College and Career Counseling Now Campaign
COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted communities, exposing long standing systemic, structural and institutional educational inequities. Intentionality is required to create new postsecondary advising and counseling models that embrace diverse perspectives, call out racist policies and practices and increase opportunities for historically marginalized students. Students and families are navigating a complex and rapidly changing cradle to career pipeline today and need immediate support – their voices, which are often missing, must guide our next steps.
We need responsive and informed postsecondary guidance that is malleable to a quickly changing world impacted by a global pandemic. Recognizing that there are many people who work towards helping students navigate their post high school options, we seek to engage with and bring together all stakeholders (students, parents, guardians, K-12 educators, higher ed. partners, community based organizations, school counselors, graduate students, counselor educators and researchers) to respond to the clarion call for creative, decisive, and equity focused solutions.
Announcements
From the Education Strategy Group:
"We know that it takes more than academic achievement to find long-term career success. Social capital—the benefits and opportunities that stem from networks and connections—matters tremendously for success in higher education and careers. We are pleased to share that the SDSU Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment is joining a new effort, supported by The Siemens Foundation and led by Education Strategy Group, to build social capital equity into STEM pathways. Through this work, we will be building new strategies to ensure that social capital development is a core part of the student experience, so that every student can access, grow, and leverage robust networks."
Learn more: https://edstrategy.org/esg-featured-work/building-social-capital-equity-in-stem-pathways
The five communities selected by the Siemens Foundation are:
Chattanooga, TN - led by Dr. Michelle Caldwell, Public Education Foundation Chattanooga
Pinellas County, FL - led by Stacy Baier, Pinellas Education Foundation
San Antonio, TX - led by Dr. Krystal Peralez and Romanita Matta-Barrera, SA WORX
San Diego, CA - led by Dr. Laura Owen, SDSU Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment
Tacoma, WA - led by Dr. Tafona Ervin, Foundation for Tacoma Students
Highlights