One-day introductory workshops are designed for educators/administrators evaluating Career Choices as one of their
curriculum options.
Using Career Choices as the model, you’ll learn:
- How to design a Freshman Transition course using the Course Standards for Freshman Transition Standards
- Why classroom-based comprehensive guidance is needed and how Career Choices can help you provide a lifechanging experience for your students
- About a number of regional and national reform issues along with strategies to meet these mandates
- The secret to dropout prevention programs that work
- Strategies for student-centered, active-learning classrooms that culminate in the development of a 10-year plan
- Strategies for creating buy-in for a Freshman Transition course
Two-day implementation workshops are designed for educators preparing to use Career Choices in the
classroom.
Be successful from the first day of class! You’ll leave the workshop with:
- An in-depth review of each of the textbooks and Internet enhancements
- Instructional strategies and presentation techniques that work
- A solid understanding of the scope and sequence of the Career Choices curriculum
- The curriculum tools that will allow you to customize your lesson plans to meet your goals
- An understanding of how to integrate the Career Choices themes academic courses
- Strategies for updating ongoing counseling and advisory functions using My10yearPlan.com
- An appreciation for the power of the Instructor’s Guide
- An overview of the support resources and services provided by Academic Innovations
Two-day workshops are designed for school leaders looking to implement a10-Step Plan for initiating a Freshman Transition Course on their campus.
Freshman Transition Initiative founder Dr. Dedmond provides you with:
- Tools and templates to develop a comprehensive plan for your Freshman Transition efforts
- Necessary data and resources to generate buy-in from teachers, parents, school bard members, and community partners
- A complete manual of resources, including planning committee job descriptions, teacher recruitment rubrics, timelines, curriculum correlations, and planning checklists
- Strategies for implementing a school-wide initiative that takes the advisory function to a new level through the interdisciplinary efforts of all departments
There is something for everyone at Academic Innovations' annual 3-Day Focus on Freshmen conference in Los Angeles, CA. Eight affordable and dynamic institutes make it easy and exciting for principals, administrators, and Career Choices teachers to attend individually or as a planning team.
- Freshman Transition Leadership Institute
- Freshman Transition for the Turnaround Principal
- Best Practices - Freshman Transition in Action: Successful Models from Results-Oriented Schools
- Dual Enrollment and the Progression of Education model
- Team-Building for a Freshman Transition Initiative
- How to Implement the Career Choices Course for novice course instructors
- Career Choices Lead Teacher & Lead Administrator Institute for Educators responsible for Professional Development
- Integrating Technology into your Career Choices Classroom
Academic Innovations has conducted over 1,000 workshops around the country and trained more than 30,000 teachers. These dynamic one- and two-day workshops energize instructors and provide tips and tools for classroom success.
Participants are introduced to:
- Motivating and teacher-tested classroom exercises
- Activities that energize low achievers
- Project-based learning that challenges high achievers
- A variety of technology-enhanced teaching strategies
- Lessons that make academic subjects come alive
- Classroom management techniques for active learning