Passing the Torch How to Successfully Exit your

Passing the Torch: How to Successfully Exit your High School Strategies, Tips, Tools, and Resources to Support Second Year Advisers as they Prepare to Welcome their School’s Next CAC Adviser 1

Presentation Overview • • 2 Panelist introductions Panel discussion Recommendations Q&A

Panelists 3

Aiyah Josiah-Faeduwor Providence, RI #Para. Los. Ninos 4 • Served in the Brown University College Advising Corps from 2013 -2015 – 2013 -2014 @ Mount Pleasant High School – 2014 -2015 @ Community College of Rhode Island • Currently serving as Director of Operations at the OIC of Rhode Island, a nonprofit that creates pathways to careers for “at-promise” populations • Aspires to (co/)create a true community school in Providence.

Sara Morris • Served in the Advise TX College Advising Corps, Texas A&M University Chapter from 2011 -2013 o 2011 -2012 @ Los Fresnos High School in Los Fresnos, TX o 2012 -2013 @ Barbara Jordan High School for Careers in Houston, TX Sara Morris Austin, TX 5 • After CAC, worked at KIPP Austin Public Schools as a KIPP Through College Alumni Counselor for 2. 5 years • Currently, serving as a Program Coordinator for Texas On. Course, a statewide postsecondary and career counseling initiative housed at The University of Texas at Austin

Reginald Clark • Served in the Advise TX College Advising Corps (Texas A&M University Chapter) o Alief Taylor HS in Houston, TX, 2011 -2013 • Served as a Graduate Instructional Assistant at Texas State University, 2011 -2013 Reginald Clark Houston, TX 6 • Currently completing M. A. in Psychological Research at Texas State University and serving as an ELA/Social Studies Teacher in Aldine ISD, Houston, TX

Kaitlin Irvine Philadelphia, PA 7 • Served in the Pennsylvania College Advising Corps from 2010 -2012 at James Buchanan HS in Mercersburg, PA • After CAC, earned M. Ed. in Counseling (School Counseling focus) at the College of William & Mary • Currently serving as College Access & Success Coordinator at Summer Search Philadelphia working with high school and college students and college alumni

Panel Question #1 What was it like entering your school(s)? 8

Panel Question #2 How did you transition out? 9

Panel Question #3 Why is the transition important? 10

Resources: Examples of what to include • Key people in school & community (including their roles/how they’ve helped you/how to win them over) • HS procedures/policies related to the college adviser: – Accessing class schedules – Reserving space for events and meetings – Taking students out of class – Planning trips (permissions slips, transportation, chaperones) – Printing/supply use – Requesting transcripts and recommendation letters – Ordering SAT/ACT fee waivers and materials • Timeline of the year in college advising • Important admissions/finaid contacts you’ve built • Key activities that take place in the HS (staff meetings, spirit weeks, counselor meetings, etc. ) • Information about rising senior class (yearbook, files, etc. ) • School profile (academically, demographically, community-wise) • Local scholarship lists • Checklists/explanations for big events & initiatives like College Application Week, FAFSA Frenzy, Decision Day, etc. • Examples of flyers, postcards, info sheets and other artifacts you created/used • Fun facts about the school/community & how to get involved • Challenges you faced/lessons learned/snippets of wisdom – 11 You’ll be able to access resources we compiled from different Corps to use as references in creating/expanding your own!

Questions? Aiyah Josiah-Faeduwor ajosiahf@gmail. com Sara Morris saramichellem@gmail. com Reginald Clark reginaldeclark@gmail. com Kaitlin Irvine Kaitline. irvine@gmail. com 12

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