The award-winning Get Focused...Stay Focused!® Program developed at Santa Barbara City College and the Freshman Transition Initiative developed at The George Washington University are foundational to this eCourse. These grade 9-14 models are scalable, cost-efficient programs that promote high school graduation, post-secondary completion, and successful entry into the workforce through comprehensive guidance in the classroom. Unique to the educational reform movement, this comprehensive guidance process, starting in the freshman year, ensures that students will graduate with a carefully-considered career path, an informed major or program of study, a post-secondary institution or training program that not only matches their career and life goals but is affordable, and a Skills-Based Education Plan that facilitates successful entry into a highly competitive workforce. Upon completion of this eCourse, participants will develop their own unique plan for their school or district with the knowledge and skills to implement this progressive program in their districts and regions.

Instructor: Rudy Ramirez – Principal of Indio High School, CA  (1992-2016)
(See http://www.whatworkscareerchoices.com/success101doc.html for an example of what the Career Choices curriculum did for Rudy's school.)

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• High school or middle school principals and vice principals
• Superintendents
• District administrators responsible for school improvement

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Required Texts or Materials:

• Get Focused...Stay Focused!® Program and Instructional Manual
• Instructor's and Administrator's Guide for Career Choices and My10yearPlan.com® 8th Edition 2020
• Career Choices and Changes

Supplemental Texts or Materials:

• Get Focused...Stay Focused!® Follow-up Module 1 Workbook
  
  • Developing Attitudes and Aptitudes to Promote College and Career Readiness
• Get Focused...Stay Focused!® Follow-up Module 2 Workbook
  
  • Determining Your Informed Major and Post-Secondary Education Path
• Get Focused...Stay Focused!® Follow-up Module 3 Workbook
  
  • Preparing to Act on Your 10-year Education and Career Plan
• Possibilities—A Supplemental Anthology to Career Choices
• Lifestyle Math—Your Financial Planning Portfolio

Online Course Materials and Platforms:

• Online license to The Teachers' Lounge
• Online license to The 10-Step Plan for Implementing a Freshman Transition/Get Focused...Stay Focused!® Program
• Special participant license to the online Academic Innovations University. Access the site using the login information. This will allow you to create your own username/password.
• Access to a demo account for My10yearPlan.com® Interactive that is populated with a sample student plan