Session 22: Counseling Strategies to Ensure "College Is Possible" for All Urban Students

Printer-friendly version

Freshman year is important to high school success, and research supports the value of establishing school connections to ensure postsecondary success. School counselors in the Chicago Public Schools have implemented several data-driven strategies to support the transition of 31,500 eighth-grade students into high school. Participants will leave the session with a calendar of pre-high-school events, including a four-week summer transition program, designed to ensure that all students graduate prepared to succeed in their choice of postsecondary options.

Presenters:
Joyce Brown, manager, Secondary School Counselors;
Sandi Stone, assistant manager, Secondary School Counselors;
Venisa Beasley-Green, counselor program manager; and
Regina Manley, counselor coordinator, Department of Postsecondary Education and Student Development, Chicago Public Schools