Middle School Admissions Counseling

Paper Summary:

The paper presents a rationale in support of an action plan for admissions counselors working with students entering high school. The paper also provides a reference point to be used in the plan's implementation, program goals and behavior objectives of the plan and looks at the subjects involved in the action plan. The paper provides an overview of the action plan and a proposed way to evaluate it, followed by a discussion of the reasonable expectations of the action plan if it was actually implemented in a public high school today. The author is confident that this action plan can provide the framework for high school admissions counselors to help young learners formulate the right decisions concerning their high school experience and beyond.

Outline:
Rationale
Reference Point
Program Goals and Behavior Objectives
Subjects and/or Audience
Action Plan
Evaluation
Expectations if Plan is Implemented
Milestones
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Graduating middle school students are faced with some important decisions as they progress through their early academic careers and enter high school, and the decisions they make during this period in their lives may well affect their academic performance and professional careers later in life (Barrow, 2001). High school admissions counselors are in an excellent position to help these young learners make the right choice early on, but because resources are by definition scarce, many public high school admissions counselors are faced with some profound challenges in trying to deliver timely and effective guidance to these students because of the dynamic nature of the workforce and the changing definitions of what constitutes a quality education in the 21st century."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Arce, J., Borjian, A., Conrad, M., & Luna, D. (2005). No Child Left Behind: Who wins? Who loses? Social Justice, 32(3), 56.
• Barrow, L. H. (2001). An analysis of middle school preservice faculty positions. Education, 122(2), 402.
• Goldschmidt, P., & Wang, J. (2003). Importance of middle school mathematics on high school students' mathematics achievement. The Journal of Educational Research, 97(1), 3
• Hebert, T. P., & Neumeister, K .L. (2001). Guided viewing of film: A strategy for counseling gifted teenagers. Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 12(4), 224.
• Henderson, S. E., & Swann, C. C. (1998). Handbook for the college admissions profession. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

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