How to Create a College Day and Other College Readiness Activities

School Counselors often focus on teaching career awareness, but what about the training prior to a career? How about establishing a College Day? This resource offers a variety of activities to help you create a College Day (or even a College Week) that can be customized to fit the needs of your school.Detailed instructions will walk you through every step of the process starting with establishing buy-in and ending with a follow-up needs assessment and data report. You will create a round-robin of speakers, enlist, volunteers, implement lessons, provide supplemental worksheets and offer many other activities to explore post high school education. As educators, we know that students with an eye on the future, do better in the present. Kids of all ages love to learn about the possibilities ahead of them whether it is vocational school or a four-year university. What better way to get them excited for the future than to hear about all of the options? Book includes: Step-by-Step Guide and Timeline for Creating a College Day Templates for Letters/ Forms for College Day Word Puzzles, Crosswords Bulletin Board/Door Decorating Ideas Information about Many Different Post High School Options Craft Ideas Lesson Plans

PowerPoint Presentation for Classroom Lesson, PowerPoint Presentation to Present to Stakeholders and All Reproducible Worksheets are available for online access with purchase.

Lisa King is a school counselor in Marietta, GA where she has had the pleasure of being an elementary school counselor for 17 years (and counting) at the same school. She has received numerous awards in her county and presented her programs to counselors throughout the US. She enjoys creating new lessons that help students and inspire counselors. She lives in Marietta, GA with her husband and daughter.