A Tool Kit for California High Schools
Looking for College Enrollment information?
For information on application and enrollment requirements for specific colleges in California, please visit their websites.
The systemwide home of the University of California provides links to each of the 10 UC campuses.
The California State University system includes 23 campuses. For links to their web sites, visit the CSU home page.
Learn about the extensive network of schools that comprise the California Community College system on its web site.
The web site of California Vocational Schools provides information on dozens of professional and vocational schools and training programs.
The web site of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities helps you find schools by geographic area, type, or program categories.
A variety of apprenticeship opportunities in California construction trades are described on the BC3 website.
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College Tools for Schools is for California high schools eager to prepare more students for college and careers. For background, see the About page.
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Contents:
- Advancing
College-Going Culture
How to show students the importance of college, barriers to college attendance, and steps to overcome them. How teachers and counselors build college-going culture. - Increasing
Access to "a-g" Curriculum
Requirements for UC and CSU, and how to fulfill them over 4 years of high school. How schools develop and expand "a-g" courses. - Transcript
Evaluation
How to analyze transcripts to see whether students are on a path to meeting college requirements. How to access the Transcript Evaluation Service, which electronically analyzes transcripts in relation to college-preparation benchmarks at each grade level. - SLCs and
Career Academies
Small learning communities (SLCs) and career academies can strengthen college-going culture and increase college readiness. Examples of promising practices in SLCs organized by theme or by grade level. - More Tools
Includes a glossary of terms, useful articles and web pages not listed in other sections, and a comprehensive list of resourses available on this website.
If you know about other resources for teachers and counselors to advance college readiness, please contact us with the name and location of the resource.