School/District Toolkit

For Schools/Districts

Last Updated on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:31 PM

Operation Preparation is designed to support the Advising Strategy of the College and Career Readiness Plan and the Commonwealth Commitment, so schools and districts are strongly encouraged to participate.

The Operation Preparation Toolkit will help you implement the event in your school/district. It is divided into four sections:

• Planning and Support

• Advisory Recruitment and Assignment

• Communication and Promotion

• Follow-up

You may use most of the materials as-is or to customize them as you see fit. The Toolkit is meant to support you as you implement Operation Preparation in your community. PLEASE NOTE: some materials are templates and do require you to insert local information. These areas have been highlighted for your convenience.

Since there will be statewide publicity for Operation Preparation, we advise you to consider early on whether your school/district will participate and assign a point of contact to provide information to any callers. Please also advise your district offices so they will know how to respond to or direct any calls they may receive.

While participation is a local option, it is hoped that schools and districts will see this as an opportunity to help students as well as reach out to parents, businesses and community organizations and involve them in the advising process and the college/career readiness agenda for Kentucky. Each has an important role to play if we are to reach the goal of college/career readiness for all students and secure Kentucky’s economic future.

Advisor Recruitment & Assignment
Volunteer community advisor recruitment is a critical piece in the implementation of Operation Preparation. Each 8th-/ 10th-grade student should have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a trained community advisor.

Communication and Promotion
Communication is a key element in ensuring the success of Operation Preparation. It is important that the Operation Preparation Planning Committee communicate with all stakeholders about the project, what it is, how it will work, and how they can be involved.

Follow-Up
Once the Operation Preparation advising session is over, students should be encouraged to reflect on the experience and what they learned. Teachers might choose to have the students write a personal statement about how they plan to become college/career ready or their postsecondary plans; write a thank you note to the ... More

Logos
This page provides a variety of Operation Preparation logo types and proper usage guidelines • The four file types included are EPS, PNG, JPG and TIF• There are two version of the Operation Preparation logo. One includes the following wording: College/Career Readiness Advising Week March 12-16, 2012. The other version is the ... More

Planning and Support
This section of the Operation Preparation toolkit provides materials to help in planning Operation Preparation in your school/district.

For more information contact:

Sharon Johnston
500 Mero Street, 19th floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601

Phone: 502-564-2106 x4517

sharon.johnston@education.ky.gov