Develop a plan of activities for each grade level that would encourage and increase
pursuit of degrees after high school graduation.
Grade Activities for Students and Parents
9th -Students & Parents will be assisted in
creating a CFNC.org account.
-Parents will complete as they drop off
or pick up students from orientation
-Counselors will print student log in
-During the 1st ten days of school
freshman will complete the “Interest
Profiler,” “Work Values Sorter,” and
“Career Cluster Survey.”
-Counselors will print results for all
students to keep in a notebook
10th Changing World, Changing Careers
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Click Link for worksheet for Students:
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Click Link for Worksheet Answer Key:
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11th -Invite various colleges to a Curriculum
Fair hosted at the school.
Purpose & Focus of Activities Timeline
-Students will create CFNC account Freshman
during one of the break out Orientation
sessions in order to have access to August
the account throughout the school
year
-Students will complete this activity
in order to be able to input
information into a plan of study that
will be updated each semester.
-Students will be able to use this
information to register for
appropriate classes in high school
that will help them reach their goals
after high school
-Parents can monitor student
progress and have discussions with
students early about after high
school plans
-Students will revisit plan of study During
and update career clusters Intervention
-Parents can have open Block
discussions about relevant career throughout
options and can help students 2nd semester.
select courses during registration
Counselors
will assign
groups of
students
during
intervention
plan to
complete
activity
Parents and Students can speak Curriculum
directly to colleges and narrow their Fair Night
 -Have the colleges set up in the gym options to be prepared to apply at (I suggest this
-Students and parents will walk around the beginning of your senior year take place
to colleges that offer the degrees 2nd
needed for the career they have interest semester)
based on their plan of study on CFNC
website.
-Students will ask specific questions and
write them down on a handout emailed
to them by their counselor.

Questions for handout:

1. I want to be a ______________
and major in _________
What is the GPA your school typically
look accepts?

2. How big is your school

3. How big are your largest classes and

what classes are those typically?
4. When is the next open house you will
offer?
5. Do you have any suggestions or tips
to make my application stand out for
your school?
6. Why should I come here?

12th College Budgeting Activity
-Students will be given the college
budget handout. Students can also
download the form, which will be placed
on the school’s
Link to Form:
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Ask students to access the system and click ​Plan
- For College​. They should then click the link to
Explore Programs and Majors​.
2. In the Search field, have them enter a keyword
for a college program they think they would be
interested in studying, e.g. nursing, English,
politics, law, etc. They should write down their
keyword on their worksheet.
3. Have students click on a program name from
the list of results they obtain. They should write
down the name of this program on their
-Students and parents will be able Senior Parent
to make sound decisions about Night
financing college. September
-Students and parents will be able (Before the
to understand financial aid award FAFSA
letters and make sound decisions opens)
-A CFNC rep will be available to
answer questions about financial
once parents/students complete the
handout
-Students can create questions to
ask colleges in reference to
financial in their decision making
process
worksheet.
4. This takes students to the program's profile.
Have them select a degree level and a
state/region where they would like to study, then
click ​Go​. (Direct those students who don't obtain
a result for a particular state to go Back in their
broswer and select 'All states' as their
state/region to search by.) They should write
down their selections on their worksheet.
5. Have them click on a college name from the list
of results they obtain. They should write down the
name of this college on their worksheet.
6. The students are now at the college's profile.
Have them click on the ​Costs & Financial Aid
tab.
Have them note on their worksheet the
Undergraduate tuition for the program of study,
based on whether or not they would be an
out-of-state student there.
Have students note on their worksheet the other
expenses involved, then calculate the total.