The California Community College Chancellor’s has issued a call action: to enroll every 9th grade student in a dual enrollment college course. Since 2009, the Get Focused course has been successful in providing high school freshmen across California with their first taste of college through dual enrollment. The Kern Community College District reports a 30% increase since they began implementing the 9th grade Get Focused dual enrollment strategy in 2016, and school districts across California have partnered with their community colleges to offer students a dual enrollment course that launches them on a path to postsecondary education and training success.

Student-Centered

Students quickly discover their path to success through the classroom-based experiences provided by the Career Choices series and GFSF course materials. The resulting focused energy radiates throughout the campus. When all students on your campus have a vision and plan for a productive future, you’ll watch a positive dynamism develop that will change the culture of your school.

How is the GFSF program different? Every student creates an online 10-year Plan as they enter their freshman year, and that plan is revisited and updated in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grade. This sustained focus across the continuum of the high school experience validates students’ goals and plans and feeds their self-efficacy regarding their ability to accomplish those goals.

For too long our society has gotten the college decision-making process backwards.

Guided by key recommendations from research on college/post-secondary completion, the GFSF program empowers students with the information they need to make wise and affordable choices about their next steps. Students exit high school with an identified college or post-secondary training path that includes an informed major and the plan to transition into productive employment.

Today, the college educational experience is going through a major transformation. Students can now effectively self-advocate and map their own plan for acquiring the knowledge and skills needed to achieve their own personal level of success.

More than simply a traditional Student Education Plan, the GFSF experience arms your students with a Skills-Based Education Plan—a powerful tool for directing their own learning, whether in the classroom or in the workplace. This knowledge ensures students complete their formal education with the skills to be employable in the career/industry of their choice.

When all students on your campus have an online 10-year Plan, then every instructor, counselor, and advisor has access to their hopes, dreams, and goals. As a result, academic coaching and counseling can be personalized for each student—a strategy that research shows is vital to student success.