August–September: When students return to school
Objective: Meet or surpass Match goals for senior wish lists
Key for Progress Monitoring:
Bold: One KIPP required – priority student outcome goals and measures, additional student outcome goals and measures, and actions
- Regular: One KIPP required – additional goals and measures (not student outcomes)
Italics: strongly recommended
| Student Outcomes to Monitor | Actions | Additional Measures to Monitor |
|---|---|---|
| Use Match meeting criteria for success* to set conditions for teams to:
Use Counseling Match Tool (CMT) to monitor progress to goals *Match meeting criteria for success on pg. 38 – pg. 40 of KIPP Forward’s Field Guide | All seniors draft a quality personal statement by October 1 |
Counselors Will Know and Be Able to ...
- Use the Counselor Match Tool dashboard to monitor progress of senior wish lists by focus academic segments (3.0+ GPA, 16+ ACT, 2.00-2.99 GPA, 16+ ACT, <2.0 GPA, <16 ACT)
- Support fall and spring opt-in campaigns to ensure 75% of seniors are signed up to receive Nudge messages
Directors Will Know and Be Able to ...
- Monitor progress of senior wish lists using the Counselor Match Tool dashboard and support team; ensure timely data entry national systems, including Salesforce Alumni database and Overgrad
- Confirm access to YouScience career aptitude assessment and Overgrad application management tool for all students by the start of junior year
- Monitor and manage fall and spring opt-in campaigns to ensure 75% of seniors are signed up for Nudge messages
- Support early decision application work ahead of the first November 1 deadline
- Ensure all seniors complete a quality personal statement by October 1 (may have been completed in junior year)
- Start participation in KIPP Foundation-led director of college and career counseling coaching (time commitment: two times per month)
Principals Will Know and Be Able to ...
- Support enabling conditions for a strong Match start including adequate counseling and seminar instructor staffing, proper resource and time allocation for seminar prep periods, counseling 1:1s, family programming
- Monitor progress to regional senior application submission goals using the Counselor Match Tool dashboard and support team in meeting the November 30 deadline
- Monitor fall and spring opt-in campaigns to ensure 75% of seniors are signed up for Nudge messages
- Monitor early decision application progress to ensure cohort is on track to submit quality applications by the first November 1 deadline
- Monitor personal statement completion to ensure all seniors have a quality personal statement by October 1