NOSCA Workshops
National Office of School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA) Workshops
The College Board's National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA) believes school counselors are critical school-based professionals who have significant impact on children's futures and are essential to their attainment of meaningful future career options and high-quality life circumstances. NOSCA works to institutionalize school counseling practice that advances equitable educational access and rigorous academic preparation necessary for college readiness for all students.
FREE Workshops:
Increasing College and Career Readiness through Parent, Family, and Community Partnerships
September 20, 2011
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Ct.
1:00-4:00pm
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In this session, school counselors will learn about the sensitivity necessary to effectively engage diverse parent, family and community populations in the college and career readiness process. School counselors will gain the knowledge and skills needed to develop and deliver innovative and non-traditional college and career readiness interventions and strategies for parent, family and community partners.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify and assess parent/family related data for targeting college and career readiness outreach efforts.
- Assess the structure and make-up of today's students, families and communities
- Develop innovative and non-traditional interventions and strategies to engage diverse parent/family groups
- Learn to apply and implement tools and resources to engage students and families from diverse backgrounds to increase equitable college and career readiness outcomes.
NOSCA's Eight Components of College and Career Readiness Counseling: A Transformative Process
September 23, 2011
Saint Joseph's College of Maine, Standish, Maine
1:00-4:00pm
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In this session, the school counselor will learn how to use the transformative process to promote equity in student outcomes when using the NOSCA Eight Components of College and Career Readiness Counseling. The school counselor will learn to use the Eight Components publication as a tool to promote college and career readiness.
Learning Outcomes:
- Learn how the transformative process impacts the implementation of the Eight Components to gain equitable college and career outcomes.
- Learn to use tools to enhance delivery of the eight components.
- Learn to identify data elements and multi-level interventions for College and Career Readiness Counseling.
Leadership in Increasing and Supporting AP Participation and Success for Underserved Populations
January 30, 2012
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston, Mass.
8:30am-3:30pm
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This session will provide school counselors with the skills and knowledge necessary for promoting equitable participation and performance of underrepresented student groups in the Advanced Placement (AP) Program. Through easy to use tools, school counselors will learn to examine participants' capacity to examine AP data, and apply problem-solving strategies to generate best practice interventions.
Learning Outcomes
- Examine and debunk AP beliefs that thwart underserved populations aspirations for participation in AP.
- Examine and analyze data relevant to student AP participation and performance for underserved populations.
- Apply problem solving skills to generate best practice interventions to close achievement gaps and inequities in AP participation and performance.