Steele Canyon High School:Results of Family Connections Guidance Lesson

Andrew Springsteen and Bryant Strause

What Did We Do?Who: 60 freshmen students that had a 1st

and 2nd block study hall

What: (1) A two day counselor generated Family Connections PowerPoint

(2) Completed the personality assessment and conducted a career search

When: November 14th-15th

Where: In the computer lab at SCHS

Family Connections: Day 11) Students took the pre test

2) PowerPoint◦ I. Overview of Family Connections◦ II. Why Family Connections (graduation

requirement, discover strengths, search careers, explore colleges, etc.)

◦ III. Overview of what letters mean on personality assessment

3) Students began personality assessment

Family Connections: Day 21) Reviewed PowerPoint

2) Students finished personality assessment

3) Students conducted a career search◦ I. Wrote down personality type◦ II. Wrote down strengths◦ III. Wrote down 3 careers of interest◦ IV. Wrote down 3 areas of study based upon

their careers of interest◦ V. Wrote down the salaries for each career of interest

National StandardsCareer Development Standard

A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.

Career Development Standard C: Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work.

Student CompetenciesC:A1.1 Develop skills to locate, evaluate and

interpret career information

C:A1.3 Develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills, interests and motivations

C:B1.6 Learn to use the Internet to access career-planning information

C:C2.1 Demonstrate how interests, abilities and achievement relate to achieving personal, social, educational and career goals

Why Family Connections?Current Percentage of Student’s Registered

Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

52%

77%

54%

95%

TOO MANY are waiting until senior year.

What happens when a student is registered to Family ConnectionsStudents will be able to receive emails from the

school counselor

Students will be able to complete the personality assessment (Graduation Requirement!!)

Students will be able to search careers

Students will be able to search colleges

Students will be able to request transcripts

Why Family Connections?Is it being used?

Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

9% 7%20%

55%

Percentage of students who have logged into Family Connections 3 or more times before guidance lesson was implemented.

Students are NOT using family connections very

often.

Why Family Connections?Supporting Research

Research Shows That…◦“8th grade students who participated in a

classroom career search guidance lesson were more likely to create more rigorous high school 4 year plans” (Peterson, Long, & Billups, 1999).

◦“If students know that their careers of interest need a college diploma, they are more motivated to succeed in high school and continue onto post-secondary education” (Matthay, 1995).

Perception DataIf we want behavior to change we must

first change perception data. What are the student’s beliefs,

knowledge, and skills?

What They Already Know…Percentage of students who knew that Family Connections can be used to explore careers, research colleges, create a four year plan, and to create a job resume.

Pre: 87% Post: 90%

Increase In Attitudes!

Strongly Disagree or

Disagree

Unsure Strongly Agree or Agree

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

4%

54%

44%

2% 4%

94%

Pre-Test

I believe using Family Connections will help me plan my future .

There was a HUGE increase in students who agree or strongly

agree.

Increase in Attitudes!

Strongly Disagree or

Disagree

Unsure Strongly Agree or Agree

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

69%

18% 14%

92%

8%0%

Pre-TestPost-Test

There was a 33% in-crease in students who strongly disagree or disagree.

I believe it is too early to think about career choices as a freshmen.

Increase in Knowledge

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

6%

38%25%

13%19%

2% 4%

80%

8% 6%

PrePost

Correct answer: Personality Type

Which of the following Family Connections tool is a graduation requirement?

A HUGE Increase in

the percentage of students

who can identify the graduation

requirement!

Knowledge: Improvement Needed

Only on School Com-puter

Student Section of SC

Website

Academic Section of SC

Website

Google Search

All of the Above

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

4%

48%

6% 2%

42%

0%

51%

6%0%

43% PrePost

Correct answer: Student Section

More emphasis needed for next time

I can Access Family Connections…

100% of Students Completed These Skills…

Completed a personality type

Identified three potential careers based upon the results of the personality type

Identified three strengths associated with their personality type

Identified three areas of study for each career choice

What We Believe Will Happen

We aim to affect student behavior so students will…◦ Become motivated to plan for their future◦ Believe that Family Connections is an effective

planning tool

Which will influence achievement related data…◦ By having students use Family Connections more

frequently

Which will impact achievement data…◦ By increasing the college going rate◦ By increasing A-G completion

Results DataWhat happened after our

guidance lesson?

Results data: What happened?

Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

9% 7%

20%

55%

20%

7%

20%

65%BeforeAfter

Percentage of students who have logged into Family Connections 3 or more times.

After the guidance les-son, there was an in-crease in the percentage of freshmen that have used Family Connections 3 or more times.

LIMITATIONS: Only 10% received this lesson

Freshmen0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

20%

100%

BeforeAfter

Percentage of students who have logged into Family Connections 3 or more times.

We only worked with 60 freshmen. If we worked with all freshmen, it could be at 100%!

Vision Data

I can predict your future…

What we believe will happen

Vision Data- What We Are Aiming For

2011-2012 2017-2018 2018-20190%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

55%

75%85%

Increase in Seniors Graduating College Eligible

Seniors Gradu-ating College ...

Vision Data- What We Are Aiming For

2008-2009 2017-2018 2018-20190%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

80%88% 92%

Increase the Rate of Post-secondary Enrollment

SummaryStudents now believe that Family

Connections is beneficial for planning their future.

Students now know that completing the Personality Type is a graduation requirement

Students used Family Connections to identify their personality type, discover potential careers of interest, and how to obtain these careers.

LimitationsWere only able to meet with 60

students

How to access Family Connections was not covered in the PowerPoint.

Because the lesson was two days, we lost four students due to absences

RecommendationsPresent the data to staff to

encourage use of Family Connections

Perform a different Family Connections lesson with each grade level that builds off previous lessons.

Continue to monitor freshman use of Family Connections

Thank you SCHS guidance team and campus supervisors for your support in making this guidance lesson successful!