June — Practitioner Tips
It's graduation season! We want to thank you, counselors and advisors, for the pivotal role that you played in preparing your students and their families for this momentous event.
We suspect your campuses will be abuzz those first few weeks of June as recent graduates revisit their high school campuses to pick up official diplomas and request final transcripts. Some students might even come to campus looking for you to further discuss their postsecondary plans. If your responsibilities include assisting recent graduates with their transition, we have some tips, strategies and resources for you that are informed and inspired by the work of Benjamin L. Castleman and Lindsay C. Page in the book Summer Melt: Supporting Low-Income Students Through the Transition to College.
Here are some common challenges recent graduates encounter, and some suggestions on how to address those over the summer months:
Partner Spotlight: Corpus Christi ISD
A few weeks ago our team went down to Corpus Christi to wrap-up our Phase I project with Corpus Christi ISD (CCISD). They are a nimble team that over the last few years has put in place a number of deliberate strategies to improve the college and career readiness of their students.
EdLoC National Convening 2023
The 2023 EdLoc National Convening, held in Las Vegas last month, was a sold-out event that brought together education leaders of color to discuss innovative and actionable solutions to address the challenges facing low-income and underrepresented children and communities. The theme of the event, "Leading the Charge," reflected the urgency of the moment and the need for new approaches to dismantle systemic barriers and create sustainable change.
Partner Spotlight: EPPB
Comprised of a cross-section of city leaders representing various entities across the community – including members from the education, business, non-profit, and religious communities, EPPB’s goal is to encourage a common understanding of the educational issues and challenges facing the Permian Basin community, from “cradle to career”, and to work collaboratively to help solve these issues.
Director of Professional Learning
We are pleased to announce Jesse Carrillo as our new Director of Professional Learning here at Contigo Ed. Jesse joined the Contigo Ed team in January 2022 as a Program Manager. In one short year, we’ve experienced significant growth that has necessitated an evolution of our work.
March — Practitioner Tips
ALL of the resources listed below are currently available online. Here is a suggested pacing guide for six weeks worth of learning and advising.
Team Retreat: Houston
Recently, our team had the opportunity to come together in Houston for a retreat to revisit our goals, learn new skills, and strengthen our team dynamic. Since we work remotely from all over the country, it is important that we build in time to be in community throughout the year. The retreat was a great success, and it left us all feeling energized and excited about the future of Contigo Ed!
CCMR Accountability Updates
There are a few CCMR Accountability changes coming to our Texas districts that we wanted to share.
Partner Spotlight: El Paso
During the past few months, we have had the honor and privilege of partnering with three districts in El Paso, TX - Canutillo ISD, El Paso ISD and Socorro ISD.
February - Practitioner Tips
We’ve recently updated our Aspiration to Action course to include audio summaries of each microcourse! Even better, they’re recorded by Consultant, Tenesha Villanueva!
New partners in Houston & San Antonio
We are excited to share that we are kicking off work with a number of districts in the Houston and San Antonio area.
Economic Mobility Systems
We are partnering with EMS in two of our partner districts, Aldine ISD and Ector County ISD, to support our partners in building out data systems that track and visualize college and career readiness data in real-time.
January - Practitioner Tips
As you start to plan for the new calendar year, we’ve curated a set of resources for you to start the new year strong with your Juniors. These FREE resources include learning and practice for you as a practitioner and ready-made resources like Lesson Plans, Handouts and PowerPoints for you to use with your students.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Hope this newsletter finds all of you rested and rejuvenated from the holiday season and that your 2023 is off to a great start! As you ease back into your normal routine and workflow this month, I hope you carve out some time reflect on 2022 and plan for the year ahead.
Aspiration to Action
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Explore the career and college going process through case studies.
Access resources to build systems and structures to manage your caseload so that every student of yours can get the differentiated advising they need.
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