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In this episode of At Your Service, hosts Susan Love and Ryan Voegtlin discuss College and Career Readiness. Guest Jasmyn Thomas, the College and Career Advisor at Crofton High School, discusses how students can prepare for life after high school.
B
A
C
So
the
role
of
a
College
and
Career
advisor
is
really
to
help
students
achieve
their
dreams.
We
work
primarily
with
Seniors
Helping
them
with
college
applications.
Financial
aid,
a
career
programs
resume
building
anything
that
they
need
to
prepare
for
Life,
After,
High
School,
and
then
we
also
work
with
our
9th
10th
and
11th
graders
to
prepare
them
for
senior
year
and
for
for
their
High
School
transition.
Awesome.
A
C
D
C
So
complicated
and
so
anything
they
need
along
that
path,
whether
they're
starting
at
the
beginning,
and
they
have
no
idea
what
they
want
to
do
and
we're
working
to
figure
out
what
jobs
align
with
their
interests
and
goals
in
life
or
if
they
already
have
a
plan-
and
they
just
come
to
me-
and
they
have
one
specific
question
about.
You
know
a
button:
that's
not
working
on
their
application
or
something
like
that,
whatever
they
need.
We
are
here
for
that's.
B
B
So
I
really
see
the
College
and
Career
advisor
in
working
in
tandem
with
the
office
of
School
counseling
with
work
based
learning
facilitators
at
the
high
school
level,
even
Avid
and
signature
I
think
there's
this
Collective
and
she's
more
like
that
conduit
who
students
come
to
and
she's
able
to
provide
those
resources
and
expertise
at
the
high
school
level.
School
counselors.
Have
you
know
mental
health?
They
also
have
academic
support.
So
this
really
provides
students
with
that
small
group
or
individual
support.
D
A
C
So
I
work
with
students
and
their
families
depending
on
what
a
student
needs
or
what
a
family
needs
the
student
might
reach
out
to
me.
The
parent
might
reach
out
to
me
and
I
do
a
lot
of
same
the
similar
things
with
students
and
families
explaining
the
process
and
the
opportunities
walking
them
through
step
by
step,
helping
them
create
a
game
plan
and
then
helping
them
execute
that
game
plan.
Excellent.
C
My
favorite
part
is
how
ubiquitous
it
is
because
everyone
is
in
this
position
once
in
their
life
right.
Everyone
is
graduating
high
school,
trying
to
figure
out
what
they're
doing,
and
it's
really
exciting
to
see.
Students
come
to
me
sometimes
with
no
idea
of
what
they
want
to
do,
or
they
have
an
idea,
but
they're
stressed
and
overwhelmed,
and
so
I
really
love
being
there
and
just
being
able
to
support
them
through
that
process
and
then
see
them,
go
from
a
vision
to
actually
really
living
out
their
dreams.
A
C
So
every
day
is
different
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that's
really
exciting
about
being
an
advisor.
It
depends
on
the
time
of
year,
so
fall
is
really
really
heavy
with
college
applications
and
then
winter
turns
into
financial
aid
and
scholarships.
And
then
in
the
spring,
it's
a
lot
of
getting
decisions.
Job
applications
resumes
tying
up
loose
ends
and
then,
on
the
day-to-day
a
lot
of
times,
they'll
be
meeting
with
students,
I
might
be
giving
a
classroom
presentation
or
planning
events
and
initiatives.
A
C
Yeah,
so
to
reach
out
with
their
connect
with
their
College
and
Career
advisor.
The
best
way
would
probably
be
contact
a
school
and
get
their
contact.
Information
I
personally
have
a
email
that
I
check
regularly
and
frequently
email
students
and
families.
I
also
have
a
Google
Voice
number
to
text
students
and
that
they
can
call.
They
can
also
call
my
office
number
or
they
can
just
stop
in
to
see
me
in
person.
Excellent.
B
A
What
do
you
think
Susan
in
Austin?
Let's
do?
What
do
you
think
is
the
most
challenging
part
of
being
a
College
and
Career
advisor
with
in
the
work
that
you've
done
with
all
them,
because
I
know
you
oversee
all
the
college
and
career
advisors?
What
do
you
think
are
some
of
the
most
challenging
things
I.
B
I
think
one
of
the
things
and
I
know
the
school
counselors.
Also
experience
is
the
follow-up
with
students
just
trying
to
get
students
to
complete
work.
So
it's
really
important
that
you
know
caregivers
and
families
really
work
with
the
school
counselors
or
the
College
and
Career
advisors
and
understanding.
You
know
what
she
talked
about
the
calendar
year
right,
so
there
are
deadlines
that
are
hard
and
fast
deadlines
around
college
or
financial
aid.
B
D
B
So
that
has
just
been
a
challenge
and
it's
not
really
a
negative.
It's
just
that
it's
just
new.
So
it's
going
to
take
time
to
kind
of
work
out
some
of
the
Kinks
and
you
know
Personalities
in
space,
so
but
I
think
it's
something
that
if
I
look
at
Anne
Arundel,
you
know
other
school
systems
have
College
and
Career
advisors
and
they're
really
able
to
assist
the
students
and
families
with
that
Outreach
so
that
they
have
those
set
plans.
Because
you
can
have
a
dream.
B
You
can
have
a
vision,
but
if
you're
not
putting
it
like
in
action,
then
you
know
you
can
tell
me
you're
a
college
you're
going
to
college.
But
if
you
haven't
completed
one
thing
and
it's
already
December
whatever
we
need
to,
you
know,
connect
her.
You
know
with
Jasmine
or
him
with
Jasmine
in
the
school
to
ensure
that
they're
at
least
completing
those
pieces.
Yeah.
A
B
D
A
C
There
are
an
infinite
number
of
paths
that
students
can
take,
which
I
said
is
also
one
of
the
most
exciting,
but
it's
also
difficult
to
juggle
and
even
within
those
paths
you
know
two
students
May
both
be
going
to
college,
but
their
application,
timelines
and
deadlines
and
requirements
can
be
completely
different.
So
just
managing
all
of
the
different
opportunities
out
there
and
where
each
student
is
at
in
the
process
for
hundreds
of
students
is
a
lot
to
juggle.
A
So
as
we
talk
about
the
support
that
you
are
giving
to
students
for
those
parents
out,
there
I'll
start
with
Susan
what,
when
should
they
start
preparing
for
Life
After
High
School
like
when,
should
when?
Should
they
start
thinking
about
that?
And
what
are
some
practical
tips?
You
can
give
parents,
and
when
doing
this,
I
mean
I
have
I
have
my
own
children
right
and
right
and
those
are
things
I
know
that
I'll
be
thinking
about
soon.
So
what
would
be
some
things
you
would
want
them
to
to
think
about
you.
D
B
Mean
you
can
do
that,
starting
at
elementary
school
and
just
figuring
out
what
their
natural
interests
are
and
what
they
like
I
mean.
Really
you
can
develop,
however,
I
think
you
know
personality
and
temperament
and
individual
characteristics
of
strengths.
Really
really
kinda
is
what
builds
students
keeps
students
on
the
right
path,
gives
them
a
sense
of
hope
and
I
think
just
determination,
but
I
think
at
the
middle
school
level.
It's
that
exploration
piece.
B
B
B
Is
so
true,
so
so
Zello
is
a
career
interest
platform
for
elementary
and
the
way
I
understand
it
is
that
students
play
career
games,
they
do
like
little
scenarios
or
challenges
and
teaches
them
about
different
areas
about
themselves
and
their
likes
and
their
dislikes,
and
they
have
an
avatar.
So
it's
very
Elementary
based
and
then
Naviance
is
our
College
and
Career
platform
for
six
to
twelve
and
that
provides
information
on
careers.
D
B
It's
just
I
think
there's
a
high
interest,
so
we
use
it
for
the
college
application
piece
you
know
in
high
school,
but
when
I
think
about
the
trajectory
of
Middle
School
parents
need
to
know
what
kind
of
classes
students
are
taking.
You
know
what
kind
of
math
classes
are
they're
taking.
Are
they
taking
world
and
classical
language?
You
know,
because
that
career
exploration
is
just
having
a
conversation
of
what
your
interests
with
your
middle
school
students,
but
ensuring
them.
What
is
that
trajectory
in
high
school?
B
B
A
So,
after
the
break,
we
are
going
to
continue
talking
with
Susan
love
and
Jasmine
Thomas
about
the
role
of
the
College
and
Career
advisor
and
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
what
are
some
of
the
things
that
parents
need
to
know
about
their
child
and
their
their
child's
college
and
career
path.
So
we
will
see
you
after
the
break.
E
Hi
I'm,
Dr,
Mark,
Bedell
and
I
am
proud
to
be
the
superintendent
of
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
Schools,
a
district
of
85
000
students
and
14
000
dedicated
employees.
We
are
on
our
way
to
being
the
best
school
system
in
Maryland
and
we
could
use
your
help
to
get
there.
Consider
one
of
these
many
careers
with
us.
F
A
Ers
welcome
back
to
At
Your
Service.
We're
excited
to
continue
our
conversation
with
Jasmine
and
Susan
about
College
and
Career
advisors,
so
Jasmine
before
the
break
I
was
talking
to
Susan
and
about
what
what
students
should
do
to
start
preparing
for
Life
After,
High,
School
and
Susan
talked
a
lot
about
the
elementary
middle
school
piece
and
and
some
of
those
things
that
happened.
So
can
you
talk
to
us
about
the
high
school
part
like
when
what
should
students
start
doing
to
prepare
for
for
that
life?
After,
High,
School,
yeah,.
C
C
So
as
far
as
in
high
school,
really,
the
first
day
of
high
school
is
really
when
that
exploration
should
start
and
continue
all
the
way
through
when
students
are
applying
to
colleges
or
even
career
training
programs,
they're
going
to
look
at
their
grades
and
their
involvement
from
9th
10th
and
11th
grade.
So
it's
really
important,
regardless
of
what
a
student
is
interested
in
doing.
C
A
C
11Th
grade
is
really
really
important
because
it
is
the
last
year
that
colleges
will
see
on
your
applications.
Last
full
year
of
grades.
Application
season
takes
place
in
the
fall
of
senior
year,
so
students
don't
have
any
senior
year
grades
yet,
even
though
they're
well
in
their
senior
classes,
that's
just
not
reflected
on
their
transcript.
So
one
reason
junior
year
is
so
important
is
because
it's
student
slash
chance
one
to
either
continue
strong
and
finish
strong
or
show
Improvement
in
their
classes.
Okay,
so
that's
the
first
reason.
C
9Th
and
10th
grade
are
great
for
exploring
opportunities
and
figuring
out
what
types
of
careers
interest,
students
and
and
what
the
path
looks
like
for
those
careers,
and
then
junior
year
is
really
kind
of
narrowing
it
down,
starting
that
program,
search,
whether
that
be
an
apprenticeship
or
a
four-year
college,
or
a
two-year
College
start
identifying
those
programs
looking
at
what
they
need
to
apply
so
that
way
the
summer
before
their
senior
year,
they
can
actually
start
the
application
process
that
will
take
them
through
the
rest
of
their
senior
year.
That's.
A
F
B
What
do
you
see
yourself
doing
after
grade
12?
What's
your
affordability
and
what
do
you?
What
do
you
think
long
term
in
that
respect?
Like?
Are
you
interested
in
college?
What
is
college
because
I'm,
not
sure
people?
You
know
you
go
from
one
grade
level
to
the
next,
but
do
they
understand
what
that
means,
and
then
the
internship
piece
is
huge
because
you
get
paid
on
the
job
and
they're
going
to
train
you
to
be
whatever
whatever
industry
you
want,
whether
it's
a
pipe
fitter.
B
You
know
electrician
and
so
you're,
working
with
experienced
Professionals
in
that
area,
and
then
they
train.
You
at
night
you
have
to
do
a
few
educational
classes,
while
you're
being
paid
to
work
during
the
day
with
those
licensed
professionals
and
so
for
some
students
and
some
families
they're
not
ready
to
go
right
into
college
and
they
want
to
work.
They
like
that,
Hands-On
and
they're,
not
quite
sure.
So
we
have
programs
with
our
cat
centers
that
we
work
with
our
centers
of
Applied
technology,
North
and
South.
B
We
also
have
a
new
program
that
has
rolled
out
this
year
for
students
in
high
school
there's
an
opportunity.
If
they
are
interested,
you
can
do
the
cat
Center
programs
in
the
evening
at
the
evening,
High
School,
you
would
need
transportation,
and
but
they
are
open
for
11th
and
12th
graders,
so
that
information
is
a
vital
because
they're
expanding,
because
certain
kids
might
not
be
able
to
get
a
seat
in
the
cat
Center
during
the
day.
There's
you
know
you
have
this
many
seats.
B
So
this
way
it's
expanding
that
program,
the
other
one
is
for
seniors.
That
really
are
not
sure
and
I
know.
Jasmine
and
I
talked
about
this,
along
with
the
other
College
and
Career
advisors.
We
still
have
seniors
that
wrote,
don't
know
they're,
not
sure,
but
exposing
them
through
programs
through
Anne
Arundel,
Workforce
Development,
because
we
have
that
agency
of
Workforce
Development
people
in
our
County
and
every
other
County
that
they
also
have
a
front
apprenticeship
programs.
B
So
there
are
various
opportunities
around
work
and
and
skilled
employment
that
they
can
tap
into
along
with
the
Community
College.
Also
the
Clawson
Center
opened
up
two
years
ago,
so
there's
quite
a
bit
of
opportunity.
If
you're
not
going
directly
to
college,
there's
lots
of
other
opportunities
that.
F
C
Yeah,
so
to
continue
off
what
Susan
said:
I
always
like
to
tell
students
I,
don't
care
what
you're
doing
after
high
school
or
how
many
times
you
change
direction.
I
want
to
help
you
get
there,
and
so
it
really
is
student-led.
Where,
if
a
student
comes
to
me
and
says
they
don't
want
to
go
to
college
I,
don't
care
I
want
to
help
you
get
where
you
want
to
go,
because
that's
where
you're
going
to
be
successful,
and
so
then
the
conversation
changes
too.
Okay.
C
Yeah,
so
there
are
a
lot
of
opportunities
for
field
trips
for
College
and
Career
exposure
college
tours
College
visits,
also
visiting
potential
places
of
employment
or
apprenticeship
sites.
Anything
that
gives
students
that
hands-on
experience
to
see
what
it
would
like
what
it
would
be
like
to
work
in
that
career
field
or
to
go
to
that
college.
So.
B
Let
me
just
add
a
little
bit
to
that.
So
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
they
can
do
is
invite
guest
speakers
too.
So
they
can
have
a
guest
speakers
series
at
a
lunch
and
learn
because
one
of
the
things
I
said
to
them
is
like
students
do
a
career
assessment,
so
you
will
have
data
reports
on
the
type
of
occupations
that
your
students
at
your
high
school
even
by
grade
level,
are
most
interested
in
and
they
could
look
at
that
data
and
say:
oh,
you
know
the
majority
of
my
ninth
graders.
D
B
You
could
invite
some
guest
speakers
around
that
at
lunchtime
or
during
a
flex
time.
We
also
have
a
program
through
our
career
and
Technology
office
called
nepris
and
nepris.
You
can
invite
guest
speakers
in
through
virtually
or
invite
them
in
to
to
work
with
the
students
or
even
in
the
classrooms.
You
know
you
could
talk
to
the
teachers
and
say
you
know.
The
majority
of
our
students
are
interested
in
this
field
and
this
aligns
with
your
subject
area.
So
how
about
having
a
guest
speaker,
the
other
one?
B
C
So
first
I
work
with
school
counselors.
Definitely
we
work
together
to
help
identify
students
and
their
interests
or
things
that
may
fit
students
needs
and
goals.
We
also
work
together
to
plan
different
initiatives
and
on
events.
We
will
have
a
college
fair
and
a
career
fair
at
our
school,
and
so
we've
worked
together
to
start
planning
those
and
then
I
also
work
with
the
internship
facilitator.
C
We
are
planning
resume
workshops
for
all
of
our
Juniors.
We
actually
just
started
a
series
called
candy
and
careers
where
yesterday
our
School
psychologists
spoke
to
our
students
about
career
opportunities
in
Psychology,
and
so
we
went
over
all
the
different
flexibilities
and
career
options
and
degrees
that
you
can
get
within
psychology
and
then
I
also
partnered,
with
teachers
to
have
classroom
presentations
or
maybe
even
just
to
pull
their
students
one
by
one,
the
hallway
and
check
in
with
them
on
where
they're
at
in
their
process
and
how
they're
feeling
about
everything.
Great.
A
Susan
for
parents
out
there
who
are
thinking
about
college
for
their
children.
What
are
what
are
some
options
when
it
comes
to
affordability
or
financial
support
right,
you
know.
Obviously,
that's
a
college
is
not
a
a
cheap
Endeavor,
so
so
how?
What
are
some
tips
or
recommendations
you
might
get
to
parents
I.
B
Think
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
that
parents
and
families
have
to
really
think
about
their
price
and
their
their
affordability
like
their
cost.
What
are
they
willing
to
pay
each
year
and
I
think
the
they
have
to
have
those
conversations
with
their
children
right
in
the
conversations.
I
also
think
need
to
revolve
around
how
much
debt
do
they
want
to
take
on
or
they
want
their
child
to
take
on,
and
sometimes
those
will
be.
The
first
conversations
they've
ever
had
while
the
child
is
in
11th
grade.
B
I
think
you
need
to
you
know,
keep
it
realistic,
I
think
that
families
need
to
have
those
conversations
just
so
that
there's
that
expectation
is
clear
to
the
child,
but
I
also
think
parents
have
to
have
a
larger
understanding
about
that
that
they're
willing
to
let
their
child
incur
especially
like
if
it
doesn't
align
to
their
salary
scale
when
they
get
out
to
graduate
I.
Think
that's
really
difficult.
You
know
in
education,
you
know
to
go
to.
Let's
say:
let's
say
you
want
to
go:
you
live
in
Maryland.
B
You
want
to
go
to
Penn
State
you're,
going
to
be
paying
over
three
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
you
know
your
child
comes
out
and
making
forty
thousand
dollars
a
year
so
that
that
type
of
debt
to
incur
is
it
could
be,
is
very
debilitating,
so
I
think
having
those
you
know
those
hard
conversations,
but
we
have
a
variety
of
way.
Currently
we
have
our
ecap
program,
which
is
our
dual
enrollment
program,
where
you
can
get
dual
credit
and
the
Community
College.
B
We
currently
have
a
discount
of
50
tuition,
and
that
is
for
every
District
in
the
state
of
Maryland.
So
it
doesn't
matter
whether
you're
in
Baltimore
County,
Howard
County,
wherever
they
all
have.
These
dual
enrollment
programs
and
part
of
that
program
came
out
of
Senate,
Bill,
740
and
part
of
it
looked
at
affordability
for
college,
because
we
know
the
price
tag
is
increased.
So
if
students
and
families
can
take
courses
at
the
college,
they
might
get
a
semester
ahead
or
even
a
year
ahead.
Some
it's
two.
A
B
D
B
Earning
a
dual
credit,
it
could
be
like
I'm
interested
in,
let's
say,
ancient
civilizations,
but
I
don't
I'm
just
taking
because
I
I'm
interested
then
I
have
students
that
take,
let's
say
a
math
class
and
that
math
class
can
count
as
two
it
can
count
for
their
on
their
transcript
or
in
it,
and
it
can
count
for
a
college.
You
know
college
transcript,
so
it
really
just
depends
on
what
they
are.
B
There
is
on
our
website
under
academics
is
a
tab
called
Early
College
access
program
and
that's
where
students
and
families
would
go
to
and
look
at
the
list
of
dual
credit
courses
and
that's
where
they
go
to
sign
in
and
complete
the
application
form.
Then
they
fill
it
out.
They
bring
it
to
the
high
school
and
meet
with
their
school
counselor.
So
they
don't
go
directly
to
the
college.
They
come
to
us
first
and
then
we
it's
site-based,
managed
and
then
the
principal
signs
it
because
there's
advisement
like
is
this.
B
A
Great
so
before
we
close
the
show
Jasmine,
can
you
just
tell
us
just
one
thing:
you
would
want
parents
to
know
in
terms
of
if
they
have
a
child
in
high
school
who's
getting
and
they're
getting
ready
to
start
thinking
about
this.
What
is
one
thing
you
would
want
parents
to
know
in
terms
of
supporting
this
journey,
yeah.
C
I
think
that
it's
a
really
overwhelming
process
for
students
a
lot
of
times,
they're
kind
of
scared
and
nervous,
so
I
just
encourage
parents
to
give
them
space
to
to
feel
those
feelings
and
to
kind
of
figure
out
what
they
do
and
don't
want,
because
for
a
lot
of
students.
This
is
the
first
time
that
they're
making
a
really
big
decision,
and
so
they're
kind
of
nervous
and
scared
and
timid
and
I
would
just
encourage
parents
they're
feeling
the
same
way.