College and Career Readiness – College and Career Home

Staff at Richard E. Middle School is dedicated to creating greater access to college and informed decisions regarding career choices by providing a variety of activities, information, resources, and personal assistance to help students achieve their college goals and career dreams.

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October – College Awareness Month

Students explore the following topics:

A-G requirements
Graduation Requirements
Types of Degrees
Types of Institutions
College Money
Virtual College Tours

Virtual College and Career Fair

In the second semester, students will continue with exploration of college and careers.

Town Hall College Webinars

Town Hall College Webinars are on Mondays at 9:15am. They are posted in the school calendar:

September 21, 2020 – A-G, Graduation Requirements

November 2, 2020 - Types of Institutions, Types of College Degrees, Admission Requirement

December 7, 2020 – College Credit in High School, College Money

Town Hall College Webinars Presentation Available Here

IGP - Individual Graduation Plan

IGP Example

Link to 8th grade IGP

https://lms.lausd.net/link?a=1520176879&path=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FGCUK4fav3q1bHMGc9

Culmination Requirements

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VvEou3qrox7MxymNc6K7ZXXF5b5Z53zEzvbIzbv34Po/edit?usp=sharing

College and Career Planning Resources

https://campustours.com Virtual College Tours	https://www.bls.gov/ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.californiacolleges.edu/#/ California Colleges	https://www.careeronestop.org Assessments, career information and videos by the Department of Labor
https://www.laccd.edu/About/Pages/Our-Colleges.aspx Los Angeles Community Colleges	http://www.educationplanner.org Assessments, career planning, cluster and career search
https://www2.calstate.edu/attend/campuse Learn about the California State University (CSU) system and apply for admission. The CSU system has 23 campuses throughout the state of California.	https://www.cacareerzone.org/ CA Career Zone is a website for student career exploration with online personality, values and interest assessments, descriptions and videos of many occupations, and California specific information regarding job outlook, salary, and education.
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu Learn about the University of California (UC) system, including how to meet admissions requirements for each of the nine campuses offering admission to college freshmen.	www.roadtripnation.com Road Trip Nation is a TV show and website produced by PBS, designed to help students explore careers through video-based information interviews across the world.
http://blogs.calstate.edu/college CSU: How to Get to College	https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/?navid=bf-cp Career search and information by The College Board
https://www.collegeboard.org/ Explore and plan for college. Get information on the SAT, PSAT, and AP exams. Take practice tests and view the SAT question of the day.	https://www.mynextmove.org Interest inventories & career search by Department of Labor https://www.miproximopaso.org Interest inventories & career search by Department of Labor/Spanish
https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act.html Get Information on how to apply for the ACT and how to access ACT scores. Take a practice test	http://explorehealthcareer.org Explore Health Careers is a website for students, parents and educators designed to provide information and news on a variety of health careers.
https://achieve.lausd.net/Page/15153 LAUSD: Supporting College and Career Readiness	http://www.agclassroom.org Ag Classroom Teen Scene allows students to explore careers in agriculture and learn about agriculture.