Options after High School Survey�

Status Update and Preliminary Results

March 15, 2022

Goals

• Provide a brief overview of the project
• Share a few preliminary findings of note
• Gather insights or questions to inform subsequent analyses

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Purpose of the Survey

Learn more about students’ plans for after high school in order to:

• Identify potential gaps in service
• Better understand students’ perspectives on community college
• Identify effective outreach strategies

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Survey Details

• Developed collaboratively with San Diego & Imperial Counties Community Colleges Regional Consortium, the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE), the Imperial County Office of Education (ICOE), and WestEd
• Target population is high school students grades 9-12 enrolled in CTE programs across the region
• Survey consists of 19 questions (18 multiple-choice,1 open-response)

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Status to-Date

• Survey disseminated by county offices of education between Jan 14 and Feb 25
• Data processing / cleaning nearly complete
• Items analyzed at regional level with some disaggregation by grade span and career area

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Highlights: Summary Statistics

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Highlights: Summary Statistics, cont.

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Highlights: Gaps in Services

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Highlights: Student Plans About Community College

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Highlights: Student Plans About Community College, cont.

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Highlights: Student Outreach Preferences

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Next Steps

• Middle/High School Engagement Spring Advisory meeting on Thursday, March 24 at 2:30 - 3:30 pm
• - Review deeper analysis and engage in a regional strategic discussion

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• K14 meeting on Tuesday, April 19 at 10:00 - 11:30 am
• Share regional strategies from the MS/HS Engagement meeting and engage in a planning discussion �
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Reflection before next meeting:

• Think about what surprises you about these data
• Think about what additional questions the data raise for you
• Think about how these data might inform local interventions or initiatives

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