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ASK: An Example
We invite you to contact Steve Doepker at 260-466-5611 or email him at doepkersd@gmail.com for more information. Each year we conduct conversations with the students in our schools with interested community members to demonstrate how this program advances the students ability to plan their future.
ASK is not a cookie cutter program. The advisors from ASK meet regularly with the school implementation team to modify and change according to the needs of the individual school or organization. The example below is one way to operate the ASK system. The key elements are fixed but the delivery is varied. There are as many ways as there are individual schools and organizations.
The Advisor/Teacher will conduct a session with the students on the particular lesson that they will be required to complete. The Advisor is provided training in how the lessons proceed. Students complete each of the five lessons in the order they are presented. Electronic worksheets that are saved to Indiana Career Explorer or the schools electronic sharing devise create a portfolio for the student.
Embedded in the lessons are links to the top career sites in the State of Indiana including the Top Fifty Jobs.
The student lessons for the development of their plan from analyzing their interests to finding the right school/career path are comprehensive and complete.
The ASK program is built around five key elements:
1. Personalizing curriculum delivery through advisors. The advisory team is the heart of the ASK system. The team at each school is thoroughly trained on this system and serves as the advocate for the students. ASK has developed lessons, videos, and professional development programs and materials for these advisors. A one-day introductory workshop is held for these advisors. It introduces them to the ASK system, objectives, web-based programs and reports, implementation strategies and initiatives. In the spring a follow-up meeting is held with the advisors at the school to answer questions and evaluate the progress students are making.
2. Planning – Portfolios. Students develop their work and accomplishments through planning portfolios, which are created electronically. These portfolios include academic development, career development, and personal/social development. The students in meetings use these portfolios with their parents and advisors.
3. Student-led conferences. Students, using their planning portfolios, lead a parent-student conference and address questions pertaining to their current accomplishments, future plans, strengths and weaknesses. The development of the portfolios by the students creates a true sense of ownership and empowerment. Student-led parent conferences have proven to be a very successful process to get parents involved in a positive way with their student.
4. Empowering student-driven scheduling. Research studies show that the rigor of a student’s high school curriculum is a solid indicator of college success. The ASK program in conjunction with Indiana Career Explorer provides guidance and information to students to organize their course schedules to help them meet their goals.
5. Evaluating data and analysis. The ASK system uses the National Student Clearing House to formulate conversations with schools regarding their success in motivating students to enter a post secondary program of study. Each school is required to join the National Student Clearing House to get quick updated information on their students success in starting and finishing a course of study over a six year tracking system.
Thanks to the Olin and Desta Schwab Foundation for their support for this program that is touching the lives of over 7 thousand students in the Allen, Whitley, and Adams Counties in Indiana.
We invite you to contact Steve Doepker at 260-466-5611 or email him at doepkersd@gmail.com for more information. Each year we conduct conversations with the students in our schools with interested community members to demonstrate how this program advances the students ability to plan their future.
ASK is not a cookie cutter program. The advisors from ASK meet regularly with the school implementation team to modify and change according to the needs of the individual school or organization. The example below is one way to operate the ASK system. The key elements are fixed but the delivery is varied. There are as many ways as there are individual schools and organizations.
The Advisor/Teacher will conduct a session with the students on the particular lesson that they will be required to complete. The Advisor is provided training in how the lessons proceed. Students complete each of the five lessons in the order they are presented. Electronic worksheets that are saved to Indiana Career Explorer or the schools electronic sharing devise create a portfolio for the student.
Embedded in the lessons are links to the top career sites in the State of Indiana including the Top Fifty Jobs.
The student lessons for the development of their plan from analyzing their interests to finding the right school/career path are comprehensive and complete.
The ASK program is built around five key elements:
1. Personalizing curriculum delivery through advisors. The advisory team is the heart of the ASK system. The team at each school is thoroughly trained on this system and serves as the advocate for the students. ASK has developed lessons, videos, and professional development programs and materials for these advisors. A one-day introductory workshop is held for these advisors. It introduces them to the ASK system, objectives, web-based programs and reports, implementation strategies and initiatives. In the spring a follow-up meeting is held with the advisors at the school to answer questions and evaluate the progress students are making.
2. Planning – Portfolios. Students develop their work and accomplishments through planning portfolios, which are created electronically. These portfolios include academic development, career development, and personal/social development. The students in meetings use these portfolios with their parents and advisors.
3. Student-led conferences. Students, using their planning portfolios, lead a parent-student conference and address questions pertaining to their current accomplishments, future plans, strengths and weaknesses. The development of the portfolios by the students creates a true sense of ownership and empowerment. Student-led parent conferences have proven to be a very successful process to get parents involved in a positive way with their student.
4. Empowering student-driven scheduling. Research studies show that the rigor of a student’s high school curriculum is a solid indicator of college success. The ASK program in conjunction with Indiana Career Explorer provides guidance and information to students to organize their course schedules to help them meet their goals.
5. Evaluating data and analysis. The ASK system uses the National Student Clearing House to formulate conversations with schools regarding their success in motivating students to enter a post secondary program of study. Each school is required to join the National Student Clearing House to get quick updated information on their students success in starting and finishing a course of study over a six year tracking system.
Thanks to the Olin and Desta Schwab Foundation for their support for this program that is touching the lives of over 7 thousand students in the Allen, Whitley, and Adams Counties in Indiana.