Career & College Readiness

Our Vision

To inspire innovation and create opportunities for students beyond high school through the power of online learning.

Our Mission

To provide a high-quality education to students across South Carolina and graduate self-sufficient learners who excel at using technology to further their understanding of the world.

Career - Student is identified as Career Ready if one or more of the following criteria is met -

• ASVAB 31 or Higher
• CATE (Career & Technology Education) Completer + Certification
• WBL (Cooperative Education, Internship, R-Registered Apprenticeship, or Y-Youth Apprenticeship)
• WIN Ready to Work
• Students will need a score of 3 or higher on the Math, Reading, and Data sections
• IEP Employability Credential

College - Student is identified as College Ready if one or more of the following criteria is met -

• ACT 20+ Composite
• IB 4 or Higher (HL only)
• AP 3 or higher
• 1020+ SAT Composite
• 6+ hours of Dual Credit Courses with a grade of C or higher

The South Carolina Career Ready Test is a state-mandated career readiness test administered to all third-year (eleventh-grade) students to measure the most common skills that employers define as foundational for career readiness. Students are assessed in four key areas:

• Math Assessment
• Reading Assessment
• Data Assessment
• Soft Skills Assessment

Learn more here.

Preparing students who are career ready is an important responsibility of SC Whitmore School and the State of South Carolina. From March 25-March 29, the WIN Learning (WIN) Work Ready career readiness assessment will be administered to students who are in their third year of high school, and seniors who have not already met the career ready indicator.

Why is the Career Assessment credential important?

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Students and parents can work together to make sure they are well prepared by following these suggestions:

Students should:

• Rest on the nights before these tests.
• Eat a nourishing breakfast on the morning of each test.
• Arrive at your testing location on time, or a few minutes early to avoid additional stress.
• Listen attentively to the teacher’s directions so they will know exactly what to do.
• Read each test question and each response carefully before marking an answer choice.
• Stay calm if there are questions that seem difficult.
• Mark their best answers.
• Refrain from bringing any electronic device that can be used for communicating, timing, or imaging into the testing location.

Parents should:

• Meet with your child’s teachers as often as necessary to discuss his/her progress.
• Check or review your child’s homework, projects, or other school work.
• Talk with your child about school.
• Ask teachers to suggest activities for you and your child to do at home to help prepare for tests and to improve your child’s understanding of schoolwork.
• Provide positive feedback by praising your child for what he/she does well.

Help us help your child perform to the best of his or her ability. For more information about testing or your child’s progress, please call SC Whitmore's Testing Coordinator: Katie Coleman – Questions about all things testing (SAT, ACT, EOC, WIN, PSAT) – 803-768-8313 or 803-216-5368 email - kcoleman@scwhitmoreschool.org

The ASVAB CEP inspires students, schools, educators and parents across the country to explore the possibilities the world of work has to offer and make an action plan as unique as each student.

The ASVAB Career Exploration Program (CEP) is a comprehensive career planning tool that enables meaningful career exploration and post-secondary planning. The ASVAB CEP harnesses the power of the world’s most validated aptitude test paired with an interest inventory to empower young people to explore the holistic world of work and make an individualized post-secondary plan.

The ASVAB CEP is sponsored by the Department of Defense with a two-part mission: to provide a career exploration service to U.S. youth and qualified leads to military recruiters. The CEP is offered at no cost to participating high schools as a public service. In the last five years, the ASVAB CEP has helped over 3 million students in more than 13,000 schools accurately identify their strengths. Participants have no obligation to the Military or to speak to a recruiter.

The ASVAB CEP inspires students, parents, and educators to take collaborative action to talk about all of the postsecondary options. This effort harnesses the collective power of families and communities to transform how people think about, talk about, and participate in post-secondary planning.

To learn more visit - www.asvabprogram.com

Legislation states the purposes of the college and career ready assessments are:

1. Assist students, parents, teachers, and guidance counselors in developing individual graduation plans and in selecting courses aligned with each student’s future ambitions;
2. Promote South Carolina’s Work Ready Communities initiative; and,
3. Meet federal and state accountability requirements.

• SAT
• ACT

Learn more about the College Entrance Assessments here.

• No matter what your score is, taking an AP course and exam shows colleges you're willing to challenge yourself by completing college-level coursework.
• Taking an AP Exam for the first time can be intimidating. Knowing what to expect can help you feel more comfortable. Check out this blog post to gain confidence and prepare.
• Students can get familiar with the free-response questions (FRQs) you may see on the exam by reviewing questions from previous years. Previous FRQs can be found in the Exam Preparation section of the About the Exam tab on the course page.
• New AP Daily: Practice Sessions will launch on April 22. These short, 15-minute video sessions are led by experienced AP teachers, and focus on practicing and preparing to answer FRQs and multiple-choice questions on AP Exams.

Check out this link to see live reviews Advanced Placement exams.

Click here to view SC Whitmore School Counselors College and Career Group Recordings

Source: https://www.winlearning.com/Solutions/Assessments/academic-skills-assessments

The purpose of the CCR lessons is to introduce you to some of the skills that will be on the South Carolina Career Readiness assessment.

Every high school student in South Carolina is required to take this assessment, starting in their 3rd year.

At South Carolina Whitmore School we have placed practice questions in your courses to give you exposure and to provide tips as you complete this lesson activity.

The questions address skills needed in the workplace. The questions you will see in the lessons are not necessarily related to the specific content in a single course.

In your high school curriculum, you are learning the skills needed to analyze the information presented in these items so that you can answer them.

There are just a few questions in this practice lesson.

• Please read each question

• Look at any graphs or images

• Look at the answer choices carefully before you begin to answer

These steps are essential to analyzing the question to determine how to choose the best answer.

General Dual Enrollment Information Session Recording

Check out this recording from our General Dual Enrollment Information Session with USC Union from July 2024!

• Dual Enrollment Information and Process Sheet '24-25
  

Benefits of Dual Enrollment

• Earn credits toward a certificate or degree for free if taking 6 credit hours or more per semester.
• Save money if enrolled as a high school student.
• Experience college expectations/life.
• Jump start post-high school options.
• Dual enrollment courses have higher weight toward GPAs.

If interested in Dual Enrollment please reach out to your school counselor so that dates and deadlines for each college semester can be discussed.

• We are testing for WIN throughout the state from October 28-November 1! Participating students and their parents were sent a Google Calendar invite with additional information from Katie Coleman (kcoleman@scwhitmoreschool.org).
• We will be offering an ASVAB at the Columbia office in November for any students who still need CCR after this WIN administration or who are interested in military service.
• Teachers will begin identifying students who are taking December and January EOCs in November. Information and Google Calendar invites will come shortly after.