Build, Iterate and
Execute a College
and Career Plan

with
every rising first-year college student
on your caseload.
• Build relationships with alumni
• College counselors and persistence advisors collaborate on transition
• Complete pre-college benchmarks
• Complete strategic outreach to students
most at-risk for summer melt

Set and Meet Your
Academic Goals

Cultivate and
Access a Strong
Support Team

to drive insight-driven, personalized,
transformational coaching.
• Connect with 1st and 2nd year college
students (virtually/ in-person) to strengthen and maintain relationships and sense of
belonging throughout the term
• Collect and input transcript and financial
aid data

Make
Smart Financial
Decisions

following
each benchmark/transcript period to
prioritize caseloads and strategize interventions for the next semester.
• Analyze benchmark and transcript trends
• Identify next steps and create a plan for

Develop and
Practice Self
Awareness

with students at-risk of stopping out.
• Execute follow-up plan from Data Deep
Dive

• Provide effective coaching on the keys
to student success

follow-up

• Foster and support self-advocacy and

tions

• Develop partnerships with colleges and

• Prioritize group and individual interven-

help-seeking behaviors in students
complementary service providers

• Rigorous and realistic bottoms-up goals
• Weekly metric tracking using the Strong
Transition & Persistence Dashboards
• Regular communication on progress
towards goals with regional teams and
stakeholders

• College counselors and persistence

• Formal and informal partnerships with higher ed. to

advisors collaborate on strong transition
• Regular and open communication and
data sharing between counseling and
advising teams—sharing persistence
challenges/successes with high schools

enable data sharing and service coordination
• Leverage KIPP college partner liaisons to support
student persistence
• Partnerships with other service providers (e.g. mental health, career readiness) to amplify and complement our services

• Align JD, performance review, and PD to
Persistence Strategy Framework

• Cross-region peer support and coaching
• Attendance at national KTC webinars and
in-person retreats

• Regional PD days; professional memberships and conferences