SECONDARY REVIEW LINKS

• School Counseling Program (R277-462)
• College & Career Readiness School Counseling Program Model 
• On-site Review & Annual Self Evaluation 
• Electronic Evidence Box Guide
• Time Task Analysis
  • SECONDARY Tool
• Principal Counselor Agreement
• Comprehensive Guidance Allowable use of funds
• Data Project Template
• WCSD Review Document Template
• Board Approval – 2017   2018   2019   2020   2021   2022
• Updates And Essentials Canvas course 
• Secondary counseling: END OF YEAR REPORTING

SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM LISTSERV

• A Mailing List for Elementary School Counseling(External Web Content)
• Comprehensive Counseling and Guidance Program Information(External Web Content)
• Resources for School Counselors

PCCR stands for Plan for College and Career Readiness. During the school year, counselors like to meet with each student and their parent for an official PCCR. These meetings last about 30 minutes. In general, we look at how the student is doing academically, emotionally and socially. We evaluate and set new goals to keep the student moving forward toward their life goals.

7th Grade

• What is a school Counselor?
• Discuss future academic goals & career interests
• Define & discuss
  • What is college? 1,2,4 or more
  • What are scholarships and financial aid?
• Interest Inventory (CCA Class)
• Discuss Career Clusters & Pathways
• Check on grades
• Set academic goals

8th Grade

• Discuss future academic goals & career interests
• • 1,2,4 or more
  • Explore Careers
• What are Graduation requirements?
• Importance of GPA
• Discuss Career Clusters & Pathways
• View available Courses & Pathways
• Create students 4 year plan
• Discuss scholarships
  • How & when to apply
• What is NCAA?
• Concurrent Enrollment & AP Courses

9th Grade

• Graduation requirements.
  
• If you have failed a class or are behind on credits –  review the options to make up credit 
• Discuss future academic goals & career interests
  • 1,2,4 or more
  • What is the ACT? How can you prepare?
• Discuss Career Clusters & Pathways
• View available Courses & Pathways
• Review students 4 year plan
• Importance of GPA
• Discuss scholarships
  • How & when to apply
  • Get involved in community & school
• What is NCAA?
• How to research and discover colleges
• Concurrent Enrollment & AP Courses

10th Grade

• Make sure you are meeting the graduation requirements.
  
• If you have failed a class or are behind on credits –  review the options to make up credit 
• Discuss future academic goals & career interests
  • 1,2,4 or more
  • What is the ACT? How can you prepare? 
• Discuss Career Clusters & Pathways
• View available Courses & Pathways
• Review students 4 year plan
• Importance of GPA
• Discuss scholarships and how to find and apply
  
  • Local
  • Academic
  • State
    • Opportunity Scholarship
  • National
  • Get involved in community & school, track your volunteer hours
• If you plan on playing sports in college – make sure you are NCAA Eligible 
• Discuss option and requirements of: 
  • AP Classes 
  • Concurrent Enrollment at Dixie State University or  Dixie Tech
• Based on Interest discuss option and requirements of: 
  • AP Classes 
  • Concurrent Enrollment at Dixie State University or  Dixie Tech
  • Cosmetology
  • Internships
  • DSU General Education Certificate
  • Boys State
  • Girls State
  • Governors Honors Academy
  • Sterling Scholars

11th Grade

• Make sure you are meeting the graduation requirements.
• If you have failed a class or are behind on credits –  review the options to make up credit
• Discuss future academic goals & career interests
  • Which Math should I take? 
  • 1,2,4 or more
  • Interest Inventory / Career Exploration
• Discuss Career Clusters & Pathways
• View available Courses & Pathways
• Review students 4 year plan
  • College Interests
  • State vs. out of state
  • Applying for College
  • Touring a college
  • UCAW
• ACT Prep options
• Junior ACT test date & how to prepare
• Discuss scholarships and how to find and apply
  
  • Local
  • Academic
  • State
    • Opportunity Scholarship
  • National
  • Get involved in community & school, track your volunteer hours
  • Start a student Resume
• Discuss FAFSA
  • Paying for college
  • FAFSA Estimator
• If you plan on playing sports in college – make sure you are NCAA Eligible 
•  Based on Interest discuss option and requirements of: 
  • AP Classes 
  • Concurrent Enrollment at Dixie State University or  Dixie Tech
  • Cosmetology
  • Internships
  • DSU General Education Certificate
  • Boys State
  • Girls State
  • Governors Honors Academy
  • Sterling Scholars
• Upcoming Important dates for Juniors

Additional Resource: Portrait of a graduate

12th Grade

• Make sure you are meeting the graduation requirements.
• If you have failed a class or are behind on credits –  review the options to make up credit
• Discuss future academic goals & career interests
  • Which Math should I take? 
  • 1,2,4 or more
  • Interest Inventory / Career Exploration
• Discuss Career Clusters & Pathways
• View available Courses & Pathways
• Review students 4 year plan
  • College Interests
  • State vs. out of state
  • Applying for College
  • Touring a college
• Requesting a HS Transcript
• Requesting a letter of Recommendation
• ACT /SAT take or retake options
• Identify College interests
• How to apply to colleges
  • UCAW
• Discuss the cost of college
• Discuss scholarships and how to find and apply
  • Local
  • Academic
  • State
    • Opportunity Scholarship
  • National
  • Where to find my High Schools profile
  • Track your volunteer hours in community & school
  • Student Resume
• How to defer a scholarship 
• Discuss FAFSA
  • Paying for college
  • FAFSA Estimator
• If you plan on playing sports in college – make sure you are NCAA Eligible 
•  Based on Interest discuss option and requirements of: 
  • AP Classes 
  • Concurrent Enrollment at Dixie State University or  Dixie Tech
  • Cosmetology
  • Internships
  • DSU General Education Certificate
  • Boys State
  • Girls State
  • Governors Honors Academy
  • Sterling Scholars
• Plan for graduation day
• Upcoming Important dates for Seniors

Additional Resource: Portrait of a graduate

• Utah College Guide (English) & Utah College Guide (Spanish)
  
• Top 50 Questions to ask your School Counselor
• WCSD Scholarships page
  
• FAFSA
  
• Estimate Your Federal Student Aid
  
• FAFSA Help
  
• Internships
  
• YouScience
  
• Keys To Success

ACADEMIC

• Modified Diploma
• Grade Forgiveness
• Cosmetology/Esthetician
• Home Release
• Concurrent Enrollment Forms
• Sports Participation Credit
• Agreement of Educational Release form
• State Model Forms & Policies
• Math III Opt out form
• School Profile Template

CRISIS PLAN

• Template
• Behavior Plan Template

Pathways Posters

Washington County School District Differentiated Diplomas 

Washington County School District Graduation Requirements – (Policy – 4100)

• Language Arts 4.0 units of credit 
• Mathematics 3.0 units of credit
• Science 3.0 units of credit at a minimum, two selected from the four science foundation areas
• Social Studies 3.0 units of credit
• Directed Coursework:
  • Fine Arts 1.5 units of credit
  • Career and Technical Education 1.0 unit of credit
  • Digital Studies 0.5 units of credit
  • General Financial Library 0.5 unit of credit
• Physical and Health Education 2.0 units of credit 
• Electives as determined by the high school:
  • Schools in WCSD vary in number of credits required for graduation between 27-34 credits

Courses meeting the criteria for Graduation Requirements

Rule R277-717 (Course Grade Forgiveness)
Grade Replacement FAQ’s

HONORS DIPLOMA

ADVANCED CREDIT OPTIONS

Check with your School Counselor to see what advanced courses are available at your school

• Advanced Placement Courses
• Concurrent Enrollment Courses
• Dixie Technical College Courses
• Cosmetology

ALTERNATE CREDIT OPTIONS

• Online Courses
  • Visit with your School Counselor to see what online courses are available at your school
• Summer School
• Credit Recovery for failed courses
• Competency Assessment (test out)
  • Test out FAQ’s
  • The following tests are available for state demonstrated competency
    • Biology
      Earth Science
      ELA 9, 10, 11, 12
      Fitness for Life
      General Financial Literacy
      Health II
      PE Participation Skills and Techniques
      Secondary Math 1, 2, 3
      US Government and Citizenship
      World Geography
      World History
      World Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish)

RECOVERY, REMEDIATION & TUTORING

Credit recovery is a term used to describe a wide variety of educational strategies and programs that give high school students who have failed a class the opportunity to redo coursework or retake a course through alternate means—and thereby avoid failure and earn academic credit.

Credit recovery is most common at the high school level. Students may take a credit-recovery course  through Utah Online. 

UTAH ONLINE WEBSITE

• Washington County School District provides intervention and remediation opportunities throughout the school year but does not offer other services outside of the school day.
• Utah Online provides summer school (June/July) opportunities for students in grades 9-12 who are graduation-credit deficient. 

We encourage parents to use caution when working with outside tutors who are not employees of any education entity and may not have gone through an extensive background-check or fingerprinting process. Here are some suggestions for safety:

• Attend the tutoring session with your child.
• Meet the tutor in a public library or other public place.
• Insist on modest dress standards.

ADULT EDUCATION

• Southwest Adult Education
• GED

Demonstrated Competency

Biology
Computer Technology
Earth Systems Science
Fitness for Life
General Financial Literacy
Geography for Life
Participation Skills Techniques
Secondary Math I
US Government and Citizenship
World Civilizations
World Langues
 
Board Rule R277-705-3 requires all districts to have policies and procedures to award credit based upon demonstrated competency.

Credit earned through Demonstrated Competency Assessments will be accepted by all public and charter schools as required by State Law but may not be accepted by some private schools.

NCAA

The National Collegiate Athletic Association does not recognize courses completed through credit-by-exam; Demonstrated Competency Assessments cannot be used to meet NCAA eligibility.

Utah Regent Scholarships

Students must receive letter grades in required courses in order to be eligible for Utah Regent Scholarships; credit earned through Demonstrated Competency may not be accepted by the Utah Board of Regents in consideration of these awards.