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Steele Canyon High School:Results of Family Connections Guidance Lesson
Andrew Springsteen and Bryant Strause
What Did We Do?Who: 60 freshmen students that had a 1st
and 2nd block study hall
What: (1) A two day counselor generated Family Connections PowerPoint
(2) Completed the personality assessment and conducted a career search
When: November 14th-15th
Where: In the computer lab at SCHS
Family Connections: Day 11) Students took the pre test
2) PowerPoint◦ I. Overview of Family Connections◦ II. Why Family Connections (graduation
requirement, discover strengths, search careers, explore colleges, etc.)
◦ III. Overview of what letters mean on personality assessment
3) Students began personality assessment
Family Connections: Day 21) Reviewed PowerPoint
2) Students finished personality assessment
3) Students conducted a career search◦ I. Wrote down personality type◦ II. Wrote down strengths◦ III. Wrote down 3 careers of interest◦ IV. Wrote down 3 areas of study based upon
their careers of interest◦ V. Wrote down the salaries for each career of interest
National StandardsCareer Development Standard
A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
Career Development Standard C: Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work.
Student CompetenciesC:A1.1 Develop skills to locate, evaluate and
interpret career information
C:A1.3 Develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills, interests and motivations
C:B1.6 Learn to use the Internet to access career-planning information
C:C2.1 Demonstrate how interests, abilities and achievement relate to achieving personal, social, educational and career goals
Why Family Connections?Current Percentage of Student’s Registered
Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
52%
77%
54%
95%
TOO MANY are waiting until senior year.
What happens when a student is registered to Family ConnectionsStudents will be able to receive emails from the
school counselor
Students will be able to complete the personality assessment (Graduation Requirement!!)
Students will be able to search careers
Students will be able to search colleges
Students will be able to request transcripts
Why Family Connections?Is it being used?
Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
9% 7%20%
55%
Percentage of students who have logged into Family Connections 3 or more times before guidance lesson was implemented.
Students are NOT using family connections very
often.
Why Family Connections?Supporting Research
Research Shows That…◦“8th grade students who participated in a
classroom career search guidance lesson were more likely to create more rigorous high school 4 year plans” (Peterson, Long, & Billups, 1999).
◦“If students know that their careers of interest need a college diploma, they are more motivated to succeed in high school and continue onto post-secondary education” (Matthay, 1995).
Perception DataIf we want behavior to change we must
first change perception data. What are the student’s beliefs,
knowledge, and skills?
What They Already Know…Percentage of students who knew that Family Connections can be used to explore careers, research colleges, create a four year plan, and to create a job resume.
Pre: 87% Post: 90%
Increase In Attitudes!
Strongly Disagree or
Disagree
Unsure Strongly Agree or Agree
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
4%
54%
44%
2% 4%
94%
Pre-Test
I believe using Family Connections will help me plan my future .
There was a HUGE increase in students who agree or strongly
agree.
Increase in Attitudes!
Strongly Disagree or
Disagree
Unsure Strongly Agree or Agree
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
69%
18% 14%
92%
8%0%
Pre-TestPost-Test
There was a 33% in-crease in students who strongly disagree or disagree.
I believe it is too early to think about career choices as a freshmen.
Increase in Knowledge
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
6%
38%25%
13%19%
2% 4%
80%
8% 6%
PrePost
Correct answer: Personality Type
Which of the following Family Connections tool is a graduation requirement?
A HUGE Increase in
the percentage of students
who can identify the graduation
requirement!
Knowledge: Improvement Needed
Only on School Com-puter
Student Section of SC
Website
Academic Section of SC
Website
Google Search
All of the Above
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
4%
48%
6% 2%
42%
0%
51%
6%0%
43% PrePost
Correct answer: Student Section
More emphasis needed for next time
I can Access Family Connections…
100% of Students Completed These Skills…
Completed a personality type
Identified three potential careers based upon the results of the personality type
Identified three strengths associated with their personality type
Identified three areas of study for each career choice
What We Believe Will Happen
We aim to affect student behavior so students will…◦ Become motivated to plan for their future◦ Believe that Family Connections is an effective
planning tool
Which will influence achievement related data…◦ By having students use Family Connections more
frequently
Which will impact achievement data…◦ By increasing the college going rate◦ By increasing A-G completion
Results DataWhat happened after our
guidance lesson?
Results data: What happened?
Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
9% 7%
20%
55%
20%
7%
20%
65%BeforeAfter
Percentage of students who have logged into Family Connections 3 or more times.
After the guidance les-son, there was an in-crease in the percentage of freshmen that have used Family Connections 3 or more times.
LIMITATIONS: Only 10% received this lesson
Freshmen0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
20%
100%
BeforeAfter
Percentage of students who have logged into Family Connections 3 or more times.
We only worked with 60 freshmen. If we worked with all freshmen, it could be at 100%!
Vision Data
I can predict your future…
What we believe will happen
Vision Data- What We Are Aiming For
2011-2012 2017-2018 2018-20190%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
55%
75%85%
Increase in Seniors Graduating College Eligible
Seniors Gradu-ating College ...
Vision Data- What We Are Aiming For
2008-2009 2017-2018 2018-20190%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
80%88% 92%
Increase the Rate of Post-secondary Enrollment
SummaryStudents now believe that Family
Connections is beneficial for planning their future.
Students now know that completing the Personality Type is a graduation requirement
Students used Family Connections to identify their personality type, discover potential careers of interest, and how to obtain these careers.
LimitationsWere only able to meet with 60
students
How to access Family Connections was not covered in the PowerPoint.
Because the lesson was two days, we lost four students due to absences
RecommendationsPresent the data to staff to
encourage use of Family Connections
Perform a different Family Connections lesson with each grade level that builds off previous lessons.
Continue to monitor freshman use of Family Connections
Thank you SCHS guidance team and campus supervisors for your support in making this guidance lesson successful!