Imagine that you could develop your own in-house team leader for your Career Choices/freshman transition course effort; someone who had the training and the tools to easily:

• Provide implementation workshops for new teachers
• Lead content-rich, capacity-building workshops for their team throughout the year
• Create buy-in strategies for the rest of the school personnel
• Oversee the school-wide adoption of students’ 10-year plans as an effective advisory option
• Facilitate the updating of students' plans in grades 10-12 with the Get Focused...Stay Focused!® 10-year Plan follow-up modules

You will leave the Career Choices Lead Administrator/Teacher Institute with an action plan and all the tools to implement high-quality professional development to improve and ensure the success of your program.

• A step-by-step agenda for 22 hours of ongoing professional development
• 22 training videos to make workshops easy to conduct with confidence and minimal preparation
• Strategies and tools for getting buy-in for the freshman transition Initiative from staff, parents, and community members
• Innovative classroom teaching strategies that create involved learners

• Career Choices seriescoursework and the strategies that make it so successful
• Optional academic and technology integration strategies that can be incorporated into Career Choices classrooms
• The Get Focused...Stay Focused!® 10-year Plan follow-up modules (for grades 10-12)
• My10yearPlan.com® and how to use it as a school-wide tool for supporting academic coaching and advisory functions

This workshop is different from a two-day Career Choice implementation workshop (which is ideal for first-time Career Choices instructors).To benefit as much as possible from the Lead Teacher Institute, it is recommended that participants complete at least one of the following prior to attending:

• Teach or Coordinate the Career Choices course for at least one year
• Attend a two-day Career Choices implementation workshop
• Complete the Self-Study Quick Start Guide (available through The Teachers’ Lounge)

Who should attend:

• This institute is ideal for Career Choices Lead Teachers and/or Lead Administrators
• Lead Teachers approved by the principal/administrator of your site
• Administrators responsible for high school or middle school campus professional development