Support for Post-Secondary Transitions

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At a Glance

Lebanon County Career and Technology Center offers a variety of programs to help students learn about and explore post-secondary opportunities.

Overview

Administrators, teachers, and counselors at Lebanon County Career and Technology Center provide innovative supports that increase students’ college and career awareness. Their goal is to help students make a successful transition from high school to their future career or education.

Origin / Implementation

The following programs are available to students from every program area:

Fall

  • The school hosts a mini post-secondary fair and financial aid presentations by a Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) representative to parents and students during the annual parent night at the end of September/beginning of October.
  • All seniors attend a presentation on post-secondary planning that includes financial aid and Students Occupationally and Academically Ready (SOAR) information in October. The school counselor with the help of PHEAA gives this presentation.

Winter

  • The school counselor and a representative from PHEAA  hold a financial aid workshop in February for parents and students. This is an opportunity for parents and students to file their financial aid application with support.

Spring

  • The school counselor, along with a PHEAA representative, provides a smart borrowing for post-Secondary education presentation to all juniors in April.

Year-round

  • Various post-secondary institutions provide presentations to juniors and seniors beginning in September through March.
  • Military recruiters set up a lunch display to speak to students during their lunch period throughout the school year.
  • The school Job Trainer and instructors set up post-secondary field trips to tour the campus.
  • All students have access to the school to work opportunities such as job shadowing, paid and unpaid internships, cooperative education, and clinical experiences.
  • The school advertises scholarship opportunities for students on the school’s website, in the counseling office, as well as through emails that instructors announce to their students.
  • The school counselor provides individual post-secondary planning to all students by appointment.
  • All annual IEP meetings discuss post-secondary in the transition section of the IEP. A school representative attends these meetings.

Contact

Lebanon County Career and Technology Center
Kelly Flowers, School Counselor
Email: kflowers@lcctc.edu

Karen Gulotta, Special Populations Coordinator
Email: kgulotta@lcctc.edu