The Third National Convening of Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows

Parents, students, and policymakers now view high school as a pathway to college, while students see the college degree as the ticket to a job. However, they do not understand that they need to use the whole college experience as the process to achieve that goal. High school teachers can begin that process by showing how skills obtained first in high school, then in college actually work to make students employable for the short- and long-term. The workshop will discuss student misconceptions about college and work, errors that students make in choosing and planning for college, strategies that they can begin in high school to become more marketable by the time they complete college, and strategies that will also reinforce skills to stay the course in college.