Parent Curriculum - Overview

Guiding Your Child through the Career and College Planning Process – A Curriculum for Educators to Use with Parents • Created for College

Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) by a project team from the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)

• Partial funding came from the U.S. Department of Education College Access Challenge Grant P378A11017

Parent Curriculum - Terminology

Parent: those who are raising the child such as a father or mother, grandparents, foster parents, or other adult family members

College: education beyond high school received from two-year and four-year colleges where students can earn a wide range of credentials . . . from certificates and diplomas, to associate’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees and more

Parent Curriculum - Goals

• Help parents of middle school and early high school students understand how important they are in the career and college planning process, even if they did not attend college themselves

• Using the analogy of a track meet and planning for a race, parents learn how to serve in their roles as:– Planner (Coach)– Provider (Sponsor)– Persuader (Cheerleader)

Parent Curriculum - Goals

• Foster parent/child communication

• Provide practical tips to parents on assisting their child in planning, applying, paying, and transitioning to college

Parent Curriculum - Materials

• Curriculum is divided into six sessions with each one having the following materials: – Online PowerPoint presentation– Facilitator’s Guide– Parent Playbook

• The content within each session will help parents and their children develop a “track” to meet their college and post-high school goals. Because many “tracks” have hurdles, parent involvement is a crucial support!

Parent Curriculum - Sessions

• Session 1: Learn about Your Child’s Interests and Skills

• Session 2: Enhancing Your Child’s High School Experience

• Session 3: Helping Your Child Find the Right College• Session 4: Exploring the College Application and

Admissions Process • Session 5: Learning About Financial Aid and Paying

for College • Session 6: Keeping on Track and Transitioning to

College • Overview Session: contains condensed content from

across all six sessions

Parent Curriculum - Tour

Navigating to the Parent Curriculum: CFNC.org — Resources/Videos —

Curriculum Materials — Parent Curriculum for Educators

PowerPoint Presentation URL’s:

http://cfncresources.org/parentone/

http://cfncresources.org/parenttwo/

http://cfncresources.org/parentthree/

http://cfncresources.org/parentfour/

http://cfncresources.org/parentfive/

http://cfncresources.org/parentsix/

http://cfncresources.org/parentoverview

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