SWAP: For Counselors by Counselors: Full Schedule

10:00am CST

Building Your Early College Program LIMITED

Friday December 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am CST

In this session, we'll explore effective strategies for expanding your Early College program, with an emphasis on recruitment, student support, and measurable impact. At Kelvyn Park High School, our program is twenty times larger than it was three years ago. We'll highlight approaches for sustainable, long-term growth and share insights on effectively supporting English Learners in college courses. Additionally, we'll discuss ways to strengthen equity within the program to ensure all students succeed.

Speakers

Aliza Rosenfeld

Counselor, CPS

Kris Tori

College & Career Coach, CPS

Friday December 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Kretzmann Hall: Class 361

GRADES 9-12, POSTSECONDARY

11:00am CST

Creating a Master Graduation Requirement One-Pager FILLING

Friday December 20, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am CST

Kretzmann Hall: Class 361

In this session, counselors will create a Master Graduation Requirements One Pager (Click this link for a preview) to utilize for Students and Parents when talking about graduation goals and deficiencies, along with evaluating credits by using Google Sheets and the Autocrat Add-On. Please make sure to bring a fully charged laptop as we will be working with different systems!

Speakers

Danny Casarrubias

School Counselor, Marine Leadership Academy

Friday December 20, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Kretzmann Hall: Class 361

GRADES 9-12, POSTSECONDARY

11:00am CST

Tiered Supports for Freshman Students FILLING

Friday December 20, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am CST

Koehneke Community Center: Rugland Room

This session will showcase tiered strategies/interventions within the academic domain to support the needs of freshman scholars. We will look at Tier I opportunities that address all students, Tier II opportunities that would consist of the utilization of data analysis practices to implement a small group, and lastly Tier III opportunities that would define more immediate responsive interventions.

Speakers

Charvis Peoples

School Counselor, North Grand High School

Paola Martinez

School Counselor Interns, North Grand High School

Dainese Pridegon

North Grand High School

Jessica Degalicia

School Counselor Interns, North Grand High School

Friday December 20, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Koehneke Community Center: Rugland Room

GRADES 9-12, ACADEMIC, SEL, POSTSECONDARY

1:00pm CST

Supporting your Visual Arts Students with their College and Scholarship Processes LIMITED

Friday December 20, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm CST

Kretzmann Hall: Room 271

Supporting students who are pursuing visual arts majors can be a daunting process! Please join us as we give tips, tricks, and tools to help you and your artist in their college application process! We'll be sharing information about portfolios, different types of arts education programs, application strategies, and scholarships!

Speakers