Course curriculum

  • 1

    Week 1: Introductions and overview; job description

    • Top 10 Tasks and Skills

    • Cambridge College Counseling Philosophy

    • BP Yearly Task Calendar

    • D2 YEARLY TASKS BY MONTH 22

    • Becky's job description July 2016

    • D2 office pennants pdf

    • Becky's office pic

    • Counselor competencies from Journal of College Admission

    • Article from NACAC Creating a User-Friendly College Center

    • Article from CiRCE 4 Elevator Pitches For Classical Education Joshua Gibbs

    • From an IEC - What I do and don't do

    • Article 8 Things About College Admission Boeckenstedt

    • Helpful Professional Resources

    • Portrait-of-a-Graduate working draft

    • DD principles and college alternative slides

  • 2

    Week 2:Testing

    • D2: Hillsdale Academy standardized testing dates and philosophy

    • Hillsdale College Admissions test optional slide

    • BP: parent meeting testing slides, what, when, how to prep

    • BP handout/lesson for students: SAT ACT comparison chart from Applerouth

    • Student module, notes for teaching about testing BP

    • D2 letter: freshman parent digital SAT

    • Article: The New Digital SAT Adam Ingersoll

    • CB new SAT overview 2 pg handout

    • slides: CB new SAT qs for counselors

    • DD digital SAT CB seminar notes

    • slides: CB new SAT how it looks on computer

    • CLT vs. other tests from CLT

    • Article: Killing the SAT Means Hurting Minorities by Andrew Sullivan

    • Article: Tests are Broken for history and future solutions 7 min read

    • Test Score Release Permission Form

    • SAT ACT Concordance Table from Compass Prep

    • DD PSAT score explain letter 21 juniors

    • BP: PSAT 2022 parent-student letter for test day

    • BP email to parents: advice about test scores, healthy perspective

    • Cambridge Why Few AP classes parent meeting notes

    • Article: DC schools drop AP WaPo

  • 3

    Week 3: 9th-11th grades advising

    • D2 four year sequence timeline

    • BP four year sequence timeline

    • Article White Paper on College Admissions by Challenge Success Stanford

    • Junior College Info Checklist bullet points to print D2

    • D2 underclass rising May letters

    • DD confident futures p point

    • D2 yellow sheet update 23 google doc

    • 9th grade Kickoff meeting slides BP

    • 10th grade parent presentation slides BP

    • 11th grade fall parent presentation slides BP

    • 11th grade parent end of year presentation slides BP

    • College Terminology Quiz an introductory activity BP

    • BP Welcome to 9th grade You're building a permanent record

    • BP 10th grade advisory meeting topics

    • 11th grade topics for teaching BP

    • BP 11th grade advisory meeting topics

    • Country Day (MI) four year

    • Junior checklist from ACT

  • 4

    Week 4: Senior advising

    • DD Senior year micro schedule

    • D2 rising senior letter send in May

    • DD senior app organizer

    • 12th grade Parent Coffee notes and tasks BP

    • EA ED RD pros cons

    • Application Process Flow Chart (Nav users)

    • D2 College Application Essay topics - English class doc

    • Two-Day Summer Essay Workshop module overview Cambridge

    • BP Common App workshop 2022 slides

    • Teacher training for Rec Letters handout BP

    • About Me student questions for LORs BP

    • Parent Questionnaire for helping with counselor LORs BP

    • College Board rec letter tips

    • Morehead rec letter tips

    • Being Prepared for College Admissions Interviews

    • Mock Interview questions tips for adult volunteer interviewers BP

    • sample student essays Why Liberal Arts college BP

    • Article What Students Might Not Believe About College Admissions from Challenge Success (mental health)

    • US News college planning sheets

    • UM Admissions holistic selection process

    • Baylor University AI guidelines

    • 2022 CEG NACAC takeaways

    • DD summer program letter to parents

  • 5

    Week 5: Developing relationships with colleges

    • DD Relationships with Colleges FAQ

    • Hillsdale Academy Profile 22-23

    • Cambridge School Profile 2022-2023

    • ExemplarSchoolProfile

    • NACAC advice for School Profiles

    • Hillsdale Academy sample transcript

    • Cambridge sample transcript

    • Hillsdale Academy colleges 21 year list

    • Cambridge fall 2021 college visits bulletin board posting

    • Cambridge various email wording for college visits

    • Cappex CollegeVisitChecklist

    • Buskirk maximize college visit article

    • funny article The Hair-Pulling Madness of the Campus Tour

    • student game College Visit Bingo

  • 6

    Week 6: Financial Aid; other course wrap-up information

    • financial aid for college advisors presentation BP

    • Hillsdale College financial aid director advice

    • Financial Aid Night parent presentation BP

    • BP wording for parent financial aid emails jr and sr year

    • Creating an FSA ID handout