2017 Annual Conference

Sherilyn Narker

Middle
Secondary
Independent
Counselor Educator, Supervisor

Are you interested in free digital, print, and consumable materials to help students become college and career ready? If so, the Atlanta Fed has the answer! Using Navigate: Exploring College and Careers, students receive a workbook that becomes a portfolio for their post-secondary path as advisors lead them through the activities. Invest in What's Next is a similar program in digital format that begins with lifestyle choices. Free professional learning for your teacher advisors is available.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta provides free instructional materials and professional learning to educators. The purpose of this conference presentation is to share all of the materials we have available to school counselors and their teacher advisors (if applicable). We have a free comprehensive curriculum on college and career exploration called Navigate. There are lesson plans for counselors and teachers to use when leading the program with students. All students receive their own free Navigate workbook designed to be a portfolio of their college and career plan. All participants in the session will receive a sample copy of the teacher and student guides. In addition to this formal curriculum, we will also share many other free digital and print materials they can use to teach students about topics such as college and career readiness, soft skills, personal finance, entrepreneurship, and understanding workplace and tax documents. All participants will receive an Opportunity Occupations infographic poster, a set of Personal Finance infographic posters, and a USB drive filled with materials, lessons, and activities as well as instructions for how to access and use our online resources. Participants will find out how they can arrange free professional learning from the Atlanta Fed for counselors and teacher advisors in their school systems throughout Georgia.