|
Kick-Off Meeting |
Classroom Meeting |
Parental Meeting |
Campus Visits |
Closing Ceremony |
Target Audience |
All 7th graders |
All 7th graders |
Parents of 7th
graders |
7th graders,
homeroom teachers, other chaperones |
All 7th graders |
Frequency/
Timing |
One meeting in
winter or spring (to be coordinated with college vacation sched.) |
One meeting,
immediately after kick- off (i.e., same day) |
One meeting in
evening shortly after kick-off |
One campus tour
per group, each group visiting a different type of college (public, private, commuter,
residential,etc.) |
One meeting about
one week after campus visit |
| Setting |
School auditorium |
Classroom |
School auditorium |
College campuses |
School auditorium |
| Presenter(s) |
1 male, 1 female
(e.g., local political and/or sports figures, etc.) |
Recent graduates
of local high school (1 male, 1 female in each room) |
College
admissions officer, financial aid officer, and/or financial planner |
Undergraduate
tour guides (ideally, grads of local high school), faculty, administrators, etc. |
One 7th grader
per group, speaking about college visited (w/slides) College representative School
superintendent |
| Content |
Why college?
How did I get there?
What did I do to prepare?
Did I know what I wanted to be?
How did it help me? |
What is college
like? (i.e., courses, dorms, activities, etc.)
How did I choose where to apply and attend?
What did I do to prepare? |
General
admissions and financial aid topics
What parents can do to support children's educational objectives? |
Student
life, extracurricular activities, academic preparation for college, etc. |
Highlights of
each tour (by students)
How to prepare
academically and financially for college Other motivational remarks |
Materials Needed |
Any appropriate
materials related to the careers of the speakers |
College viewbooks
and applications |
"Opening
Doors to the Future" (planning booklet) |
Cameras with slide film (1 per
group) |
Slide projector
"Make It Happen!" (planning booklet) |
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