The Hard Truth About Soft Skills College Success Foundation DC
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The Hard Truth About Soft Skills College Success Foundation DC
Panel for Today
Kya N. Dixon, MSSenior Program Officer, College Programs
Kevin Mungin, MASenior Program Officer, HERO Program
Nicole E. Smith, MSEdSenior Program Officer, School Programs
College Success Foundation DC :Who Are We?
HERO Achievers College Programs
Who Are Our Students?
Families must be considered Pell
eligible to applyMostly first-generation college-
bound students96% qualify for free or reduced lunch99% African AmericanAverage GPA 2.6Many do not live with a biological
parentMany are significantly
underprepared for college level work
Environment
Culture and Background
Supportive People
Strengths Based
Approach Culture of Accountability via teamwork
Strictly the Numbers….You Say…
Average number of minutes per year a student receives for college counseling
Percentage of low income first gen students who graduate from college
Percentage of DC students who graduate from high school
Percentage of DC students who graduate from college
Percentage of students who undermatch
Percentage of male college graduates from Wards 7 & 8
Student Profile • Family: 1 of 6• 100% Pell Eligible • Parents never married• Incarcerated at age 14• Muslim• 2.7 GPA (no honors/2 AP classes)• 750/800 SAT • Interest: sports management• Participated in OUDC• Applied to Morehouse, Penn
State, University of Delaware, UCONN, Frostburg, UDC, Delaware State, Lincoln University (PA)
How would you advise this student?
Questions to Consider: • What is your overall feeling about this student? • What conversations/advice would you have concerning
the schools the student would like to
apply to?
• How would you advise the student in the following areas:
• Financial• Academic
• Social Emotional • Cultural• Racial
• What do you feel are the students strengths and areas of concern/weakness?
Snapshot of School Profiles
• Sedlacek 8 Areas• Duckworth Grit & Self - Discipline
• Bloom, Hutson & Ye
• Appreciative Advising
• Carl Rogers Humanistic Theory• William
Glasser Choice Theory
• William E. Cross
People of Color Identity Model • Theresa
LaFromboise• Cultural
Acquisition
• Sternberg Triarchic
Theory• GardnerMultiple
Intelliences • Reuven
Bar-On EQi• Donald O.
Clifton Strengths Finder
• Reisser & Chickering
Identity Development • TintoRetention Theory• PerryEthical & Intellectual Development
CounselingTheories
Non-Cogs/21st Century
Skills
CulturallySensitiveResearch
Intelligences Student Development
Theory
Foundational Research
Non-Cognitive Factors
21st Century Skills
Duckworth: Grit and Self-Discipline
Will Smith
Will Smith
The only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be out-worked, period. You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things you got it on me in nine categories. But if we get on the treadmill together, there's two things: You're getting off first, or I'm going to die. It's really that simple, right?
You're not going to out-work me. It's such a simple, basic concept. The guy who is willing to hustle the most is going to be the guy that just gets that loose ball. The majority of people who aren't getting the places they want or aren't achieving the things that they want in this business is strictly based on hustle. It's strictly based on being out-worked; it's strictly based on missing crucial opportunities. I say all the time if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready.
Counseling Theories: Appreciative Advising
Make a positive first impression with the student, build rapport, and create a safe, welcoming space.
Inquire about students' hopes and dreams for their futures.
The student delivers on the plan created during the Design phase and the adviser is available to encourage and support students.
Ask positive open-ended questions that help advisers learn about students' strengths, skills, and abilities.
Co-create a plan for making their dreams a reality.
Advisers and students alike need to set their own internal bars of expectations high
Counseling Theories: Carl Rogers
Humanistic Theory
Congruence
Empathy
Counselor
Respect
Counseling Theories: William Glasser
Culturally Sensitive Research
LaFromboise• Assimilation Model• Acculturation Model• Alternation Model• Multicultural Model• Fusion Model
“Melting Pot”
Cross• Pre-Encounter Stage • Encounter Stage • Immersion/Emersion
Stage • Internalization Stage• Internalization
Commitment Stage
Intelligences: SternbergTriarchic Theory
Creative
Practical
Analytical
• 3 types of intelligence• All people have all 3 to some
degree• Most people are stronger in
one type than the others• Intelligence is trainable• Intelligence is affected by and
related to culture
Intelligences: Gardner
Intelligences: Bar-On EQi
Intelligences: Clifton StrengthsFinder
Student Development Theories:Tinto
Retention Theory
Readvise
Questions to Consider: • What is your overall feeling about this student? • What conversations/advice would you have concerning
the schools the student would like to
apply to?
• How would you advise the student in the following areas:
• Financial• Academic
• Social Emotional • Cultural• Racial
• What do you feel are the students strengths and areas of concern/weakness?
CSF Good Math
• 83% of HERO participants receive the Achievers Scholarship
• 99% HS Graduation Rate• 85% of Achievers enroll in
college the first semester immediately after graduating from high school
• 28% College Graduation Rate compared to 3% in Wards 7 and 8
Be the Role Model
Be Naked.
Be Encouraging and Corrective.
Be the Cheerleader
Strictly the Numbers….Stats
Average number of minutes per year a student receives for college counseling
38Percentage of low income first gen students who graduate from college
11Percentage of DC students who graduate from high school 52
Percentage of DC students who graduate from college 9Percentage of students who undermatch 40Percentage of male college graduates from Wards 7 & 8 1
“ The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child;
it is whether we can afford NOT to.” ~ Marion Wright Edelman. Founder & President. Children’s Defense Fund
Kevin Mungin
Kya Dixon
Nicole E. Smith
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