College App Week

Presented by:Penny Gandy and Letha HuddlestonOklahoma College Assistance Program

College App Week

2013-2014 1st full year of subcommittee structure

K-12 High School to College College Enrollment through Graduation Transition from College to Career Non-Traditional Students and Adult Learners Website and Multimedia Development Member Recruitment

Reevaluated – decided to condensefrom seven down to three subcommittees

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Condense subcommittee structure into three groups

High School to College College to Career Member Development

Combine workshops with member meetings Survey members to identify topics Host regional workshops in spring, summer and fall

Digital media Refresh website Expand content of ‘Members-Only’ webpages

New Structure of OK-CAN

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As of April 2015: 280 Individual Members Representing 183 Organizations

Diverse members and organizations: Counselors Middle and High Schools Principals College and Career Techs Admissions Officers TRiO and Upward Bound Advisors Tribal Organizations Executive Directors Financial Aid and Admissions Volunteers Mentoring Programs Teachers Community Partners

Recent history of OK-CAN Activity

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Embrace a global topic (college access and success) and identify a common project to support

Welcome to College App Week!

New Project for OK-CAN

College App Week

Started in 2012 Originally implemented at the 24 GEAR

UP designated school districts First year – 1,790 high school seniors

submitted/started 2,470 college admission applications

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In 2014, CAW resources were offered statewide through partnership between GEAR UP and the Oklahoma State Department of Education

Added an additional 41 school districts 2,200 high school seniors

submitted/started 4,421 college admission applications

In addition to the GEAR UP schools

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Tools and resources already developed by GEAR UP – including a counselor implementation guide

Templates to use for school announcements, parent flyers and other social media outlets are available and ready to use

OCAP to provide posters and stickers

What’s available for CAW now?

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OK-CAN would host monthly planning callsExample: August – Get started, build and prepare your team, begin

looking for potential sponsors who could supply food or goodies at the event(s)

September – Get seniors signed up for college visits and make sure they participate in local college fairs, start marketing CAW to students and parents

October – Confirm volunteers, make final arrangements for CAW event, reconfirm with any sponsors, begin making school announcements as reminders, solicit assistance from English teacher to have students work on admission letters

November – for any last minute details

If I decide to participate in CAW, what would the preparation look like?

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Before you leave for summer break, reserve the dates and a location that could be used for CAW

media center, computer lab, anywhere you could set up PC’s for your seniors to use, and get it on the school calendar (be sure to get approvals from your administration if necessary)

Plan on joining us in August to go over materials and cover planning steps to be taken before the November events

Look for announcements and information sent to the OK-CAN listserv

Be thinking about volunteers you can approach in the fall to help plan and participate in your event

What do I need to do NOW?

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Lindsey Williams, US Grant High School, OKC

Jennifer Sack, Booker T Washington High School, Tulsa

Polly Bredy, Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center, Ft. Cobb

OK-CAN Members who’ve participated in CAW

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Thank you for joining us, and let us know if you have any questions.

Letha Huddleston(405)234-4345 lhuddleston@ocap.orgPenny Gandy(405)234-4364 pgandy@ocap.org

(800)247-0420

Help us make CAW 2015 a success!