Academic Support Resources: Websites

The American Student Achievement Institute

This nonprofit organization is focused on raising educational achievement for all students and closing achievement gaps between rural, minority and low-income students and their more advantaged peers. This is an excellent resource to help school counselors align their school counseling program with school curriculum and collaborate with the entire school team to implement Policy 2315.

http://www.asainstitute.org/

Education News Parents Can Use
This link describes a new television series produced by the U.S. Department of Education, "Education News Parents Can Use." The shows will include resources, practical tips and activities to help all children achieve. This site lists topics for upcoming shows and provides registration information.    
http://registerevent.ed.gov/downlink/eventflyer.asp?intEventID=162

Helping Your Child Learn

This publication series aims to provide parents with the tools and information necessary to help their children succeed in school and life. These booklets feature practical lessons and activities to help their school aged and preschool children master reading, understand the value of homework and develop the skills and values necessary to achieve and grow. In PDF so can be downloaded from this website.          

http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/hyc.html

How to Study.Com

Comprehensive website to assist students develops study skills that enhance academic success.        

http://www.how-to-study.com/

Sleepy Teen Troubles

This on-line article gives suggestions that assist counselors in helping parents and teachers understand and gain solutions to keep their teens from sleeping in class. It also contains links to other helpful sites.     

http://www.kidsgrowth.com/resources/articledetail.cfm?id=913

Success4Students
This site seeks to equip students to maximize their study time, improve study skills and provide time for students to live a balanced life outside of academics while achieving their long-term goals. The site is dedicated to providing these tools in a creative and interesting format that will make a lasting impact on each student's life.
http://www.success4students.com/

Career Skills Websites:

America's Job Bank
This job bank posts thousands of new jobs daily from all across theU.S. 
http://www.ajb.dni.us/

Analyze Your Career

This site contains an extensive free career and college search database.  For a membership fee students can also take personality, occupation, and aptitude inventories to assist them in making the perfect career match.

http://www.analyzemycareer.com/index.cfm?auid=256&action=freeservices 

Association for Career and Technical Education
The Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers.
http://www.acteonline.org

Career Magazine.com

A great website for the job ready graduate. Job Seekers can post resumes, build their personal portfolio; turn it into a personal website all in a matter of minutes. Search jobs and submit your resume directly to the companies that interest you.

http://www.careermag.com/

CollegeGrad.com

This website help with Job Preparation, Career Info, Job Search Advice, Resumes, Cover Letters, Employer Research, Job Postings, Interview Prep, Salaries, Job Offers, and finding a new job.

http://www.collegegrad.com

Mapping Your Future

Mapping Your Future's mission is to counsel students and families about college, career, and financial aid choices through a state-of-the-art, public service web site.                     

http://www.mapping-your-future.org/about

MyMajors.com
This site interviews students in order to recommend the top six majors likely to be of interest to them. It considers the students' actual high school experiences, as well as their preferences and values. The majors are selected from the most common, generic 70 majors (such as art, biology, computer science) offered at four-year colleges and universities.

http://mymajors.com

Occupational Outlook Handbook                                                 

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.  Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. This comprehensive publication and search guide gives students the opportunity to search careers by job title or by career cluster.  It is publication of and direct link to the US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

School to Careers

School to Careers is a career development project for 7-12th grade students, educators and parents. Through video, Web and interactive activities students are introduced to career professionals, projects and ideas that help them identify their interests and plan for their futures.   Over 200 career professionals are profiled on the Web. Through discussion boards and interactive activities students gain a realistic portrait of a variety of career pathways.

http://www.careers.iptv.org/

The Career Key
The Career Key will help you in choosing a career, a college major; changing a career; and career planning.  It includes a professional career test that measures students’ skills, abilities, values, interests, and personality. Identify promising jobs and get accurate information about them. 

http://www.careerkey.org/english/

College Skills Websites:

College Board website

www.collegeboard.com

College Bound—website offers tips for middle school and high school students, provides timelines for preparing for application process, etc.

http://www.uctv.tv/collegebound/about.html  

Predicts the amount of financial aid a student may receive.  Great to use before filling out actual fafsa form, gives experience and helps students and parents become aware of the fafsa process.

http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/ 

The Pathways to College Network is a national alliance of organizations committed to using research-based knowledge to improve postsecondary education access and success for the nation’s many underserved students, including underrepresented minorities, low-income students, those who are the first in their families to go to college, and students with disabilities.

http://www.pathwaystocollege.net/

The 2008–09 Counselors and Mentors Handbook on Federal Student Aid provides useful information to help high school counselors, TRIO and GEAR UP staff, and their mentors advise students about financial aid for postsecondary education. This book focuses on the federal student aid programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education.

http://www.ifap.ed.gov/chandbooks/attachments/0809CounselorsHandbook.pdf

This website lists all SAT-optional colleges and information about test optional subjects.

www.fairtest.org

The NAACP is a leading advocate of equal access to quality education.  In an effort to promote and ensure higher education opportunities for minority youth, the NAACP offers the following national scholarships: Earl G. Graves Scholarship, Agnes Jones Scholarship, Historically Black College & Universities Scholarship Fund, Lillian and Samuel Sutton Scholarship, Roy Wilkins scholarship, and the Hubertus W.V. Willems Scholarship. These awards help eliminate financial difficulties that may hinder students’ higher education goals.  Scholarship award amounts range from $1,000 - $5,000 and are disbursed in two installments throughout a specified school year.  Each scholarship contains its own set of requirements and students are encouraged to apply for each award that aligns with their eligibility.