ABC Highs Counseling Team Small Group Action Plan 20142015

School Name
Group Name
Goal
Target Group

ABC High School

Male Empowerment in Postsecondary Success
Assist males feeling lost in interests and aspirations for postsecondary plans by providing the counseling &
resources with an end goal of having them enroll in something after high school graduation whether than be
a job, college or vocational training center.
Male population of 9th and 12th graders with lack of understanding of college/career goals after high school.
Pre-test conducted for 9th and 12th graders covering college/career interests, data from past 3 years
documenting an almost 10% difference in males enrolling in college compared to females.

Data to Identify Students

School Counselor(s)
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Team A: 9 Grade Males (Lisa & Dena)
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Team B: 12 Grade Males (Ayla &
Lindsay)
Implications
1. Students feel they need solid
knowledge of after high school
plans and how to carry them
out.
2. Continue with Career and
College Readiness Night to
encourage parent involvement
in their childs plans after
graduation
3. Some students have different
interests beyond what the
school can provide them
knowledge with
4. All students deserve individual
sessions to focus on goals after
graduation, but with no time or
manpower a small group such
as this focuses on the students
at most need with basic skills
to figure out interests and
create goals for after
graduation
5. Many students must follow

ASCA Domain,
Standard and
Student
Competency
Mindset
Standards
2. Self-confidence
in ability to
succeed
4. Understanding
that
postsecondary
education and lifelong learning are
necessary for longterm career
success
Behavior
Standards
Learning
Strategies:
5. Apply media
and technology
skills
7. Identify long
and short term
academic, career
and
social/emotional
goals
Self-Management

Outline of
Group Sessions
to be Delivered
Session 1:
Identify
interests/learning
styles
Session 2:
Financial
goals/lifestyle
choices

Resources
Needed
Lesson plan and
small group
action plan
curriculum
Space for
meetings with
computer access

Session 3:
Education
needed for
job/career

Handouts with
summary of skills
learned

Session 4:
Resume/job
hunting skills

Pre/Posttest
projecting
knowledge of
postsecondary
plans

Session 5:
Application/entit
y visit
Session 6:
Speakers directed
towards interests

Capacity to split
up groups based
on interest
Take homes for
parents to be
included

Process Data
(Projected
number of
students
affected)
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Perception Data
(Type of surveys
to be used)

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9 and 12
grade males with
little to no
direction after
pretest
conducted of
knowledge of
interests & postsecondary plans
in August of the
2014-2015
school year
2008-2011
achievement
data collected
exposing the
almost 10%
difference in
females enrolling
in college after
high school
compared to
males
Projected 20-25
students

Pre-Posttest by
students
recording plans
after graduation
Referrals by
teachers
Attitude
% of males who
think postsecondary plan
are important
Skills
% of males that
can apply for
future plans
Knowledge
% of males who
can identify
interests &
college/career
plans

Outcome Data
(Achievement,
attendance
and/or behavior
data to be
collected)
Achievement
% of males
expanded
knowledge of
steps to take after
graduating
AchievementRelated
% of males
attending school
every day
% of parents
involved childs
plans after
graduation
% of males with
behavior write ups
% of males with
low GPAS

Project Start/Project
End
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Team A: 9 Grade
Males
August 2014- January
2015
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Team B: 12 Grade
Males
August 2014-January
2015, continue if need
after in break out
small groups
depending on postsecondary interests
(college/career/trainin
g program)

different paths after high

school depending on family
needs

Skills:
5. Demonstrate
perseverance to
achieve long and
short term goals