Destination Equity Conference 5th Anniversary
Friday, April 13, 2012
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Connecting Education Policy with Experience
Transforming the
Educational Experience of
Young Men of Color:
School Counseling Series
National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA)
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Participants will:
Review the key research findings and the recommendations
offered in the Educational Experience of Young Men of Color;
Discuss how the National Office for School Counselor (NOSCA)
responded to the call to action outlined in the research
recommendations;
Utilize NOSCA’s Transforming the Educational Experience of
Young Men of Color: School Counseling Series, companion
handbook and webpage;
Learn from four guest journal contributors their perspectives and
opinions on how to support and transform the educational
experiences of young men of color.
Moderator• Jennifer Dunn, Director
The College Board National Office for School
Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA)
Panelist• Dr. John Lee, Director of Policy and Research
The College Board Advocacy and Policy Center
• Dr. William Clay, Middle School Counselor in Prince
George’s County Public Schools. Founder and creator of Men
of Ardmore a data driven elementary-based male
empowerment program.
• Lillian Tsosie-Jensen (Dineh’), Former High School
Counselor, Counselor Educator, Comprehensive Counseling
and Guidance Program Specialist, Utah State Office of
Education
• David Miller, Former Baltimore City educator and Co-founder
of the Urban Leadership Institute.
• Fanon Hill, Co-director of the Black Identity Project and
Founder and Executive Director of the Baltimore City Youth
Resiliency Institute
School Counseling Series
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Young Men of Color2008 Dialogue Days at College Board’s Diversity Conferences
– Scholars, activists and policymakers from four racial/ethnic
groups discussed problems facing males within each ethnic
group.
2010 Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color
– Compiled insights and experiences of over 60 scholars,
practioners and activists into a report
2011 The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color
– Most compelling and comprehensive data that tracks
progress and pitfalls and adds the voice of young men of
color on their way to college.
Website: youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org
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Reports Key Findings:
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Six Pathways
1
Enrollment 2 & 4 year College
2
Enlistment in U.S. Armed
Forces
3
Employment in U.S. Workforce
4
Unemployment
5
Incarceration
6
Death
Six Post-Secondary Pathways
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Website: youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org
1. Enrollment 2 & 4 year Colleges or Vocational School
Percentage of 15 to 24 year olds Enrolled in a 2 or 4 year College or
a Vocational School by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, 2008
Website: youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org
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Percentage of 18 to 24 year old U.S. Armed Forces Enlisted
Soldiers, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity, 2008
2. Enlistment in U.S. Armed Forces
Website: youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org
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3. Employment in U.S. Workforce
Percentage of 15 to 24 year olds Employed, by
Gender and Race/Ethnicity, 2008
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4. Unemployment
Percentage of 15 to 24 year olds Unemployed by
Gender and Race/Ethnicity, 2008
Website: youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org
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5. Incarceration
Percentage of 18 to 24 year old in State or Federal Prisons,
or in Local Jails by Gender and Race/Ethnicity, 2008
Website: youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org
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6. Death
Percentage of 15 to 24 year old Death by Gender
and Race/Ethnicity, 2007
Website: youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org
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Six Research Recommendations
1. Policymakers must make improving outcomes for young men of color a national
priority.
2. Increase community, business and school partnerships to provide mentoring
and support to young men of color.
3. Reform education to ensure that all students, including young men of color, are
college and career ready when they graduate from high school.
4. Improve teacher and school counselor programs and provide professional
development that includes cultural- and gender responsive training.
5. Create culturally appropriate persistence and retention programs that provide
wraparound services to increase college completion for men of color.
6. Produce more research and conduct more studies that strengthen the
understanding of the challenges faced by males of color and provide evidence-
based solutions to these challenges.
Website: youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org
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School Counselors RESPONDING
to the Research RECOMMENDATIONS
Volume I Volume II Volume III Volume IV Workbook
Coming Soon in the Fall, Winter & Spring!
Website: nosca.collegeboard.org/research-policies/young-men-of-color
Increase
community,
business
and school
partnerships
Reform
education
to ensure
college
and career
readiness
Enhance
cultural-
and gender
responsive
training
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strategies and interventions for each component that are
customized to the school and community demographicsContext
Cultural
Competence
System Wide
Approach
Data
The college and career strategies and interventions should be
culturally sensitive with knowledge of how programs, policies,
and practices impact the perspective and experiences of diverse
student groups and their families.
College counseling programs and services should be applied at
the student, school family and community levels.
Use data to identify inequities ,develop measurable goals, inform
practice and demonstrate accountability for college and career
readiness.
Framework for Change: Transforming the Educational Experience of Young Men of Color
ExamplesSingle Parent
House Holds
High
Unemployment
Urban,
Suburban, &
Rural
Context
NOSCA’s Transformative Process: Transforming the Educational Experience of Young Men of Color
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ExamplesLanguage
Values/Norms/Tr
aditions
Faith Based
Cultural
Competence
ExamplesAcademic Rigor
Discipline Policy
Out of Special Ed
into GATE
System Wide
Approach
ExamplesAchievement/
Participation/
Opportunity Gap
Disaggregated
Based on
Subgroups
Student
Outcomes
Data
A Unique Design of the Journals
Student Voices
I do not completely know myself. I do
not have the slightest idea. I know
what I dream of: to go to college, get a
career, get married, start a family, live
in the country, and live a life I deemed
normal. Just because we come from
different places, that does not mean
we as one race, the human race, can
not have the same dreams, hopes,
wants, desires or visions for the
future. I am a child of Uncle Sam’s
and America is my homeland.
Kevin A.
11th Grade
Authoritative Voices
Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
Hemo Katoa
Stedman Graham
Vicki Bisbee
Fanon Hill
Maryn Frujieda (Interview)
Mario A. Valladolid-Rodriguez
Freeman A. Hrabowski III
“A Woven Approach”
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Companion Workbook
Journal Series
Companion Workbook
The activities are meant to
challenge your perspectives and
practices.
The self-reflection and group
activities are focused on facilitating
conversations around race,
ethnicity, culture, gender, and
English Language status.
Most importantly, challenge you to
act — to create strategies to influence
and develop school policies, and to
transform practices.
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Workbook Activities
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• Downloadable Journal Series
and Companion Workbook
• Capturing the Student Voice
• A Review of Research,
Pathways and Progress
• Young Men of Color Video
School Counseling Journal Series
Website: nosca.collegeboard.org/research-policies/young-men-of-color
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Using the Journal Series and Workbook
Where do you begin?• Begin by reading the articles in the journal series
• Take note of the compelling statements or themes
How do you use the series and workbook?• Individual or Group
• As a group is preferable
When should you use the series and workbook?• Professional Development Days
• Staff Meetings
• Other
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Using the Journal Series and the Workbook
Who decides to use the series and workbook?• Everyone should use these resources
• Atmosphere must be safe
• District office, teachers, administrators, school staff and
school counselors
Who leads the discussions?• School Counselor
• School Counselor District Director/Supervisor
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Our Panelist
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“Journal Contributors”
Q and A
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To do this work you must be:
A Leader
An innovator
A Culturally Competent
Practitioner
A Courageous Champion
A lifelong Learner
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PLEASE JOIN US FOR UPCOMING NOSCA WEBINARS
April 24, 2012
Transforming the Educational Experiences of Young Men
of Color: School Counselor Journal Series
Learn about NOSCA’s journal series and downloadable companion workbook to help
enhance K-12 school counselors’ capacity to better support college and career
readiness for young men of color.
May 3, 2012
School Counselors’ Guide Series to the Eight Components of
College and Career Readiness
Gain immediately usable interventions, strategies and K-12 resources for each of the
eight components for working school wide, across a district, with parents and families,
and with community and business partners.
May 10, 2012
The School Counselor: Broker of Services in the Own the Turf Community
Learn how school counselors can develop and mobilize Own the Turf collaborative
community partners to build student and family social capital and the knowledge
needed for all students to graduate from high school college and career ready.
NOSCA Webinars
For further information:
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