PROMOTING COLLEGE AND CAREER CULTURE ON CAMPUS EHS 082317

CREATING A COLLEGE-
AND CAREER-GOING
CULTURE ON CAMPUS

Shannon A. Green, M.S., M.Ed.
College and Career Readiness Director

Empowerment High School

AGENDA

• 1. Admission Game
• 2. College and Career

Readiness
Assessments
• 3. Promoting College
and Career Readiness
onYour Campus
• 4. Planning for Life
After High School
• 5. Resources

Upcoming August 2017
College and 1st: ApplyTexas Registration Begins
Career Campus
Events September 2017

FALL 2017 5th: HCC Dual Credit Classes Begins
13th: Onsite TSI Testing (Grades 9 – 11); HCC Application Workshop for Grade 12
18-22nd: College Week
20th: College Night 2017

October 2017

1st: FAFSA/TAFSA Window Opens
5th: Manufacturing Day 2017
11th: PSAT 8-9 and PSAT for Grade 11; Offsite TSI Testing for Grade 12
18th: UT Tyler College Tour

November 2017

1st: Onsite TSI Testing (Grades 9 – 11)
14th: HCC College Tour

December 2017

• 13th: HCC Job Placement Orientation for Grade 12
• College Applications Due (for scholarship purposes)



College and • ACT
Career • SAT
Readiness • Algebra II EOC
Assessments • English III EOC
• TSIA (Texas Success Initiative

Assessment)

Graduates Who Met Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Assessment
Minimum Passing Standards

Empowerment High School

Graduating Class Number of Students All Areas Math Writing Reading
*2016 46 N% N% N% N%
**2017 6 11% 6 13% 15 33% 9 20%
63 (20) 12 19% 17 27% 22 35% 19 30%
***2018 48 (31) 15 31% 16 33% 31 65% 27 56%
2019 78 (20) 6 0.07% 10 13% 13 17% 11 14%
2020 101 (26) 5 0.05% 5 0.05% 20 21% 16 16%
2021 83 (10) 2 0.03% 3 0.03% 3 0.03% 4 0.05%

All three parts (Mathematics, Writing and Reading)

Number and percent of high school students who met TSI standards in all three areas per:

(1) an approved test for TSI exemption (ACT, SAT or STAAR EOC)

(2) the related section of the TSI Assessment

Note: *Students who graduated in this class and before met TSI exemptions standards by scoring 4000 or

or higher on the Algebra I and English II STAAR EOC exams.

**Due to changes in the TSI standards beginning Fall 2017, students beginning their senior year in 2017

must meet the TSI standards by scoring 4000 or higher on the Algebra II and English III STAAR EOC exams.

***New writing benchmarks effective for spring 2018 for students enrolled in dual credit courses.

Promoting  BE A RESOURCE
College and
Career  Utilize the Texas College and
Readiness on Career Readiness Standards
Your Campus
 Importance of GPA

 Volunteer during college and
career tours

 Network with community
members for campus support
(i.e. mentors, participation in
college/career campus
events)

Door Decorations

COLLEGE
CORNER



Resources Achieve Texas

College Board

Texas College and Career
Readiness Standards

Texas Online College and
Career Readiness Resource
Center

Contact Cherone Flakes
Information Academic Counselor
Discovery Middle School – Empowerment High School

Ivonne Moreira
GRADuation Aspirations Advisor
ProjectGRAD Houston