 Scholarships
**
Career Interest
Inventories and
Exploration
Career Fair
**
Guidance
Guidance
Guidance
Guidance
Guidance
Guidance
**
**
GPA
Transcripts
Graduation
Requirements
Transcript Review
Work with Credit
Deficient Students:
 Recovery of
Credits
 Dual-Enrollment
 On-Line and
Correspondence
 School
Placement
Review
**
**
2nd Semester:
 Credit Deficient
Student
Review
 Summer
School
**Please note: As students increase in grade level all previous information and/or activities are consistently continued. While they are not explicitly
stated in the table below, please expect them at each level.
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Curriculum Descriptors for School District 11 Secondary School Comprehensive and Developmental
Counseling Plan
Area/Grade
(Possible Activities)
6
Leadership
Opportunities
Leadership
Opportunities
Leadership
Opportunities
Leadership
Opportunities
Leadership
Opportunities
Leadership
Opportunities
Leadership
Opportunities
Leadership
Opportunities
In progress
In progress
Peer Mentoring
and/or Tutoring
Program
(Leadership Level)
Martin Luther King
Jr. Day
Dottie Lamm
Scholarship
Hugh O’Brien
Scholarship
Rotary Camp
Nominations
NHS Awareness
Peer
Mentoring/Tutoring
Program
(Leadership Level)
Increasing
Scholarship
Awareness
**
Orientation 5
to 6 Transition
Orientation
Orientation 8
to9 Transition
Orientation
Orientation
Orientation
Orientation
Introduction to High
School with
emphasis on
relationship building
Peer Mentoring
and/or Tutoring
Program (Participant
Level)
Summer Programs
Transitional
orientation for new
students to include
transcript review
and the transfer of
credits and/or
grades
**
**
**
Advocating for all students
to participate in diverse
opportunities and reach
their capacity to guide
others.
School
Orientation
The development of
successful transitions
between Elementary and
Middle School and
between Middle School
and High School.
Open House
Peer Mentoring
and/or Tutoring
(Participant Level)
7
Peer Mentoring
and/or Tutoring
Program (Participant
Level)
8
Open House
Peer Mentoring
and/or Tutoring
Program (Participant
Level)
9
10
11
12
**Please note: As students increase in grade level all previous information and/or activities are consistently continued. While they are not explicitly
stated in the table below, please expect them at each level.
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Curriculum Descriptors for School District 11 Secondary School Comprehensive and Developmental
Counseling Plan
Area/Grade
(Possible Activities)
Academic
Advisement
Attainment of rigorous
academic goals through the
selection of the most
challenging coursework
possible.
Coordination and
Disaggregation
of Required
Assessment
Attainment of rigorous
academic goals through
National, State, and local
assessment of academic
progress.
6
Academic
Advisement
5 to 6
Transition
7
Academic
Advisement
**
MS to
Elementary Visits
Elementary to
MS Visits
Parent Night(s)
Includes HS and
Post-Secondary
Awareness
8
Academic
Advisement 8
to 9 Transition
9
10
11
12
Academic
Advisement
Academic
Advisement
Academic
Advisement
Includes a
Substantial Portion
of Post-Secondary,
Career, and
Advisory
Information
**
**
HS to MS Visits
MS to HS Visits
Parent Night(s)
C & D of Required
Assessment
C & D of
Required
Assessment
C & D of
Required
Assessment
Importance and
Analysis of:
**
C & D of
Required
Assessment
C & D of
Required
Assessment
C & D of
Required
Assessment
C & D of
Required
Assessment
CSAP/Terra
Nova/MAPS:
Importance,
Analysis of
Scores, and Goal
Setting
**
**
CSAP/Terra Nova
Correlation to
College Entrance
Exams,
PSAT/PLAN
Information
MAPS (Alternative
Schools Only)
Importance and Analysis of:

**
PSAT/PLAN
 State and
National ACT
 SAT
 ASVAB
 Relation to
College
Entrance
**Please note: As students increase in grade level all previous information and/or activities are consistently continued. While they are not explicitly
stated in the table below, please expect them at each level.
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