APEX / HOLLY SPRINGS NC (IFS) - -A Winning Transition Plan
Helping high school athletes navigate the college recruitment process requires some extra steps. Make sure you’re on top of eligibility requirements and parental expectations. For a brief on real student athletes and counselors and dads, drop Ms. Parker an email:
http://www.schoolcounselor.org/magazine#.U3-r3IiwXRQ
From Focus at Linked In:
Beginning in high school student athletes spend the bulk of their free time preparing for competition and ultimately competing in their chosen sport. The necessary time devoted to athletics does not provide student athletes, from all educational sectors, time to plan for the life transitions they will face.
As a result, upon completion of a student athlete’s career, at any level, transitions are apparent and unclear. Student athletes who have not developed a clear transition plan, in preparation for when they complete sports, are more likely to face adversity in several areas such as employment, graduation, social adjustments, and identity. Consequently, how do student athletes adequately prepare for the upcoming transitions?
Whose responsibility is it to assist these student athletes during their transitions? And how do student athletes access the necessary resources for a successful transition?
On Focus aims to provide student athletes with the transitional support services needed in conjunction with the lessons they have learned from athletic participation.
The vision of the On Focus organization is to effectively deliver the five core principles of transition through the three main support services, which include (1) Workshops, (2) Client Services Number, and (3) Personal Document Services.
The overarching goal for the future of the organization is to provide these three main services to a minimum of 80% of student athletes at the high school, community college, and four-year college level in order to prepare these student athletes for the many transitional phases of their lives.
These transitional phases are tied directly to the five core principles of transition that fuel the On Focus support services, and include Educational, Support, Planning, Exit, and Progress Transitions. . .
As a result, upon completion of a student athlete’s career, at any level, transitions are apparent and unclear. Student athletes who have not developed a clear transition plan, in preparation for when they complete sports, are more likely to face adversity in several areas such as employment, graduation, social adjustments, and identity. Consequently, how do student athletes adequately prepare for the upcoming transitions?
Whose responsibility is it to assist these student athletes during their transitions? And how do student athletes access the necessary resources for a successful transition?
On Focus aims to provide student athletes with the transitional support services needed in conjunction with the lessons they have learned from athletic participation.
The vision of the On Focus organization is to effectively deliver the five core principles of transition through the three main support services, which include (1) Workshops, (2) Client Services Number, and (3) Personal Document Services.
The overarching goal for the future of the organization is to provide these three main services to a minimum of 80% of student athletes at the high school, community college, and four-year college level in order to prepare these student athletes for the many transitional phases of their lives.
These transitional phases are tied directly to the five core principles of transition that fuel the On Focus support services, and include Educational, Support, Planning, Exit, and Progress Transitions. . .
APEX, NC (IFS) -- Internationally renown former school counselor, Karen Parker of the APLS Group in Raleigh, North Carolina, along with her co-associates have created a program for Student Athletes, showing them how to utilize the sports in their schools to get a great college education. The program is entitled "The Counselor and the Dad" series that will be available in several Wake County high schools.
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